Not all participants in the congress centre know where to go while bacteria and official announcements spread and multiply in the toilets.
directors: Paul Bogaert & Jan Peeters paulbogaert.be janpeeters.info
poet: Paul Bogaert
poem 1: "onzekerheden 12" ("uncertainties 12"), from: "Ons verlangen" ("Our Longing"), published by De Bezige Bij Antwerpen, 2013.
poem 2: "Een twee drie emmers…", unpublished yet.
editing: Jan Peeters
footage: "Color it clean" (University of Illinois - Motion Picture Service, 1966) / "Bacteria: Friend and Foe" (Encyclopdia Brittanica Film, Inc, 1953), Prelinger Archives. archive.org
sound: sound samples from freesound.org / music samples from Seeburg Background Music: Mood M 17A (1963) and Mood M 15B (1962). seeburg1000.com
country of production: Belgium
format: DV PAL
aspect ratio: 4:3 (1.33:1)
colour: colour
sound: stereo
runtime: 6 min 18 s
screenings/publications:
→ Poetry International Festival Rotterdam, 10-14 June 2014, Rotterdam, the Netherlands (PREMIERE). poetryinternationalweb.net
→ FilmPoem Festival 2014, 14 June 2014, part of Felix Poetry Festival, Antwerp, Belgium. filmpoem.com
→ ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival (competition), 16-19 October 2014, in Babylon Cinema, Berlin, Germany. zebrapoetryfilm.org
→ Terras, tijdschrift voor internationale literatuur en kunst, online publication of the original Dutch version 'BACTERIËN', 20 October 2014. tijdschriftterras.nl/bacterien
→ Perdu, Presentatie Terras 07: Nieuw land, 21 November 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. perdu.nl/nl/r/presentatie-terras-07-nieuw-land
→ Oslo internasjonale poesifestival, 31 January 2015, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway. oslopoesifilm.no
→ Berlinale-Asyl, 12 February 2015, Freies Museum Berlin, Germany. berlinale-asyl.de
→ VKRATZE!, short film festival, 6 & 7 March 2015, in Volgograd and Volzhsky, Russia. culture-idea.ru/news/1135
→ Best of ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival 2014, POETRY 2015, 6 May 2015, cinema Schlosstheater, Münster, Germany. muenster.de/stadt/kulturamt/poetry_zebra-film.html
→ 16. Poesiefestival Berlin, 27 June 2015, Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany. haus-fuer-poesie.org/en/poesiefestival-berlin
→ dotdotdot Open Air Kurzfilmfestival, beyond words. Poetische streifzüge auf der Leinwand und durch die Stadt, 6 August 2015, Österreichisches Museum für Volkskunde, Vienna, Austria. dotdotdot.at/programm/zebra-poetry-film-festival
→ 39th Open Air Filmfest Weiterstadt, 15 August 2015, Berlin, Germany.
→ Struga Poetry Evenings – Festival 2015, 28 August 2015, Struga, Macedonia.
→ 3rd Long Night of the Film Festivals, 29 August 2015, Berlin, Germany.
→ 6th International Poetry Festival MERIDIAN CZERNOWITZ, 5 September 2015, Chernivtsi, Ukrania. meridiancz.com/de/festival
→ CYCLOP Video Poetry Festival, 21 November 2015 Kiev, Ukraine. cyclop.in.ua/archives/3129
→ DOCtorCLIP - Roma International Poetry Film Festival, 11 December 2015, Rome, Italy. facebook.com/DoctorclipRomaPoetryFilmFestival/timeline
→ Typo Magazine, TYPO 24, 25 April 2016, Online poetry magazine. Established 2003. Based in Fayetteville, Arkansas/Springfield, Illinois, USA, online publication of the English version ‘BACTERIA’. typomag.com
→ 6th International Animation Festival NIKOZI, in ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival programme (4 September), 1-6 September 2016, Nikozi, Georgia. nikozifestival.ge
→ Frankfurter Buchmesse 2016, Dies ist, was wir teilen, Flandern & die Niederlande Ehrengast 2016, exhibition in guest pavillion, 19-23 October 2016, Frankfurt, Germany. frankfurt2016.com
→ 5th International Video Poetry Festival, by +the Institute [for Experimental Arts] and Void Network, 10 December 2016, at Θεάτρο Εμπρός, Athens, Greece. theinstitute.info/?p=1488
→ West Wednesdays, projection by Kulter in the M4gastatelier in the building complex Tetterode, 8 March 2017, Amsterdam-West, the Netherlands. westwednesdays.com kulter.nl m4gastatelier.nl/e/28 woonwerkpandtetterode.nl
→ Short Waves Festival 2017, organized by Fundacja Ad Arte, 22 March 2017, Poznań, Poland. shortwaves.pl adarte.pl/en
→ Poesía en Voz Alta.17, 29 March - 2 April 2017, Casa del Lago, Mexico City, Mexico. casadellago.unam.mx/sitio/index.php/actividades/festival-poesia-en-voz-alta
→ 2018 Lyrik-Film, Der Zauber des Alltäglichen, 21-23 September 2018, The Purple Mountain Theater & Goethe Institut China, Nanjing, China.
