Bologna in Lettere 10th
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stati di alterazione
Video-Poetry
Ana Pantić
Good Machines (Dobre mašine)
The poetry film Good Machines, composed of only two clips, enlightens subconscious thoughts processes activated by everyday mechanical actions, questioning the role of human-machine interactions.
Ana Pantić – Biography
A poet and poetry film maker from Belgrade, Serbia.
Graduated from Belgrade University, Faculty of Philology.
Writing poems, short stories, screenplays, and recently has written the first novel.
Creating poetry videos and films, both in collaborations and on her own. Her poetry films have been presented and awarded at film festivals worldwide.
She is an active performer at poetry events in Belgrade including slam poetry, spoken word and poetry performance events. Her poems were published in the first Serbian Collection of Slam Poetry “Tebi u lice”.
Interested in researching versatile modes of expressing poetry, she believes that poetry video and film as a challenging form intertwining literary and visual arts, open a wide space for experimenting and expanding art forms boundaries.
She was also acting in many theatrical shows all around Serbia as a member of an independent theatre group for about ten years.
Paints and draws when lacks words.
Director Statement
I believe that poetry is the most essential mode of literary expression and that the video as a powerful means of visual arts with a wide range of experimenting opportunities is its natural companion. Joined, they bring together a unique form empowered by elements from the different art fields.
Also, I am positive that poetry film or video is one of the most appropriate art forms of contemporary times.
Good Machines
Good machines
will wash us well
iron us well
fold us well
polish us well
to shine well
to tread bad roads well
upright
to eat bad fruit well
full and insatiable
Good good machines
Good machines
will enlighten us well
blow our minds well
stretch us well
harness us well
vacuum us well
to see nothing
but good machines
deaf and blind
well wrapped up into machines
to be nothing
but good machines
Good good machines
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Dobre mašine
Dobre mašine
Dobro će nas oprati
Dobro ispeglati
Dobro zategnuti
Dobro ispolirati
Da dobro sijamo
Dobro gazimo loše puteve
Uspravni
Da dobro jedemo loše plodove
Siti i nezasiti
Dobre dobre mašine
Dobre mašine
Dobro će nas opametiti
Dobro raspametiti
Dobro rastegnuti
Dobro utegnuti
Da ništa
osim dobrih mašine ne prepoznamo
Gluvi i slepi
Da ništa
osim dobrih mašina ne budemo
Dobre dobre mašine