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POGROM

Published in a volume about childhood called “Bucurie” (Joy) (Bucharest, Editura pentru Literatură și Artă, 1949), the poem “Pogrom” of Maria Banuș (1914-1999) unfolds the memory of a family dinner in a time of terror. The details of the dinner table, the light and the sounds are elements that punctuate the minutes and the shadows in which the fear is held and nourished. An undefined dread in the shape of a man, a spider, an executioner is insinuating in the domestic calmness, and it leaves its mark on everybody and forever.

Produced in the frame of a project that brings historical feminine Romanian poetry to the contemporary public, this film united in a new collaboration three women: a visual artist, a sound artist trained in visual art, and a poet. The performative drawing builds around the sonic imaginary of the film, dealing with figuration as well as with the primary production of the residual sound of drawing.

(ENGLISH subtitles embedded. Please, download video file.)

  • Ana Chiorean
    Director
  • Anamaria Pravicencu
    Director
  • Maria Banuș
    Writer
    poetry
  • Ana Chiorean
    Writer
    script
  • Anamaria Pravicencu
    Writer
    script
  • Adam J. Sorkin
    Writer
    translator to English
  • Lidia Vianu
    Writer
    translator to English
  • Ana Chiorean
    Image: drawing, editing
  • Anamaria Pravicencu
    Sound: voice, audio recordings, sound composition
  • Project Type:
    Experimental, Short, Other
  • Runtime:
    4 minutes 23 seconds
  • Completion Date:
    March 1, 2022
  • Country of Origin:
    Romania
  • Country of Filming:
    Romania
  • Language:
    Romanian
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Cadence Poetry Film Festival
    Seattle
    United States
    April 28, 2023
    North American Premiere
    Official selection
  • Zebra Poetry Film Festival
    Berlin
    Germany
    November 5, 2022
    Selection in the section PRISMA
  • International Poetry Film Festival of Thuringia
    Weimar
    Germany
    May 21, 2022
    German / EU premiere
    Women in Resistance program
  • Romanian Creative Week
    Iași
    Romania
    May 25, 2022
    Exhibition SinCronia
  • Exhibition Ore Albastre
    Bucharest
    Romania
    March 1, 2022
    Romanian premiere
Director Biography - Ana Chiorean, Anamaria Pravicencu

Ana Chiorean, RO

Ana Chiorean’s artistic approaches come from the area of experimentation, of abstract expressionism in art, informal art, and installation, while remaining equally attracted to the area of archaic easel painting. The artist's research is directed towards the inner self in relation to the social, a mirrored radiography that seeks to discover, know, and expose a world of the unconscious.
Studied painting at the National University of Arts in Bucharest. Lives and works in Bucharest.

Anamaria Pravicencu, RO

Interested in working with space in site specific situations, Anamaria Pravicencu’s artistic practice was initially favoring architectural interventions and sound installation, and in the recent years she is primary focusing in field recording, sound composition, and radio art. Founder and curator of the SEMI SILENT podcast platform, Anamaria Pravicencu is producing commissioned sound art and radio art for numerous artists, and her own.
Studied sculpture and sound art at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts, Paris. Lives and works in Bucharest.

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