Józef Robakowski Movies

  • 1987
    A Party with Lutoslawski

    A Party with Lutoslawski

    A Party with Lutoslawski

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    A resulted from Robakowski's re-editing the video Łódź Kaliska (1986) which he had shot together with Witold Krymarys. It was...

    A Party with Lutoslawski
  • 1973
    Exercise

    Exercise

    Exercise

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    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'.

    Exercise
  • 1970
    After the Man

    After the Man

    After the Man

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    Experimental short film by Józef Robakowski & Ryszard Meissner.

    After the Man
  • 1985
    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    01985HD

    Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth.

    Nearer – Further
  • 1985
    Dancing with Trees

    Dancing with Trees

    Dancing with Trees

    01985HD

    The camera records the trajectory and dynamics of Robakowski's movement: he walks, turns and spins with his head up in the woods.

    Dancing with Trees
  • 1990
    Mr. Joseph's Last Will

    Mr. Joseph's Last Will

    Mr. Joseph's Last Will

    01990HD

    One of the three epitaphs that Robakowski created between 1966 and 1994, in an installation entitled Mr Deer (Self-Epitaph). The static shot from a...

    Mr. Joseph's Last Will
  • 1982
    Brezhnev's Funeral

    Brezhnev's Funeral

    Brezhnev's Funeral

    01982HD

    Video: Józef Robakowski, music: Laibach Werkstatt, production: Exchange Gallery.

    Brezhnev's Funeral
  • 1971
    Test I

    Test I

    Test I

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    White circles appear and disappear on a black surface.

    Test I
  • 1970
    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    01970HD

    From the heaps of rusted scrap metal, a metal, fully functional figure shapes up, trying to get out of there to reach the horizon. He is aiming high....

    Horyzont
  • 1993
    1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)

    1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)

    1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)

    01993HD

    ince the 1970s, Robakowski has been experimenting with the category of the author, transferring the authorship of his works onto the film camera. ...

    1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)
  • 1985
    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    01985HD

    This film belongs to a group of works that constitute manifestations of Robakowski’s engaged attitude towards social reality. Here, his...

    Cars, Cars!
  • 1999
    Impulsators

    Impulsators

    Impulsators

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    In Impulsators, Robakowski rejects the narrative film form and the representational function in the spirit of his radical manifestations against the...

    Impulsators
  • 1990
    Ouch, My Leg Hurts

    Ouch, My Leg Hurts

    Ouch, My Leg Hurts

    01990HD

    A film with Robakowski's characteristic single-shot structure, filmed from the perspective of a character who struggles to walk along a forest path,...

    Ouch, My Leg Hurts
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    01994HD

    A short showing Robakowski peeling and eating an apple, which itself produces the sound.

    Acoustic Apple
  • 1985
    Art is Power

    Art is Power

    Art is Power

    01985HD

    The ritual transmission of a military parade from Moscow’s Red Square: On every anniversary of the October Revolution, this was loyally...

    Art is Power
  • 1971
    An Attempt (Test II)

    An Attempt (Test II)

    An Attempt (Test II)

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    A classical organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach “stretches” a red strip of film; An exploration of musical memory.

    An Attempt (Test II)
  • 1992
    Video Kisses

    Video Kisses

    Video Kisses

    01992HD

    The equation of organically generated soundtrack with the video image.

    Video Kisses
  • 1999
    From My Window

    From My Window

    From My Window

    01999HD

    In 1978, Robakowski moved into a new flat in a newly-built high rise in the center of Łódź. That’s when he began filming the...

    From My Window
  • 2004
    The Energy Angles

    The Energy Angles

    The Energy Angles

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    The expression of the fascination of a problem of the ANGLES existance as of its kind intuitive geometry. The imaginary "MODEL" became the main...

    The Energy Angles
  • 2004
    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    02004HD

    The film is dedicated to the memory of American surrealist Paul Sharits. Sharits sent Robakowski a film score with a proposal to use it in a film...

    Attention: Light!