Józef Robakowski Movies

  • 1971
    Test I

    Test I

    Test I

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    White circles appear and disappear on a black surface.

    Test I
  • 1985
    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

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    Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth.

    Nearer – Further
  • 1971
    Dynamic Rectangle

    Dynamic Rectangle

    Dynamic Rectangle

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    Rectangles pulsate to an electronic sound loop.

    Dynamic Rectangle
  • 1970
    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    01970HD

    Horyzont
  • 1985
    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    01985HD

    Video performance

    Cars, Cars!
  • 2006
    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

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    Short tribute to Valie Export.

    For Valie Export
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

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    Trying to describe oneself is a movie about representation. How it is possible, through film, to describe oneself and describe others. With the...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 1973
    I'm Going

    I'm Going

    I'm Going

    01973HD

    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'. // In I'm Going Robakowski attempted an iconoclastic representation of the human body. He initiated a...

    I'm Going
  • 1970
    The Market

    The Market

    The Market

    01970HD

    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'

    The Market
  • 1981
    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    01981HD

    Witkacy
  • 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)
  • 2003
    The Energy Manifesto!

    The Energy Manifesto!

    The Energy Manifesto!

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    A highly expressive cry from the author of the manifesto, uttered while his head emerges from the water: "I should like to tell you all that art is...

    The Energy Manifesto!
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

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

    Acoustic Apple
  • 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
  • 1982
    About My Fingers

    About My Fingers

    About My Fingers

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    A sort of mini-biography of Robakowski.

    About My Fingers
  • 1992
    Video Kisses

    Video Kisses

    Video Kisses

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    The equation of organically generated soundtrack with the video image.

    Video Kisses
  • 1973
    Ćwiczenie

    Ćwiczenie

    Ćwiczenie

    01973HD

    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'.

    Ćwiczenie
  • 1985
    La - Lu

    La - Lu

    La - Lu

    01985HD

    A swing imposes its rhythm, independent of the commentator; it forms the rhythmic score for the filmmaker's singing.

    La - Lu
  • 1982
    War State

    War State

    War State

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    "...We came to the conclusion that the event recorded on the film does not have to be logically interpreted or named, because its meaning or even...

    War State
  • 2004
    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    02004HD

    video, 5', 2004, collaboration with Wiesław Michalak

    Attention: Light!