Movies

  • 1971
    An Attempt (Test II)

    An Attempt (Test II)

    An Attempt (Test II)

    6.11971HD

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

    An Attempt (Test II)
  • 2005
    I Am Electric

    I Am Electric

    I Am Electric

    02005HD

    A performance staged during the WRO 96 festival, entitled Monitor Polski. The artist presented a device in which his body was a conductor through...

    I Am Electric
  • 2004
    Conversation With My Mother

    Conversation With My Mother

    Conversation With My Mother

    02004HD

    A fictional telephone conversation between the filmmaker and his mother on her birthday. A performative reflection on the relationship between public...

    Conversation With My Mother
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    01994HD

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

    Acoustic Apple
  • 2003
    The Mechanical Cameraman

    The Mechanical Cameraman

    The Mechanical Cameraman

    02003HD

    An experimental film by Józef Robakowski.

    The Mechanical Cameraman
  • 2003
    The Energy Manifesto!

    The Energy Manifesto!

    The Energy Manifesto!

    02003HD

    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!
  • 1993
    Videosong

    Videosong

    Videosong

    01993HD

    Experimental short film by Józef Robakowski.

    Videosong
  • 1973
    Exercise

    Exercise

    Exercise

    01973HD

    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'.

    Exercise
  • 1985
    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    01985HD

    Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth.

    Nearer – Further
  • 1982
    War State

    War State

    War State

    01982HD

    "...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
  • 1971
    The Spatial Compositions of Katarzyna Kobro

    The Spatial Compositions of Katarzyna Kobro

    The Spatial Compositions of Katarzyna Kobro

    01971HD

    Abstract, geometric forms, became the basis for the most outstanding works of the avant-garde sculptor Katarzyna Kobro. With her 'Spatial...

    The Spatial Compositions of Katarzyna Kobro
  • 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
  • 1986
    More Air!

    More Air!

    More Air!

    01986HD

    The violent text resonates with the harsh energy of the music videos—for instance Powietrza (More Air), 1986, in which the band frantically...

    More Air!
  • 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
  • 2004
    The Energy Angles

    The Energy Angles

    The Energy Angles

    02004HD

    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
  • 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
  • 1989
    I Was a Boy in New York

    I Was a Boy in New York

    I Was a Boy in New York

    01989HD

    A film consisting of two shots recorded by a camera mounted on a lorry driving through Brooklyn, New York. At the beginning, in the foreground, we...

    I Was a Boy in New York
  • 1992
    Yaga, Answer the Phone...

    Yaga, Answer the Phone...

    Yaga, Answer the Phone...

    01992HD

    Experimental film by Józef Robakowski.

    Yaga, Answer the Phone...
  • 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
  • 1990
    My Videomasochisms II

    My Videomasochisms II

    My Videomasochisms II

    01990HD

    A simple video performance mocking the so called "butchers of art", some Polish performers that used to devastate their bodies during the...

    My Videomasochisms II