Movies: Józef Robakowski
- 1981
Witkacy (1981)
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- 1993
1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks) (1993)
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ince the 1970s, Robakowski has been experimenting with the category of the author, transferring the authorship of his works onto the film camera. Implementing the strategy of biological-mechanical records, Robakowski continues his experiments, carri...
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- 1982
War State (1982)
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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 nonsense is justified by the fact that this phenomenon took place in a state of war."...
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- 1985
Nearer – Further (1985)
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Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth....
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- 2002
My Roasted Chicken (2002)
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A young married couple and their everyday hardships. Unemployed Wojtek decides to sell grilled chicken from a street stall. His wife Agata is a film student making a documentary on her husband....
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- 1994
Acoustic Apple (1994)
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A short showing Robakowski peeling and eating an apple, which itself produces the sound....
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- 1985
Cars, Cars! (1985)
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Video performance...
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- 1971
Test I (1971)
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White circles appear and disappear on a black surface....
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- 1973
Exercise (1973)
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From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'....
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- 2004
Conversation With My Mother (2004)
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A fictional telephone conversation between the filmmaker and his mother on her birthday. A performative reflection on the relationship between public and private spheres in which the maker turns his back to the camera, simultaneously shielding himsel...
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- 1962
6,000,000 (1962)
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A short film by Józef Robakowski...
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- 1971
An Attempt (Test II) (1971)
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A classical organ composition by Johann Sebastian Bach “stretches” a red strip of film; An exploration of musical memory....
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- 2005
Trying to Describe Oneself (2005)
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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 camera as mirror and third eye. At first, a collage-like combination of letter-writing, investigation and ...
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- 1990
My Videomasochisms II (1990)
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A simple video performance mocking the so called "butchers of art", some Polish performers that used to devastate their bodies during the performances....
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- 1982
Brezhnev's Funeral (1982)
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Video: Józef Robakowski, music: Laibach Werkstatt, production: Exchange Gallery....
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- 1985
Art is Power (1985)
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The ritual transmission of a military parade from Moscow’s Red Square: On every anniversary of the October Revolution, this was loyally broadcast by all the television stations in the so-called people’s democracies. In Robakowski’s work, this materia...
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- 1994
Passage of energy angles (1994)
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Words and abstract shapes on a film strip, shot on video...
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- 1970
Horyzont (1970)
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- 2006
For Valie Export (2006)
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Short tribute to Valie Export....
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- 1985
La - Lu (1985)
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A swing imposes its rhythm, independent of the commentator; it forms the rhythmic score for the filmmaker's singing....
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