Movies: Józef Robakowski

  • 1981
    Witkacy

    Witkacy (1981)

    Witkacy

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

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

    1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)

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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...

    1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)
  • 1982
    War State

    War State (1982)

    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 nonsense is justified by the fact that this phenomenon took place in a state of war."...

    War State
  • 1985
    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further (1985)

    Nearer – Further

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    Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth....

    Nearer – Further
  • 2002
    My Roasted Chicken

    My Roasted Chicken (2002)

    My Roasted Chicken

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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....

    My Roasted Chicken
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple (1994)

    Acoustic Apple

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

    Acoustic Apple
  • 1985
    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars! (1985)

    Cars, Cars!

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    Video performance...

    Cars, Cars!
  • 1971
    Test I

    Test I (1971)

    Test I

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    White circles appear and disappear on a black surface....

    Test I
  • 1973
    Exercise

    Exercise (1973)

    Exercise

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    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'....

    Exercise
  • 2004
    Conversation With My Mother

    Conversation With My Mother (2004)

    Conversation With My Mother

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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...

    Conversation With My Mother
  • 1962
    6,000,000

    6,000,000 (1962)

    6,000,000

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    A short film by Józef Robakowski...

    6,000,000
  • 1971
    An Attempt (Test II)

    An Attempt (Test II) (1971)

    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)
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself (2005)

    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 camera as mirror and third eye. At first, a collage-like combination of letter-writing, investigation and ...

    Trying to Describe Oneself
  • 1990
    My Videomasochisms II

    My Videomasochisms II (1990)

    My Videomasochisms II

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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....

    My Videomasochisms II
  • 1982
    Brezhnev's Funeral

    Brezhnev's Funeral (1982)

    Brezhnev's Funeral

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

    Brezhnev's Funeral
  • 1985
    Art is Power

    Art is Power (1985)

    Art is Power

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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...

    Art is Power
  • 1994
    Passage of energy angles

    Passage of energy angles (1994)

    Passage of energy angles

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    Words and abstract shapes on a film strip, shot on video...

    Passage of energy angles
  • 1970
    Horyzont

    Horyzont (1970)

    Horyzont

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    Horyzont
  • 2006
    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export (2006)

    For Valie Export

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    Short tribute to Valie Export....

    For Valie Export
  • 1985
    La - Lu

    La - Lu (1985)

    La - Lu

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

    La - Lu