Józef Robakowski Movies

  • 2002
    My Roasted Chicken

    My Roasted Chicken

    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...

    My Roasted Chicken
  • 2005
    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    Trying to Describe Oneself

    7.42005HD

    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
  • 1985
    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    01985HD

    Video performance

    Cars, Cars!
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    01994HD

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

    Acoustic Apple
  • 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)
  • 1981
    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    01981HD

    Witkacy
  • 1985
    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    Nearer – Further

    01985HD

    Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth.

    Nearer – Further
  • 2004
    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    02004HD

    video, 5', 2004, collaboration with Wiesław Michalak

    Attention: Light!
  • 2006
    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    02006HD

    Short tribute to Valie Export.

    For Valie Export
  • 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!
  • 1962
    6 000 000

    6 000 000

    6 000 000

    01962HD

    A short film by Józef Robakowski

    6 000 000
  • 1970
    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    01970HD

    Horyzont
  • 1999
    Impulsators

    Impulsators

    Impulsators

    01999HD

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

    Impulsators
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 1973
    Ćwiczenie

    Ćwiczenie

    Ćwiczenie

    01973HD

    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'.

    Ćwiczenie
  • 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)
  • 1970
    The Market

    The Market

    The Market

    01970HD

    From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'

    The Market
  • 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