Józef Robakowski Movies

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

A film sketch for a portrait of Stanislaw Ignacy Witkiewicz by multimedia artist Jozef Robakowski.

The film is an experimental documentary form, made using the stop-motion method. It is a single shot in total plan, showing an aerial view of the...

An autobiographical, auto-therapeutic take, laced with deadpan humor. Here we learn about another identity crisis as Robakowski speaks of his fear of...

The equation of organically generated soundtrack with the video image.

White circles appear and disappear on a black surface.

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...

The film is dedicated to the memory of American surrealist Paul Sharits. Sharits sent Robakowski a film score with a proposal to use it in a film...

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

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...

Experimental short film by Józef Robakowski.

ince the 1970s, Robakowski has been experimenting with the category of the author, transferring the authorship of his works onto the film camera. ...

Experimental short film by Józef Robakowski & Ryszard Meissner.

This film belongs to a group of works that constitute manifestations of Robakowski’s engaged attitude towards social reality. Here, his...

The protagonist climbs the steps of a tower, loudly counting each step. The end of his climb also marks the end of the film.

Rectangles pulsate to an electronic sound loop.

Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth.

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

"...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...