Józef Robakowski Movies

  • 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
  • 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!
  • 2002
    My Roasted Chicken

    My Roasted Chicken

    My Roasted Chicken

    6.32002HD

    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
  • 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)
  • 1972
    Dynamic Rectangle

    Dynamic Rectangle

    Dynamic Rectangle

    3.51972HD

    Rectangles pulsate to an electronic sound loop.

    Dynamic Rectangle
  • 1981
    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    01981HD

    Witkacy
  • 1971
    Test I

    Test I

    Test I

    3.51971HD

    White circles appear and disappear on a black surface.

    Test I
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    01994HD

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

    Acoustic Apple
  • 1985
    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    01985HD

    Video performance

    Cars, Cars!
  • 1970
    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    01970HD

    Horyzont
  • 2006
    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    02006HD

    Short tribute to Valie Export.

    For Valie Export
  • 2004
    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    02004HD

    video, 5', 2004, collaboration with Wiesław Michalak

    Attention: Light!
  • 1994
    Passage of energy angles

    Passage of energy angles

    Passage of energy angles

    01994HD

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

    Passage of energy angles
  • 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
    About My Fingers

    About My Fingers

    About My Fingers

    01982HD

    A sort of mini-biography of Robakowski.

    About My Fingers
  • 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
  • 1992
    Video Kisses

    Video Kisses

    Video Kisses

    01992HD

    The equation of organically generated soundtrack with the video image.

    Video Kisses
  • 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
  • 1962
    6 000 000

    6 000 000

    6 000 000

    01962HD

    A short film by Józef Robakowski

    6 000 000
  • 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