Józef Robakowski Movies

  • 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
  • 1972
    Dynamic Rectangle

    Dynamic Rectangle

    Dynamic Rectangle

    3.51972HD

    Rectangles pulsate to an electronic sound loop.

    Dynamic Rectangle
  • 1981
    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    Witkacy

    01981HD

    Witkacy
  • 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
  • 1970
    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    Horyzont

    01970HD

    Horyzont
  • 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!
  • 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)
  • 1971
    Test I

    Test I

    Test I

    3.51971HD

    White circles appear and disappear on a black surface.

    Test I
  • 2004
    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    Attention: Light!

    02004HD

    video, 5', 2004, collaboration with Wiesław Michalak

    Attention: Light!
  • 1994
    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    Acoustic Apple

    01994HD

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

    Acoustic Apple
  • 2006
    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    For Valie Export

    02006HD

    Short tribute to Valie Export.

    For Valie Export
  • 1982
    About My Fingers

    About My Fingers

    About My Fingers

    01982HD

    A sort of mini-biography of Robakowski.

    About My Fingers
  • 1985
    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    Cars, Cars!

    01985HD

    Video performance

    Cars, Cars!
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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

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