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 young married couple and their everyday hardships. Unemployed Wojtek decides to sell grilled chicken from a street stall. His wife Agata is a film...

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...

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

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

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

From 'The Workshop of the Film Form'

Short tribute to Valie Export.

Robakowski directs the camera to zoom back and forth.

Rectangles pulsate to an electronic sound loop.

A simple video performance mocking the so called "butchers of art", some Polish performers that used to devastate their bodies during the...

Video performance

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

The equation of organically generated soundtrack with the video image.

A short film by Józef Robakowski

Dancing with trees

White circles appear and disappear on a black surface.

A sort of mini-biography of Robakowski.