Movies: Józef Robakowski

"...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 nonsense is justified by the fact that this phenomenon took place in a state of war."...

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

A fictional telephone conversation between the filmmaker and his mother on her birthday. A performative reflection on the relationship between public and private spheres in which the maker turns his back to the camera, simultaneously shielding himsel...

Short tribute to Valie Export....

A sort of mini-biography of Robakowski....

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

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 energy!"...

Video performance...

The ritual transmission of a military parade from Moscow’s Red Square: On every anniversary of the October Revolution, this was loyally broadcast by all the television stations in the so-called people’s democracies. In Robakowski’s work, this materia...

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