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Born 20 February 1939 in [[Poznań]], lives in [[Łódź]]. Author of films, photographic series, installations, drawings, objects, conceptual projects. Theoretician and academy professor. Studied art history in the Department of Fine Arts of the Mikołaj Kopernik University in [[Torun]], and cinematography at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre (PWSFTviT) in Łódź. In Toruń, he was the founder of artistic collectives Oko (1960), [[Zero-61]] (1961-1969), and Krąg (1965-1967), and member of the 'Pętla' Student Cine Club (1960-1966). In Łódź, he co-organised the [[Workshop of Film Form]] (from 1970), and the 'Stacja Ł' Television Creative Group (1991-1992), which undertook experimental work in connecting film picture and sound, permanently entering the Polish arena of conceptual and postconceptual art of the 70s. He teaches at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź.
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'''Józef Robakowski''' (1939) is a Polish artist and filmmaker associated with the avant-garde film movement of the 1960s and 1970s.
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Robakowski is the author of films, photographic series, installations, drawings, objects, conceptual projects, theoretician and academy professor. He studied art history in the Department of Fine Arts of the Mikołaj Kopernik University in [[Torun]], and cinematography at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre (PWSFTviT) in Łódź. In Toruń, he co-founded the artistic collectives Oko (1960), [[Zero-61]] (1961-69), and Krąg (1965-67), and was a member of the 'Pętla' Student Cine Club (1960-66). In Łódź, he co-organised the [[Workshop of Film Form]] (from 1970), and the 'Stacja Ł' Television Creative Group (1991-92), which undertook experimental work in connecting film picture and sound, permanently entering the Polish arena of conceptual and postconceptual art of the 70s. He teaches at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź.
  
 
An integral part of Robakowski's work are his statements and self-commentaries, as well as numerous programming texts and manifestoes, e.g. "Calling Once Again for 'Pure Film' " (1971), "Video Art - a Chance to Approach Reality" (1976), or "Manipulating!" (1988). Since the 1960s, Robakowski has remained an active animator of cultural life, as the author of a number of important initiatives (e.g. the Exchange Gallery), organiser and curator of exhibitions, and originator and editor of publications ("Nieme Kino", "Pst!"). Galeria Wymiany (Exchange Gallery) has been running since 1978 as a private gallery of present art, the aim of which is exchanging artistic thoughts, provoking creative initiatives. The gallery collects films, videotapes, documentation, it also produces video films and is a contact office for the international artistic movement [[Infermental]].
 
An integral part of Robakowski's work are his statements and self-commentaries, as well as numerous programming texts and manifestoes, e.g. "Calling Once Again for 'Pure Film' " (1971), "Video Art - a Chance to Approach Reality" (1976), or "Manipulating!" (1988). Since the 1960s, Robakowski has remained an active animator of cultural life, as the author of a number of important initiatives (e.g. the Exchange Gallery), organiser and curator of exhibitions, and originator and editor of publications ("Nieme Kino", "Pst!"). Galeria Wymiany (Exchange Gallery) has been running since 1978 as a private gallery of present art, the aim of which is exchanging artistic thoughts, provoking creative initiatives. The gallery collects films, videotapes, documentation, it also produces video films and is a contact office for the international artistic movement [[Infermental]].
  
== Works==
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==Works==
* eksperymentalne filmy krótkometrażowe i zapisy video, min: 6 000 000 (1962),Po człowieku (1969-1970), [http://www.artmuseum.pl/filmoteka/?l=1&id=803 Rynek] (1970), [http://www.artmuseum.pl/filmoteka/?l=1&id=337 Idę] (1973) , Z mojego okna (1978-1999), Pamięci L.Breżniewa (1982), Sztuka to potęga! (1984), Party z Lutosławskim (1997);
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===Experimental short films and videos===
* cykle fotograficzne, min: Foto-malarstwo (1958-1967), Fotografia astralna (1972-2002), Czeluście (1978), Kąty energetyczne (1975-2004), Termogramy (1998-2000);
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* instalacje i obiekty, min: Autoportret przestrzenny (1969), Krzesło (1970), Rolki (1970), Równoważnia dźwiękowa (obiekt interaktywny) (1972), Pan Jeleń (auto videoepitafium) (1990-1994), Kiner I i Kiner II (1992-2004);
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/193115516 6 000 000]'', 1962, 5'. 16 mm.
* filmy dokumentalne o sztuce, min: Portret Tymona Niesiołowskiego (1970), Żywa Galeria (1974/1975), Witkacy” (1980), Konstrukcja w Procesie (1981-1982) oraz z cyklu Uderzenie Sztuki: portrety telewizyjne - Wacław Szpakowski, Katarzyna Kobro, Władysław Strzemiński;
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/242476481 Po człowieku]'' [After the Man], 1970, 8'30", 35 mm. Realised with Ryszard Meissner; collaboration: Tadeusz Junak.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-rynek Rynek]'' [Market], 1970, 4'20". 35 mm. Collaboration: Ryszard Meissner and Tadeusz Junak (The Film Form Workshop). [https://vimeo.com/195763038]
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-22x-2 22x]'', 1971, 5'24". 35 mm.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-test Próba] [Test], 1971, 5'44". 35 mm. Realisation of the Film Form Workshop. [https://vimeo.com/192491709]
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-proba-ii Próba II] [Test II], 1971, 1'58". 35 mm. Realisation of the Film Form Workshop. [https://vimeo.com/192279987]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/192278924 Prostokąt dynamiczny]'' [The Dynamic Rectangle], 1971/1972, 5'. 35 mm. Realisation of the Film Form Workshop.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-ide Idę]'' [I'm Going], 1973, 2'56". 35 mm. Film performance. Realisation of the Film Form Workshop. [https://vimeo.com/192276716]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/237910909 Wacław Antczak Reinkarnacja]'' [Wacław Antczak Reincarnation], 1974, 4'. Realisation of the Film Form Workshop.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/240955858 Drzwi - Okno - Fotel]'' [Door - Window - Armchair], 1974, 22'. 35 mm. Collaboration: Ryszard Waśko; PWSFTviT.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/231372990 Something Happened Behind the Window]'', 1974/1994, 4'. Film/VHS.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/pl/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-cwiczenia-na-dwie-rece-2 Ćwiczenia na dwie ręce]'', 1976, 7'14". 16 mm.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/197377733 Z mojego okna]'' [From My Window], 1978/1999, 20'. 16 mm/Video.
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* ''Pamięci L.Breżniewa'', 1982.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/243115310 Państwo wojny]'' [War State], 1982, 12'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/193117462 O palcach]'' [About Fingers], 1982, 5'. VHS.
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* ''Sztuka to potęga!'', 1984.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-powietrza Powietrza!]'' [More Air!], 1985, 2'48". 16 mm. [https://vimeo.com/234200840]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/227691543 Reinkarnacja II dla P. W. Antczaka (Mistrzowi...)]'', 1985, 5'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/230475249 Mój teatr]'' [My Theatre], 1985, 8'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/239946276 Kino to potęga]'' [Cinema is Power], 1985, 6'30". 16 mm.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/235231126 Taniec z drzewami]'' [Dancing with Trees], 1985, 2'30". VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/234204067 Tańczę dla Ewy Z.]'' [I Dance for Eve Z.], 1985, 4'. VHS.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-zapis-energetyczny-moskwa-i-moje-oko Zapis energetyczny: Moskwa i moje oko...]'' [Energy Record: Moskwa and My Eye...], 1985, 27'56". VHS. [https://vimeo.com/236234329]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/194793261 Samochody, samochody!]'' [Cars, Cars!], 1985, 2'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/194790655 La - Lu La - Lu]'', 1985, 2'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/193119207 Dla Warsztatu Formy Filmowej: Bliżej-Dalej]'' [To The Workshop of The Film Form: Nearer-Farther], 1985, 4'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/237139264 Idzie ulicą]'' [He Goes Down the Street], 1986, 5'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/225775065 Dziewczyny z Jarocina]'' [Girls from Jarocin], 1986, 3'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/203263598 Party z Lutosławskim]'' [A Party With Lutoslawski], 1987, 27'. VHS.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-lochy-manhattanu Lochy Manhattanu]'' [The Dungeons of Manhattan], 1989, 65'10". VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/196698104 Byłem chłopcem w Nowym Jorku]'' [I Was a Boy in New York], 1989, 4'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/238909774 Pomarańczowa Alternatywa w Łodzi]'' [Orange Alternative in Łódź], 1989, 38'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/201111784 Dotknięcie Józefa]'' [Joseph’s Touch], 1989, 18'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/202213987 Chodź do mnie]'' [Come to Me], 1989/90, 5'. VHS.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-ojej-boli-mnie-noga Ojej, boli mnie noga]'' [My Leg Hurts], 1990, 2'32". VHS. [https://vimeo.com/193847279]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/224934334 video WIND]'', 1990, 3'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/232290515 Świetliki]'' [Fireflies], 1990, 2'40". VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/231377166 Moje videomasochizmy II]'' [My Videomasochisms II], 1990, 4'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/228716250 Dwie pieśni nastrojów]'' [Two Songs of the Moods], 1990, 3'30". VHS.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-gnusna-linia Gnuśna linia]'' [Idle Line], 1992, 3'00". VHS. [https://vimeo.com/194795798]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/226708976 Taniec z lajkonikiem]'' [Dance With a Lajkonik], 1992, 2'53". VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/193854852 Jadziu, odbierz telefon...]'' [Yaga, Answer the Phone...], 1992, 5'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/192495071 Videocałuski]'' [Video Kisses], 1992, 2'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/224928964 Szukaj]'' [Search], 1992, 1'17". VHS.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-1-2-3-4-videopoliczki 1, 2, 3, 4 (Videopoliczki)]'' [1, 2, 3, 4 (Light Cheeks)], 1993, 1'31". VHS. [https://vimeo.com/192494142]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/235236460 Videosong]'', 1993, 4'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/229622265 Twarz telewizyjna]'' [TV Face], 1994, 3'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/198159528 Jabłko akustyczne]'' The Apple (Acoustic)], 1994, 4'. VHS.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/199118763 Jestem elektryczny]'' [I Am Electric], 1996-2005, 13'. Video.
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* ''[https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-impulsatory Imuplzatory]'' [Impulsators], 2000, 2'33". VHS. [https://vimeo.com/196705684]
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/231381601 Impulsator VI]'', 2001, 3'. VHS. Realised with Krzysztof Lewandowski; music: Zakir.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/237146599 Polak mały...]'' [The Little Pole...], 2003, 3'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/196703759 Manifest energetyczny!]'' [The Energy Manifest!], 2003, 2'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/204305991 Mechaniczny operator]'' [The Mechanical Cameraman], 2003, 7'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/200145354 Uwaga: ŚWIATŁO!]'' [Attention: LIGHT!], 2004, 5'. Video. Collaboration: Wiesław Michalak.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/198162057 Rozmowa z matką]'' [Conversation with My Mother], 2004, 7'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/200140682 Rozmyślania przy lizaniu]'' [Meditations While Lisking], 2007, 6'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/237906886 Aż het, znad Bzury...]'', 2008, 2'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/244236201 Mordę skuję]'' [Smash Your Face In], 2010, 3'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/232294814 Piegi]'' [Freckles], 2014, 10'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/226714732 Len - Lu]'', 2014, 2'. Video.
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* ''[https://vimeo.com/225779184 Okulary]'' [Glasses], 2014, 8'40". Video.
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===Cycles of photographs===
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* ''Foto-malarstwo'', 1958-1967.
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* ''Fotografia astralna'', 1972-2002.
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* ''Kąty energetyczne'', 1975-2004.
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* ''Czeluście'', 1978.
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* ''Termogramy'', 1998-2000.
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===Installations and objects===
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* ''Autoportret przestrzenny'', 1969.
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* ''Krzesło'', 1970.
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* ''Rolki'', 1970.
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* ''Równoważnia dźwiękowa'', obiekt interaktywny'', 1972.
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* ''Pan Jeleń'', auto videoepitafium'', 1990-1994.
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* ''Kiner I i Kiner II'', 1992-2004.
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===Documentary films about art===
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* ''Portret Tymona Niesiołowskiego'', 1970.
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* ''Żywa Galeria'', 1974/1975.
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* ''Witkacy'', 1980.
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* ''Konstrukcja w Procesie'', 1981-1982. From the cycle ''Uderzenie Sztuki: portrety telewizyjne - Wacław Szpakowski''.
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* ''Katarzyna Kobro''.
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* ''Władysław Strzemiński''.
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==Writings==
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* [http://robakowski.eu/teksty.html "Jeszcze raz o 'czysty film'"] [Calling Once Again for 'Pure Film'], ''Polska'' 10, Warsaw, 1971; repr. in ''Robotnik Sztuki'' 4, Elbląg, 1972. {{pl}}
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* [http://robakowski.eu/tx3.html "Video Art - szansa podejścia rzeczywistości"] [Video Art - a Chance to Approach Reality], in ''Video Art'', Lublin: Galeria Labirynt, 1976. Catalogue text. {{pl}}
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* [http://robakowski.eu/tx4.html "Manipuluję!"] [Manipulating!], 1988. From the invitation flyer to the exhibition ''Kąty energetyczne'', Mala Galeria, Warsaw. {{pl}}
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* [http://www.exchange-gallery.pl/english/wstep_do_zg.html "The Live Gallery. Lodz progressive art movement 1969-1992"], c1997. {{en}}
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* [http://robakowski.eu/teksty.html more]
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==Interviews==
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* Alicja Cichowicz, [http://www.exchange-gallery.pl/english/wywiad.html "Józef Robakowski's Multimedia Exchange Gallery"], trans. Zbigniew Kowalski and Anna Petrie, n.d. {{en}}
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* [https://artmuseum.pl/en/filmoteka/praca/robakowski-jozef-wywiad-hansa-urlicha-obrista-z-jozefem Józef Robakowski Interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist], 2010, 76 min. Video.
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==Catalogues==
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* with Paul Sharits, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6063 ''Attention: Light!''], Buffalo, NY: Hallwalls, 2004.
  
== Literature==
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==Literature==
* "Calling Once Again for 'Pure Film'", 1971.
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* Łukasz Ronduda, [http://video.wrocenter.pl/pl/tekst/m2m/strategie-subwersywne-w-sztukach-medialnych-realizacje-found-footage-i-video-scratch-jozefa-robakowskiego/ "Strategie subwersywne w sztukach medialnych. Realizacje found footage i video scratch Józefa Robakowskiego"], in ''[http://video.wrocenter.pl/pl/kolekcja/odmonumentu-domarketu/ From Monument to Market: Video Art and Public Space]'', eds. Piotr Krajewski and Violetta Krajewska, Wroclaw: WRO Art Center, 2005. {{pl}}
* "Video Art - a Chance to Approach Reality", 1976.
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** [http://video.wrocenter.pl/en/tekst/m2m/strategie-subwersywne-w-sztukach-medialnych-realizacje-found-footage-i-video-scratch-jozefa-robakowskiego/ "Subversive Strategies in the Media Arts: Józef Robakowski’s Found Footage and Video Scratch"], trans. Sherill Howard Pociecha, in ''[http://video.wrocenter.pl/en/kolekcja/odmonumentu-domarketu/ From Monument to Market: Video Art and Public Space]'', eds. Piotr Krajewski and Violetta Krajewska, Wroclaw: WRO Art Center, 2005. [http://www.exchange-gallery.pl/english/subversive.html]  {{en}}
* "Manipulating!", 1988.
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* Marielle Nitoslawska, [http://video.wrocenter.pl/en/tekst/m2m/monument-market-manhattan/ "Monument. Market. Manhattan"], in ''[http://video.wrocenter.pl/en/kolekcja/odmonumentu-domarketu/ From Monument to Market: Video Art and Public Space]'', eds. Piotr Krajewski and Violetta Krajewska, Wroclaw: WRO Art Center, 2005. {{en}}
* Józef Robakowski, [http://www.exchange-gallery.pl/english/wstep_do_zg.html "The Live Gallery. Lodz progressive art movement 1969-1992"].
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** [http://video.wrocenter.pl/pl/tekst/m2m/monument-market-manhattan/ "Monument. Market. Manhattan"], trans. Anna Molik and Jacek Dziubiński, in ''[http://video.wrocenter.pl/pl/kolekcja/odmonumentu-domarketu/ From Monument to Market: Video Art and Public Space]'', eds. Piotr Krajewski and Violetta Krajewska, Wroclaw: WRO Art Center, 2005. {{pl}}
* Łukasz Ronduda, [http://www.exchange-gallery.pl/english/subversive.html "Subversive Strategies in the Media Arts. Józef Robakowski's Found Footage and Video Scratch"]  
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* Karol Sienkiewicz, [http://culture.pl/pl/tworca/jozef-robakowski "Józef Robakowski"], ''Culture.pl'', 2009. {{pl}}
* [http://www.exchange-gallery.pl/english/wywiad.html "Interview with Józef Robakowski"]
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** [http://culture.pl/en/artist/jozef-robakowski "Józef Robakowski"], ''Culture.pl'', 2009. {{en}}
* Paul Sharits, Józef Robakowski, [http://monoskop.org/log/?p=6063 ''Attention: Light!''], Buffalo, NY: Hallwalls, 2004. Catalogue.
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** [http://culture.pl/ru/artist/yuzef-robakovskiy "Юзеф Робаковский"], ''Culture.pl'', 2015. {{ru}}
  
 
== See also==
 
== See also==
 
[[Poland#Video_art]]
 
[[Poland#Video_art]]
  
== External links==
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==Links==
* http://www.robakowski.net/
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* [http://web.archive.org/web/20150801235045/http://www.robakowski.net/ Home page] (archived)
* [http://www.artmuseum.pl/filmoteka/?l=1&id=803 Robakowski's films at Polish Filmoteka Muzeum]
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* [https://vimeo.com/user59228124 Vimeo]
* [http://www.artmuseum.pl/filmoteka/?l=1&id=594 Robakowski interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist, 2010]
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* [https://www.forgottenheritage.eu/artists/3/jozef-robakowski Biography and selected works on Forgotten Heritage]
* [http://www.culture.pl/web/english/resources-visual-arts-full-page/-/eo_event_asset_publisher/eAN5/content/jozef-robakowski Culture.pl]
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* [http://csw.art.pl/index.php?action=aktualnosci&s2=1&id=582&lang= 2012 exhibition]
* [http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Robakowski Robakowski on Wikipedia]
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* [http://culture.pl/pl/artykul/kolekcja-sztuki-jozefa-robakowskiego Exhibition of Robakowski's art collection], 2013.
  
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Born February 20, 1939(1939-02-20)
Poznań, Poland
Lives in Łódź, Poland
Web Culture.pl, Wikipedia-PL
Collections Arton 20, MoMA Warsaw 13, Pompidou 5, ZKM 3, Kontakt (Vienna) 3, CSW Toruń 2, Zachęta 2, MS Łódź 1, Mocak Kraków 1, MSW Szczecin 1

Józef Robakowski (1939) is a Polish artist and filmmaker associated with the avant-garde film movement of the 1960s and 1970s.

Robakowski is the author of films, photographic series, installations, drawings, objects, conceptual projects, theoretician and academy professor. He studied art history in the Department of Fine Arts of the Mikołaj Kopernik University in Torun, and cinematography at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre (PWSFTviT) in Łódź. In Toruń, he co-founded the artistic collectives Oko (1960), Zero-61 (1961-69), and Krąg (1965-67), and was a member of the 'Pętla' Student Cine Club (1960-66). In Łódź, he co-organised the Workshop of Film Form (from 1970), and the 'Stacja Ł' Television Creative Group (1991-92), which undertook experimental work in connecting film picture and sound, permanently entering the Polish arena of conceptual and postconceptual art of the 70s. He teaches at the National Higher School of Film, Television and Theatre in Łódź.

An integral part of Robakowski's work are his statements and self-commentaries, as well as numerous programming texts and manifestoes, e.g. "Calling Once Again for 'Pure Film' " (1971), "Video Art - a Chance to Approach Reality" (1976), or "Manipulating!" (1988). Since the 1960s, Robakowski has remained an active animator of cultural life, as the author of a number of important initiatives (e.g. the Exchange Gallery), organiser and curator of exhibitions, and originator and editor of publications ("Nieme Kino", "Pst!"). Galeria Wymiany (Exchange Gallery) has been running since 1978 as a private gallery of present art, the aim of which is exchanging artistic thoughts, provoking creative initiatives. The gallery collects films, videotapes, documentation, it also produces video films and is a contact office for the international artistic movement Infermental.

Works

Experimental short films and videos

Cycles of photographs

  • Foto-malarstwo, 1958-1967.
  • Fotografia astralna, 1972-2002.
  • Kąty energetyczne, 1975-2004.
  • Czeluście, 1978.
  • Termogramy, 1998-2000.

Installations and objects

  • Autoportret przestrzenny, 1969.
  • Krzesło, 1970.
  • Rolki, 1970.
  • Równoważnia dźwiękowa, obiekt interaktywny, 1972.
  • Pan Jeleń, auto videoepitafium, 1990-1994.
  • Kiner I i Kiner II, 1992-2004.

Documentary films about art

  • Portret Tymona Niesiołowskiego, 1970.
  • Żywa Galeria, 1974/1975.
  • Witkacy, 1980.
  • Konstrukcja w Procesie, 1981-1982. From the cycle Uderzenie Sztuki: portrety telewizyjne - Wacław Szpakowski.
  • Katarzyna Kobro.
  • Władysław Strzemiński.

Writings

Interviews

Catalogues

Literature

See also

Poland#Video_art

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