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51st INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN
SPECIAL PRESENTATION

Jozef Robakowski - Energetic images. Biomechanical recordings
curator: Piotr Krajewski

May 6th, 7th + 9th, Lihtburg Filmpalast, Elsasser Str 26, Oberhausen
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Jozef Robakowski is one of the foremost and most influential figures 
in contemporary Polish art. He is an artist, art historian, 
experimental film and video maker, photographer, draughtsman, author 
of objects, installations, conceptual projects and a publisher. Since 
1959, he has been a regular participant in art exhibitions, film 
festivals and new media festivals, including Documenta 6 (Kassel 
1977), Film as Film (London 1979), Sydney Biennale (1982), Europa 
Europa (Bonn 1994) and the WRO Media Art Biennale (Wroclaw 1989 - 
2005). He has also taken part in events organized by biggest museums 
and prestigous galleries such as MoMa (New York), Centre Georges 
Pompidou (Paris), De Appel Amsterdam, and in Poland Center for 
Contemporary Art (Warsaw) and Art Museum, Lodz. His graphic works, 
tapes and installations are featured in many art collections around 
the world.

Since 1959, he has been a regular participant in art exhibitions, 
film festivals and new-media festivals, including Documenta 6 (Kassel 
1977), Film as Film (London 1979), Sydney Biennale (1982), Europa 
Europa (Bonn 1994) and the WRO Media Art Biennale (Wroclaw 1989 and 
2003). He has also taken part in events organized by the Contemporary 
Art Center (Warsaw), the Museum of Modern Art (New York), Centre 
Georges Pompidou (Paris) and numerous other galleries, and his work 
is featured in many art collections around the world.

Together with curator Piotr Krajewski, he has compiled three programs 
especially for Oberhausen - making the most extensive till now show 
of his works in Europe. Light, performance and the very own cinema in 
which the artist relates to his immediate reality, form themes of 
individual programs that make the gamut of his realizations from Test 
I (1971) to the The Energy Manifesto (2003) and Attention LIGHT! 
(2004).

Light, performances and the realities of how the artistre lates to 
his immediate surroundings form the themes of the individual 
programmes, which run the gamut from Test I (1971) to the The Energy 
Manifesto (2003) and Attention LIGHT! (2004).

screenings:

Friday, May 6th, 17.00
Attention: LIGHT! (For Paul Sharits)

Saturday, May 7th, 20.00
The Bio-mechanical Recordings. Film and Video Performance

Monday, May 9th, 12.30
My Very Own Cinema. Operations on Reality





51. INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL OBERHAUSEN
PROGRAM SPECJALNY

Jozef Robakowski - Obrazy energetyczne. Zapisy Bio-Mechaniczne.
kurator: Piotr Krajewski

6, 7 + 9 Maja
Lihtburg Filmpalast, Elsasser Str 26, Oberhausen
<http://wrocenter.pl/mail_adv/www.kurzfilmtage.de>http://www.kurzfilmtage.de

Jozef Robakowski jest jedna z najwazniejszych i najbardziej 
wplywowych postaci sztuki wspolczesnej w Polsce. Artysta, historyk 
sztuki, fotografik, autor filmow eksperymentalnych i video, obiektow, 
instalacji, projektow konceptualnych, rysownik, dzialacz artystyczny, 
wydawca.

Od w 1959 roku bral udzial w licznych wystawach sztuki, festiwalach 
filmowych i nowych mediow, m in Documenta 6 (Kassel 1977), Film As 
Film, (London 1979), Sydney Biennale 1982, EUROPA, EUROPA (Bonn 1994) 
i wielokrotnie na WRO Media Art Biennale (1989 - 2005), uczestniczyl 
w wydarzeniach organizowanych przez najwieksze muzea i prestizowe 
galerie, w tym MoMA, New York, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, czy De 
Appel, Amsterdam, w Polsce zas CSW Zamek Ujazdowski w Warszawie czy 
Muzeum Sztuki w ¸odzi. Jego prace od grafik i fotografii po tasmy i 
instalacje znajduja sie w wielu swiatowych kolekcjach sztuki 
wspolczesnej.

Wspolnie z kuratorem Piotrem Krajewskim artysta przygotowal 
specjalnie dla Oberhausen trzyczesciowe czesciowa prezentacje - 
stanowiaca jak do tej pory najbardziej obszerny pokaz jego prac w 
Europie.

Swiatlo, performance i kino wlasne w ktorym artysta kieruje sie ku 
najblizej otaczajacej go rzeczywistosci, sa tematami osobnych pokazow 
ukazujacych pelna game realizacji od Test I (1971) do Manifestu 
Energetycznego (2003) i Uwaga: SWIATLO! (2004).

pokazy:

(piatek) 6 maja, 17.00
Uwaga: SWIATLO! (dla Paula Sharitsa)

(sobota) 7 maja, 20.00
Zapisy bio-mechaniczne. Film- i video- performance

(poniedzialek) 9 maja, 12.30
Kino wlasne. Operacje na realnosci.





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