Józef Robakowski: Living Gallery / Living Gallery 2

Film premiere and introduction of the artist

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Country of production

Poland

Directed by

Jozef Robakowski

Język

Polish

Produced in 1975 by Wytwórnia Filmów Oświatowych, Living Gallery was a collaborative film documenting the Polish neo-avant-garde scene. Robakowski wrote about it as a risky and responsible task: an attempt to "discover the mentality of currently active artists" and reveal their artistic consciousness.

The film is a record of interdisciplinary activities – short, intense artistic statements by eighteen artists who, in a strictly limited time of one and a half minutes, carry out their own activities, treating the camera as a field of direct confrontation.

Żywa Galeria 2 returns to the same formula, bringing it into the present day. The film presents 19 artists working today in the field of multimedia – the next generation entering the Polish art scene. The 1.5-minute time limit serves as a formal test: it organizes the material and at the same time brings out the diversity of attitudes, strategies, and artistic languages.

List of artists who co-create Living Gallery 2 (2025):

Tomasz Armada
Karolina Breguła
Izabela Chamczyk
Aleksandra Chciuk
Jakub Ciężki
Marcin Derda
Karolina Hałatek
Irena Kalicka
Robert Mainka
Cecylia Malik
Horacy Muszyński
Tomasz Popakul
Jadwiga Sawicka
Tomasz Szerszeń
Karolina Wiktor
Karolina Wojtas
Jakub Woynarowski
Piotr Zbierski
Marta Zgierska

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