Event

SCULPTOR WITH CAMERA + IN ABSOLUTE SILENCE

Documentary

SCULPTOR WITH CAMERA
RZEBIARZ Z KAMER

2018, 29 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. MARCIN GIYCKI

A montage of amateur films made by the sculptor August Zamoyski (1893- 1970) in between 1927 and 1929. His footage depicts the rural life of Polish aristocratic landowners in the 1920s, as well as the bohemian life of artists in France and Poland. Among those featured in the film are Adolf Loos, Arthur Rubinstein, Louis Marcousiss, Moïse Kisling, Alice Halicka, and an eccentric Polish painter and writer, Stanisaw Ignacy Witkiewicz (Witkacy).
Zamoyski was one of the most important Polish sculptors of the 20th century, a member of the first Polish avant-garde groups Bunt (Rebellion) and Formici (The Formists).

IN ABSOLUTE SILENCE
W ABSOLUTNEJ CISZY

2017, 65 min, Poland
Polish with English subtitles
dir. UKASZ RÓDKA

In this documentary film, ukasz ródka tells the story of his grandfather, Konrad Jarodzki, the well-known Wrocaw based painter, professor, and former rector of the Wrocaw Academy of Fine Arts who collaborated with the famous Wrocaw Group in the 1960s and 1970s. Jarodzki perceived the world visually and could not imagine not seeing something. In his studio at Wrocaw's Academy of Fine Arts, Jarodzki opened the door to his students and said, "Do whatever you want," giving them a huge amount of freedom. They experienced a melting pot that welcomed seekers, thinkers, and experimental artists. His students felt able to "really live," in contrast to the depressing communist reality. This film is a poetic vision of the painter's artistic path, intertwined with commentary by Wrocaw-based artists, including those who passed through his studio, as well as art critics.