Józef Robakowski

Józef Robakowski is amongst the first generation of Polish artists to work with video, Józef Robakowski (born 1939) is a pioneer of independent Polish film. A founder member of numerous artists’ organisations, he was a professor at the Film, Television and Theatre State Academy in Łódz from 1970 to 1981, until removed from his position by the communist authorities and forbidden to either leave the country or show his work in Poland.