Programme

The day before

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1984 // 01:38 min

experimental

An amusing portrait of a drunken, russian cosmonaut and an example of Rybczynski´s mastering of special effects in order to create spectacular, surreal distortions.

The discreet Charm of the Diplomacy

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1984 // 02:56 min

experimental

Pompous diplomats feasting at a surreal-istic banquet. Under the sumptuously laden table, a menagerie of farm animals forms a noisy parade.

Close to the edit

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1984 // 04:30 min

music video clip

Music clip for the band "The Art of Noise". Rybczynski plays with humorous complaissance and leans towards the aesthetic and philosophy of the traditional avantgard.

Sign of the times

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1984 // 04:25 min

music video clip

Music video for Grandmaster Flash.

Diana D

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1984 // 04:00 min

music video clip

This video for Chuck Mangione, won Rybczynski the Moniter Award for best director in 1985, and the American Video Award for best editing, in 1984.

Hell in Paradise

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1986 // 03:30 min

music video clip

Video for one of Yoko Ono´s greatest hits in the ´80´s.

All the Things she said

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1986 // 04:15 min

music video clip

For this clip for "Simple Minds" Rybczinski uses the instant video process. This allows him to shoot and edit simultaneously. The unusual effect is achieved by copying the images over and over.

Steps

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1987 // 26:00 min

short fiction experimental

Ironic remix of the famous scene on the steps in ´The Battleship Potemkin´. Rybczynski integrates a voyeuristic tourist group into Eisenstein´s film and lets the two realities interact.

Eine Collage: Capriccio No.24, The Orchestra, Manhattan and

A Collage: Capriccio No.24, The Orchestra, Manhattan and Kaf

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1989 // 27:00 min

experimental

A collage of Zbig Rybczynski´s masterpieces: Capriccio No.24 (1989), The Orchestra (1990), Manhattan (1991) und Kafka (1992).

Imagine

Zbigniew Rybczynski // Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika // 1986 // 04:20 min

music video clip experimental

Accompanied by John Lennon´s song, the camera sweeps through a series of identical rooms, figures come and go, fall in love, separate, give birth and live.