BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//http://www2.movingimage.us//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.10.23// X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260415T200239CEST-1119av9t6K@http://www2.movingimage.us DTSTAMP:20260415T180239Z DESCRIPTION:\n I am the poet of the Body and I am the poet of the Soul\, / The pleasures of heaven are with me and the pains of hell are with me\, / The first I graft and increase upon myself\, the latter I translate into a new tongue. —Walt Whitman\n \n\n\n In the work of Polish poet\, musician\ , and installation artist Wojciech Bąkowski\, the self is the catalyst for transcendental expression. By directly drawing and using his own saliva o n 35mm film stock\, or making computerized\, abstract animations\, Bąkowsk i dives into his inner reality to convey a word-view that takes inspiratio n in the grotesque\, the absurd\, and the surreal. In conjunction with Ant hology Film Archives\, Museum of the Moving Image presents the most compre hensive film retrospective of Bąkowski’s films and videos in North Americ a\, and the first one in New York City. Program duration: 65 mins. \n\n\n Worsening of Eyesight (2013\, 6 mins. Digital projection.) Bąkowski refle cts on the distortions of perception\, focusing on what occurs in our live s at each and every second. \n\n\n Spoken Movie 5 (2010\, 6 mins. Digital projection.) In this camera-less animation\, drawn directly on 35mm stock\ , the nonsense that surrounds us is made evident through drawings\, cutout s\, stencil graphics\, the filmmaker’s voice\, and music by Dawid Szczesny . \n\n\n Sound of My Soul (2014\, 13 mins. Digital projection.) Referring to Marcel Proust\, Bąkowski positions himself as an outsider within his ow n mind. \n\n\n Spoken Movie 6 (2011\, 6 mins. Digital projection.) Employi ng animated puppets to impersonate himself\, Bąkowski expresses a kind of existential boredom\, mixed with a pessimistic accounting of his daily lif e. \n\n\n Dry Standpipe (2012\, 13 mins. Digital projection. New York prem iere.) In this video collage\, remembering becomes the way to try and unde rstand the mundane aspects of life. \n\n\n Construction of The Day (2013\, 9 mins. Digital projection.) As with other works by Bąkowski\, this film expresses discontent and defiance. \n\n\n Prospects’ Overview (2013\, 9 mi ns. Digital projection. New York premiere.) Filmmaker and viewer walk thro ugh virtual distances in a computer-generated world. \;\n\n\n Free wit h museum admission  \;\n \n \n Guest curator: Mónica Savirón \n \n Org anized in partnership with the Ann Arbor Film Festival\, the National Gall ery of Art\, Washington\, D.C.\, and Anthology Film Archives. Special than ks to the Polish Cultural Institute New York and the Audio Visual Arts (AV A)\, and Bureau. \n DTSTART:20150405T140000 DTEND:20150405T140000 LOCATION:Museum of the Moving Image SUMMARY:Song of Myself: Wojciech Bąkowski’s Films and Videos END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR