Inspired by a visual score envisioned by Paul Sharits before his death, this work translates Chopin’s final Mazurka into a composition of pulsating colours and light.
Developed in close artistic dialogue with Wiesław Michalak, the piece originated from a conceptual sketch by Paul Sharits, leader of the structural film movement, created during his 1981 stay in Poland. Years later, this idea was reimagined through precise digital synchronisation, giving form to a cinematic score of pure chromatic transitions. Rather than illustrating Chopin’s Mazurka in F minor op. 68 no. 4, the film makes its structure visible: hues shift with tonal changes, while sound intensity appears as saturation and contrast. What begins as flickering colour becomes a meticulous visual analogue to musical composition—a film where time is measured in light rather than notes. By transforming Sharits’s sketch into a chromatic score, Robakowski reaffirms his commitment to cinema as pure energy—where light, sound, and perception merge into an experience that bypasses representation. The piece continues his quest to free the image from illustration, rejecting the socio-realist pretensions typical of the socialist regimes that shaped Poland and Central Eastern Europe during his youth and maturity, instead proposing a direct sensory encounter that restores the viewer’s active role.
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