ZBIG RYBCZYNSKI - RETROSPECTIVES, PRESENTATIONS, JURY MEMBER



2021
Screenings of "Tango" at:

64th "International Leipzig Documentary and Animated Film Festival"
October 25 - 31, 2021 Leipzig, Germany

An Exhibition "L-Espace du fond"
August 12 - September 19, 2021 Lausanne, Switzerland

"Film Festival in Nikolaj Kunsthal Museum"
February 12 - May 9, 2021 Copenhagen, Denmark


2020
"The 22nd Bucheon International Animation Festival"
Screening of "Tango".
October 23-27, 2020 Bucheon-si, South Korea

"Cinema Galleggiante | Unknown Waters Giudecca"
MICROCLIMA, Serra dei Giardini
Screening of "Tango".
August 27 – September 5t, 2020, Venice, Italy

Premiere of "Angst" in Japan
Theatrical release of "Angst" from 1983 with cinematography by Zbig Rybczynski, dir. Gerald Karl.
July 3rd, 2020, King Records, Tokyo, Japan

"SUMMER WINDOW: Dread one day at a time Jo Addison, Amsterdam"
ONLINE EXHIBITION Unstilled Life: Artist Animations 1980 – 2020.
Virtual Screening of "Tango".
August 3 – September 3, 2020, Amsterdam, Netherlands

"SUMMER WINDOW: Dread one day at a time Jo Addison, London"
ONLINE EXHIBITION Unstilled Life: Artist Animations 1980 – 2020.
Virtual Screening of "Tango".
July 22  – September 3, 2020 Tino Gallery, London, UK

"Einsiedeln Film Festival at "CINEBOXX"
Screening of "Tango".
May 14 - 17, 2020, Einsiedeln, Switzerland

"Photoblock" Olomouc Museum of Art (Muzeum umení Olomouc)
Screening of "New Book".
March 19 -July, 2020, Olomouc, Czechia


2019
"Yebis International Festival of Art and Alternative Visions"
Featuring "Tango" and "My Window" at the Exhibition "Windows - A Journey of Art and Architecture Through Windows" at The National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo.
Exhibition is traveling to Marugame Geinichiro-Inokuma Museum of Contemporary Art.
November 1, 2019 – February 2, 2020, Tokyo, Japan

Exhibition "OKEY DOKEY III – FENSTER"
Featuring Zbig’s “Zupa” ("The Soup").
The exhibition “Fenster" is unfolding over eight venues. Co-Curated by Fatima Hellberg & Steven Cairns.
July 6 - August 31 2019, Cologne / Düsseldorf, Germany

Exhibition "Should we Dance"
Screening of Zbig's "Tango" and the "Bolero" - a fragment from “The Orchestra” during the exhibition “On danse ?” “On danse ?”
January 23rd - May 20th, 2019, Marseille, France.


2018
"Ottawa International Animation Festival 2018"
Screening of "The Orchestra".
Sep 26 - 30, 2018, Ottawa, Canada

Exhibition "PROYECTOR in Madrid"
Screening of "Tango" in 10 different venues in Madrid.
September 12 - 23, 2018, Madrid, Spain

"Art in Motion - 100 Masterpieces with and through Media"
Curated by Peter Weibel and Siegfried Zielinski. Screening of "Tango"
July 14th 2018 - February 10th 2019. Opening 13 July 2018,
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany.

"Kaohsiung Film Festival"
Screening of "Kwadrat"("The Square") during polish shorts and Lodz Film School in Taiwan.
October 19th, 2018, Taiwan

"The 70th Anniversary of Polish Animation"
Screening of "Tango" in different cites San Rafael, CA; Cleveland, OH; Austin, TX; Seattle, WA; Vancouver, Canada; Berkeley, CA; NYC; Chicago, IL; Harford, CT .
October 1, 2017 - February 28, 2018, USA, Canada


2017
"33rd International Short Film Festival"
Screening of "The Orchestra".
November 20 – 26, 2017, Berlin, Germany

"National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art"
Screening of Zbig's films.
September 22th 2017 – January 21th. 2018, Seoul Korea

ZKM | Center for Art>
Screening of "Tango" and "Media" regarding the exhibition project "Radical Software".
The Raindance Foundation "Media Ecology and Video Art?".
ZKM | Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe, Germany.


2016
"Zbig Rybczynski : A Visionary Life of Images and Technology"
Screening of Zbig's films and videos and meeting with audience.
April 27, 2016, EXPLODED VIEW, Tucson, AZ

Screenings "POLISH AVANT-GARDE CINEMA"
Programmed by Andrzej Jachimczyk, based on his MFJ 62 review of “A Struggle for Form”, a new book on Polish avant-garde cinema. The screening is presented in collaboration with the Polish Cultural Institute.
February 18th, 2016, Anthology Film Archives, New York, NY

2015
"CineFamily at The SILENT MOVIE THEATRE"
Screening of "Angst" and meeting with audience.
June 12th, 2015, Los Angeles, CA

2014
"ZBIG RYBCZYNSKI at AVVISTAMENTI WORKSHOPS 2014"
Curated by Bruno Di Marino, Daniela Di Niso, Antonio Musci.
Two meetings with audience. Screening of Zbig films and videos including 2010 "The Vision" co-directed by Dorota Zglobicka.
Organized by Cineclub Canudo with cooperation of Apulia Film Commission
July 29 and 31, Cineporto, Bari, Italy.

"The 16th TEL AVIV International Student Film Festival"
Honorary guest and jury member of the International Competition.
Screening of selected films by Zbig and master class on directing an experimental film.
May 31 - June 7, Cinemateque, Tel Aviv, Israel.

"ZBIGNIEW RYBCZYNSKI - ON VISUAL IMAGE"
Exhibition of sketches, drawings and storyboards for films and videos made by Rybczynski.
Apr 15, meeting with the artist, vernissage.
Apr 15 - May 11, Galeria Bielska BWA, Bielsko Biala, Poland.

"Rybczynski: Exploring Space"
A tribute to Zbigniew Rybczynski's work through the screening of a selection of his films from an architectural lens, accompanied by an introductory lecture by Theo Lorenz, architect, director at Interprofessional Studio (AAIS) of the Architectural Association School, and an expert in the relation of digital and physical space and the associations between subjects and objects. Curated by The Architecture Foundation - Part of Architecture on Film.
Jan 23, Barbican Centre, London, United Kingdom.


2013
ATLAS SZTUKI
invites to the opening of the exhibition "ZBIGNIEW RYBCZYNSKI"
Friday, December 13th, 2013, at 7:00 p.m. 114/116 Piotrkowska St., Lodz, Poland
the exhibition will be open until February 2nd, 2014 Link: ATLAS SZTUKI

"Anilogue 2013 International Animation Film Festival"
Jury member and Rybczynski retrospective programme as part of the Visegrad Media Horizons workshop.
Nov 27 - 30, SzimplaFilm, Budapest, Hungary.

"VIADUKT - conference on Art and Technical Civilization" organized by BKF University of Applied Scienes - Budapest.
Participation in the panel on Image, Technology and Responsibily - lecture.
December 1, Kepes Art Centre, Eger, Hungary.

Festival delle nuove tecnologie – “La Polonia da scoprire”,
dall’Ambasciata della Repubblica di Polonia e dall’Istituto Polacco di Roma
in collaborazione con il Museo Nazionale del Cinema e la Film Commission Torino Piemonte.
"LO STUDIO IDEALE SECONDO ZBIGNIEW RYBCZYNSKI"
Presentation of the Film Studio CeTA in Wroclaw, Poland - designed and conceived by Zbig. Lecture and meeting with audience.
7 novembre, Film Commission Torino Piemonte, Torino, Italy.

"ZBIGNIEW RYBCZYNSKI PRESENTA …"
Screening of Tango, Imagine and The Orchestra, meeting with audience.
7 novembre, Cinema Massimo, Torino, Italy.

Film Spring Open-Air 2013 - Lecture and talk about the concept of special effects in new technologies.
The creator of Film Spring Open-Air is Slawomir Idziak nominated for an Academy Award for 'Best Cinematography' in the film 'Black Hawk Down'.
May 28 - Krakow, Poland.

"Zbigniew Rybczynski w Atlasie Sztuki" - Screening of selected videos. Lecture and meeting with audience.
March 1 - Atlas Sztuki, Lodz, Poland.


2012
Romaeuropa Festival 2012 – “Digital Live” - Participation in the exhibition with two films “The Orchestra” and "The Fourth Dimension".
November 15 – December 16, Roma, Italy.

“STATE OF IMAGES – ZBIGNIEW RYBCZYNSKI at the Vasarely Múzeum" - Exhibition of sketches, drawings, story boards and
projection of films and videos. Meeting with audience.
Oktober 19 - January 6, 2013 - Vasarely Múzeum, Budapest, Hungary.

Front Wschodni (The Eastern Front) - Some works of Zbig are presented at the exhibition.
The initiator and curator of the exhibition is Jozef Robakowski.
September 14 – November 28 - Atlas Sztuki, Lodz , Poland.

SFMOMA on the go - Stage Presence: Screenings - Screenings of “Tango”.
July 14 - October 08 - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, USA.

Music + Image, presented in conjunction with Exchange and Evolution: Worldwide Video Long Beach, 1974-1999
- Screening of “Imagine”.
February 7 - Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA, USA.

ZKM | Media Museum - Exhibition “The State of Images. The Media Pioneers Zbigniew Rybczynski and Gábor Bódy" - Sketches, drawings, story boards and
computer programs, projection of films and videos. Lecture and meeting with audience.
January 28 - August 12 - ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany.


2011
“RE-CYCLE. Strategies for Architecture, City, Planet” - Screening of “Steps”.
November 29 - MAXXI National Museum of XXIst Century Arts, Roma, Italy.

Exhibition “The State of Images. The Media Pioneers Zbigniew Rybczynski and Gábor Bódy" - Sketches, drawings, story boards and
computer programs, projection of films and videos. Lecture and meeting with audience.
Oktober 27 - January 8, 2012, - Academy der Kunste, Berlin, Germany.

TRANSATLANTYK POZNAN INTERNATIONAL FILM&MUSIC FESTIVAL - “The Orchestra” by Zbigniew Rybczyñski with Rozbitek Symphony Orchestra!
A Master Class with Zbigniew Rybczynski, titled “About Filming Music”.
The Founder and Director of the Festival is Academy Award® winner Jan A.P. Kaczmarek.
August 5 - 13 - Poznan, Poland.

Exhibiton "A treatise on the visual image" - Sketches, drawings, story boards and computer programs,
projection of films and videos. Lecture and meeting with audience.
April 15 - May 19 - Center Of Art Moœcice, Tarnow, Poland.

Be There Animation Festival - Lecture and meeting with audience. Screening of “The Orchestra”.
April 6-11 - Corfu, Greece.


2010
Retrospective : ZBIG RYBCZYNSKI – VISIONS - Lecture and meeting with the public.
November 5-6, Center of Modern Art Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland.

A Theory of Vision: a Review - Participation in the exhibition. Sketches, drawings, story boards and computer programs.
September 13 – November 1, Center of Modern Art Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw, Poland.

Batumi International Art House Film Festival - Retrospective, Lecture and Head of the Jury. BIAFF Committee granted the following two
Lifetime Achievement Awards for contribution to world Cinematography to Zbigniew Rybczynski and Abbas Kiarostami (Iran).
September 12–19, Batumi, Georgia.

Durham Art Gallery - Presentation of selected films: Steps and The Orchestra.
July 22-25, Ontario, Canada.

Festival La Milanesiana 2010, PARADOXES - LA LOGICITA’ DEI PARADOSSI - Zbig Rybczynski, Umberto Eco, enrico ghezzi, Mario Andreose, Elio.
Presentation of the film “The Vision” 2010, co-director Dorota Zglobicka. Meeting with audience, presentation of The Fourth Dimension, The Orchestra and Kafka.
July 5-19, Milano, Italy .


2009
Mr. Umberto Eco - Mr.Zbig Rybczynski at Louvre Auditorium - Presentation of selected films: Tango, The Orchestra, Caprices de Paganini.
November 19 - Louvre, Paris, France.

L’Art de Zbig Rybczynski - Screening of selected films and meeting with the public.
November 21 - Cinéma Le Denfert, Paris, France.

Festival of Music Videos -YACH FILM 2009 - recipient of Diamond Yach "Life Achievement". Workshop and meeting with the public.
2-3 October - Gdansk, Poland.

15th Athens International Film Festival - Retrospective and lecture.
16th to the 27th of September - Athens, Greece.

Pole Widzenia - Retrospective and lecture.
Sept.4-5 - Torun Poland.

FESTIVAL NAD ØEKOU 2009 - FILM FESTIVAL PISEK - retrospective.
THE WORLD OF JOSEF K - MIT KAFKA INS KINO RIVER - screening of KAFKA.
July 31- August 09 - Pisek and Prague, Czech Republic.

The 5. International Festival of Visual Art 2009 inSPIRACJE - Special Guest. Retrospective and lecture.
March 19-21 - Szczecin, Poland.

Presentation of selected Zbig's films at:
NEW BOOK - James Taylor Gallery - London, England.
MAIN FENSTER - 2009 Forum des Images in Paris, tribute to Walerian Borowczyk - Paris, France.
TANGO - IMZ – International Music and Media Centre Vienna - Cinedans Festival, Vienna, Austria.
WEG ZUM NACHBARN - Fotokino Films Festival - Marseilles, France.
STEPS - Tourist of Fiction at Design Hub of Barcelona - Institut de Cultura de Barcelona, Spain.
Several performaces with use of TANGO - Cie Messieurs Mesdames in movie-concert "Nuit Blanche" - Toulouse, France.
Various Films - 14th International Spring Wind Festival - Kiev, Ukraine.


2008
MostraInvideo Milan - Cinema without Barriers - retrospective and lectures.
November 11-17, Associazione Italiana Amici Cinema d'Essai - AIACE, Milano, Italy.

Avvistamenti (Sightings) - 5th edition of The International Video-Art Exhibition - retrospective and meeting with the public.
November 18-22, Cineclub Canudo, Bari, Italy.

Canariasmediafest - 13-th International Festival of Arts and Digital Cultures. - screening of The New Book, My Window, Tango and Kafka.
Oct 28 - Nov 1, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.

JAZZ SCORE - screening of Plamuz - a film by Zbig (1973), with music by Zbigniew Namyslowski.
August 7, MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

ANIMATOR - International Animated Films Festival - retrospective and meeting with the public.
July 1-12, Estrada Poznanska, Poznan, Poland.

2008 Annecy Festival of Animation - Member of the Short Films Jury, together with John Canemaker, Stephan-Flint Mueller, Helene Tanguary and Richard Williams.
June 9–14, Annecy, France.

Filmove Dialogy - screening of Tango, Steps, The Orchestra, The Fourth Dimension, Kafka.
June 3, LaFabrika Praque, Czech Republic.

'Surreal Things: Surrealism and Design'--'The secret life of objets' - screening of The Fourth Dimension.
April 8-12, Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain.

Polish New Wave: A History Of The Phenomenon That Never Existed - Presentation of Polish feature and documentary films from the 1960's, and up until the present day - including Zbig's films and cinematographic works - meeting with the public.
January 24-27, at Anthology Film Archives, New York.

Presentation of selected Zbig's films at:
III International Biennial of Contemporary Art of Seville - Seville, Spain.
Faces of Mechanization: The CMU International Film Festival 2008 - Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, USA.
FIDMarseille - International Documentary Film Festival - Marseille, France.


2007
The Cinefamily at The Silent Movie Theatre - "Experimental Night: Zbigniew Rybczynski" - retrospective and meeting with the public.
December 4, Los Angeles.

Broadband Association at CAD-CENTER Tokyo - Lecture and presentation "Digital film making a la Zbig."
June 4, Tokyo, Japan.

Tokyo National University of Fine Arts & Music - Workshop with Prof. Masaki Fujihata.
June 5, Yokohama, Japan.

Presentation of selected Zbig's films at:
Impossibly Familiar - Art Gotham Gallery, New York.
Idyll - Der Kuenstlerverein Walkmuehle, Germany.
Fantoche 07 - 6. Internatinal Festival Fuer Animationsfilm, Baden, Switzerland.
Cinema D'Animation. Espaces En Jeu - Musee de Design et D'Arts Aplliques Contemporains, Lausanne, Switzerland.
5th Asiana International Short Film Festival - Seoul, Korea.
Stuk Arts Centre - Leuven, Belgium.
7th edition of the Sant Cugat Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain.
Festival Dialogu 4 Kultur - Retrospective - Lodz, Poland.
Museum der Kulturen - Basel, Switzerland.
Media Festival - Lille, France.
Barcelona International Short Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain.

2006
Inter BEE 2006 - International Broadcast Equipment Exhibition - International Symposium "The evolution of the HDTV production from Television to Digital-cinema and 3D movies" - Zbig presents his concepts of "Spherical Zoom Lens, Principles of Spherical Perspective and 3D Stereoscopic Projection."
November 15, Makuhari Messe (Nippon Convention Center), Tokyo, Japan.

ARS CAMERALIS - Gornoslaski Festiwal Sztuki Kameralnej
Retrospective of films and videos, seminars and long discussions :o)
Nov, 27-30, Centrum Sztuki Filmowej and ASP (Academy of Fine Arts), Katowice, Poland.

Presentation of selected Zbig's films at:
17th edition of Zagreb's World Festival of Animated Films - Croatia.
ANNECY 2006 - France.
Sant Cugat Film Festival - Barcelona, Spain.
Mar del Plata International Independent Film Festival 3º edition - Argentina.
Armenian International Dance Film Festival KINO-PAR- Armenia.
Tabor Films Festival - Croatia.
CINESSONNE, Festival of European Film - Essonne, France.
Museu d'Art Contemporani de Barcelona - Spain.
Media 10-10 Festival du court métrage - Namur, Belgique

The MONSTRA - Lisbon Animated Film Show - Retrospective and Master Class "The Possibilities of Digital Set Design".
May 16-21, The São Jorge Cinema, Lisbon, Portugal.

2005
Cinémathèque québécoise - Retrospective and Master Class.
November 23–26, Montréal (Québec), Canada

THE 5th TEL AVIV ANIMATION FESTIVAL - Retrospective of selected works and seminars.
August 27-30, - The Tel Aviv Cinematheque, Tel Aviv, Israel Link: TAC

SYNCH 2nd EDITION - ELECTRONIC MUSIC & DIGITAL ARTS FESTIVAL
- Retrospective of selected films and videos.
July 1-3, Technological & Cultural Park of Lavrio, Athens, Greece
Link: SYNCH

TAMPERE 35th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL
- Retrospective of films and videos.
- Seminars and discussions held at Werstas Central Museum of Labour:
- Possibilities of Digital Set Design - Director Zbig Rybczynski talks about the digital design methods used in his films.
- Animation Rebels - Barry Purves (GB), Zbig Rybczynski (USA), Priit Pärn (Estonia).
- Music Video Workshop - Directors Zbig Rybczynski and Tommi Pietiläinen - in cooperation with Finnish Music Information Centre (FIMIC).
March 9-12, Tampere, Finland
Link: TISFF

2004
PALM SPRINGS INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF SHORT FILMS
- Master Class on computer animation and high definition filmmaking with Zbig.
September 4, Camelot Theatre, Palm Springs, CA

"ZBIG RYBCZYNSKI VISIONary" - MELBOURNE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
- Presentation of selected films and videos.
July 21- Aug 8, Melbourne, Australia

The Museum of Modern Art - New York in association with the Polish Cultural Institute
present A SHORT HISTORY OF POLISH ANIMATION - USA/CANADA TOUR:
     February 6-7, Los Angeles County Museum of Art - Leo S. Bing Theater, LACMA, Los Angeles
     Special appearance by Zbig Rybczynski (Feb,7)
     Link: LACMA
     February 22-29, College of Santa Fe Santa Fe, NM
     March 7-14, The Cleveland Institute of Art Cinematheque - Cleveland, OH
     March 20-21, Rhode Island School of Design - RISD Auditorium, Providece, RI
     March 26-April 3, Cinematheque Ontario - Jackman Hall, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, ON

2003
DISSOLVENZE - VI EDIZIONE ARTE&CINEMA - "Zbig Rybczynski: Tutto"
Bruno Di Marino, Roberto Nanni, enrico ghezzi, Zbig Rybczynski
- Retrospective and workshop: Mago "Zbig" e la scienza dell'immagine.
November 5-8, Universita degli Studi di Udine/Gradisca d'Isonzo, Italy

BRITISH SCHOOL AT ROME - Presentazione del DVD - Zbig Rybczynski Film&Video
edizioni RaroVideo/Interferenze/eccentriche visioni
Intervengono: Zbig Rybczynski, Stefano Curti, Bruno Di Mariono, enrico ghezzi.
- Presentation of videos produced in the USA between 1984-1988 and meeting with the public.
November 6, Rome, Italy
ISTITUTO POLACCO DI ROMA - Zbig Rybczynski Film&Video - Il periodo polacco
- Presentation of films produced in Poland between 1970-1980 and meeting with the public.
November 5, Rome, Italy

THE MUSEUM of MODERN ART in association with the Polish Cultural Institute in New York
A SHORT HISTORY OF POLISH AVANT-GARDE AND EXPERIMENTAL FILM
- Presentation of Tango, music videos, and other experiments in animation and optical printing.
October 25øNovember 2, MoMA Film at The Gramercy Theatre, New York
November 8-16, UC Berkeley Art Museum / Pacific Film Archive - PFA Theater, Berkeley, California
La MILANESIANA - LITERATURE MUSIC CINEMA - Europe Towards East "ORCHESTRA"
An evening with Umberto Eco, Zbigniew Rybczynski, Ryuichi Sakamoto and enrico ghezzi.
June 30, Palazzo Isimbardi - Milan, Italy

39th MOSTRA INTERNAZIONALE DEL NUOVO CINEMA - Retrospective and panel discussion.
June 21-29, Pesaro, Italy.

Golden Oldies of Music Video - screening of Midnight Mover(1985) by Zbig, music by Accept. Produced by Alan Kleinberg.
May 1, MOMA - The Museum of Modern Art, New York.

2002
70 YEARS of ANIMATION - OSCARS IN ANIMATION: THE MOVIES
- Screening of "Tango". ACADEMY OF MOTION PICTURE ARTS and SCIENCES, August 16, Los Angeles
HELENA MODEJESKA - ART and CULTURE CLUB - Retrospective and seminar.
May 17, Los Angeles

2001
SEE YOU HEAR - Seminar: "Music/Tempo - Video Frame/Tempo".
Juni 22, ACADEMY OF MEDIA ARTS-Cologne in AKADEMIE DER KUNSTE-Berlin, Germany
DANISH FILM INSTITUTE and THE GOETHE INSTITUTE of COPENHAGEN
- Retrospective and seminar. March 26-28, Copenhagen, Danmark
INSTYTUT PROBLEMOW WSPOLCZESNEJ CYWILIZACJI
- Seminar "About Vision". March 13, Warsaw, Poland
KINO.LAB - CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY ART - INSTYTUT SZTUKI PAN
- Retrospective and seminar. March 10, Ujazdowski Castle Warsaw, Poland
POLNISCHES INSTITUT - Retrospective and seminar: "Andere Dimensionen".
Feb, 15-16, Kino Black Box - Duselldorf, Germany

2000
10-th "MESSAGE TO MAN" INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
- Russian Cinema Premiere of Zbig. Jury Chairman of the Debut Int't Competition.
June 15-22, St. Petersburg, Russia
MEDIEN FORUM MUNICH
- Videos and Seminar: "immer der Nase nach".
June 13-14, Rathausgalerie. Munich, Germany
SCIENCES OF THE INTERFACE
- An International Symposium In Honor of Otto Roessler's 60-th Birthday.
May 18-21, ZKM - Karlsruhe, Germany
KUNSTVEREIN LUDWIGSBURG
- "Im Kabinett: Videos von Zbig Rybczynski". January-March, Villa Franck, Ludwigsburg, Germany

1999
THE LODZ FILM SCHOOL OF POLAND: 50 YEARS
- Zbig's student films shown at the Museum of Modern Art's
fiftieth-anniversary tribute to the Lodz Film School.
Dec 98-Jan 99, Museum of Modern Art, New York
PERSPECTIVE ON PERSPECTIVE - Scientific Symposium in the Mucsarnok.
Lecture: "The Principles of Linear Perspective: Beliefs Based on Ignorance and Blindness".
Retrospective in Orokmozgo Filmmuzeum. July 4, Budapest, Hungary
36th INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL in KRAKOW
- Retrospective and Jury Chairman. May 28-June 1, Krakow, Poland
FESTIVAL OF CREATORS - BLOW UP
- "Ryszard Horowitz - Zbig Rybczynski - Michael Nyman - Lodz Kaliska."
May 25-30, Lodz, Poland
FIRST LISBON INTERNATIONAL VIDEO FESTIVAL VIDEOLISBOA '99
- Jury Chairman, Jan, 20-24, Lisbon, Portugal

1998
ZKM/ZENTRUM FUER KUNST UND MEDIENTECHNOLOGY
- Retrospective: "Zbig Rybczynski - Die 70er: Film und Avangarde" and
"Zbig Rybczynski - Die 80er: Video und Music". Oct, 24-25, Kalsruhe, Germany
ANIMANIA - 17th INTERNATIONAL FILM RETROSPECTIVE
- Selected works. Oct, 27-31, Pesaro, Italy

1997
CAMERAIMAGE '97
- Screening and Lecture. Dec, Torun, Poland
SONY WONDER TECHNOLOGY LAB HD THEATER
- Retrospective "The HD Surrealist Returns". Oct, 16, New York
FLUSSER - MEDIA - FILM - International Media Symposium - FAMU Film School,
Goethe Institute Prag, AVU Academy of Fine Arts, National Gallery Prag.
- Screenings and Lectures. Nov, 24-25, Prag, Czech Republic
Up and Coming- Film Festival
- Retrospective and Seminar. Nov, 4-6, MedienHaus fur Kunst & Kultur - Hannover, Germany
LEIPZIGER BUCHMESSE
- Retrospective. March 21, Leipzig Book Fair, Germany

1996
BBS-TOLDI STUDIO MOZI Center for Culture & Communication
- Retrospective and Seminar. Sept, 27-29, Budapest, Hungary
GOLDEN AWARD OF MONTREUX '96
- Jury Member for the International Advertising Festival.
September, Montreux, Switzerland

1995
CINEMA AND ARCHITECTURE SYMPOSIUM
- Screening and Paper: "Looking to the Future: Imagining the Truth"
University of Cambridge Department of Architecture and
National Film and Television School. April 6-8, Cambridge, England
CINEMA JOVE
- Retrospective. Valencia, Spain
DIGITALE 95
- HDTV works and discussion.
Oct, 18-21, Academy of Media Arts Cologne, Germany
8. VIDEOFEST
- Retrospective. Feb, 10, Mediopolis - Berlin, Germany
MEDIEN FORUM BERLIN-BRANDENBURG
6. Internationaler Kongress fur Medienwirtschaft und -politik.
- Panel "Digitale Filmbearbeitung". Aug, 29, ICC - Berlin, Germany
FILM MUSIC TAGE '95
- HDTV works and Symposium. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der
Bundesrepublik Deutchland. Nov, 8-12, Bonn, Germany

1994
IDFA INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY FILMFESTIVAL AMSTERDAM
- "Focus Poland" - Selected Films. Dec, 7-15, Amsterdam, Holland
5. EUROPAEISCHE SOMMERAKADEMIE - FILM und MEDIEN
- Workshop: "Audiovisuelle Bildsprache". July 4-5, Akademie Der Kunste - Berlin, Germany
RETROSPEKTIVE: 40 JAHRE KURZFILMTAGE OBERHAUSEN
- Selected films shown in the retrospective of 40 years of
the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen. April 21-27, Oberhausen, Germany
FILM- & MEDIENBOERSE '94
- HDTV works and discussion. March 28, Haus der Wirtschaf - Berlin, Germany

1993
THE FILM SOCIETY OF LINCOLN CENTER
- "Zbig Visions: The Surreal and Sensual World of Zbig Rybczynski"
Nov, 26-30, The Walter Reade Theater, New York
VIDEOTECA MUNICIPAL
- Retrospective "Mostra Monografica De Zbig Rybczynski". Nov, 13-16, Lisbon, Portugal
19 JOURNEES INTERNATIONALES DU CINEMA d'ANIMATION ANNECY '93
- Retrospective and Exhibition "Zbig OSCAR Rybczynski". Annecy, France
EFFECTS
- Screening and Seminar: "Working with HDTV".
April 27-29, Hamburg, Germany
VIPER '93 FESTIVAL DES EXPERIMENTALFILMS
- Retrospective - Oct, 19-23, Luzern, Switzerland
ETH - SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE of TECHNOLOGY ZURICH
- Retrospective and seminar: "In search of non-photographic realism in electronic film"
Oct-Nov, Zurich, Switzerland
NOWE MEDIUM - Retrospective and Seminars - May, 12-16, Warsaw and Lodz, Poland
WRO '93 4th INTERNATIONAL SOUND BASIS VISUAL ART FESTIVAL
- Retrospective. May 5-8, Wroclaw, Poland
VIDEOARCO 93 - Retrospective and Seminars - Feb, 12-17, Madrid, Spain

1992
IMAGINA
- Screening and conference: "Special Zbig!" Feb, 2, Monte Carlo, Monaco
HI-VISION FAIR '92 - Screeening HDTV works. ???? Kiuschu??? Island, Japan
PERSPECTIVEN DER MEDIENKUNST
- HDTV works and Symposium. Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der
Bundesrepublik Deutchland. September 18-19, Bonn, Germany
NOWE MEDIUM - Retrospective. Nov, 17-19, Gdynia, Poland
ART FUTURA '92 - Retrospective - April 1-5, Barcelona, Spain
MUSEU DA IMAGEM E DO SOM
- Retrospective. June 16-25, Cinevideo - Sao Paulo, Brasil
5-th BKSTS SPECIAL EFFECTS SEMINAR
- Selected films and videos.
Oct, 23-25, British Film Institut-Pinewood Studios, London
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF PHOTOGRAPHY FILM AND TELEVISION
- Retrospective - October 23, Bradford, England

1991
MIMAD '91 - Selected HDTV works - December 3, Madrid, Spain
FILM - JESTESMY - Selected works - Sep-Nov, 1991, Warsaw, Poland

1990
THE MUSEUM OF BROADCASTING
- HDTV - Three Visions - November 13-24, New York
"GREAT PERFORMANCES"
- High-Definition Television (HDTV) screening of "The Orchestra" at THE JAPAN SOCIETY.
April 23, New York
BIENA BIENAL DE LA IMAGEN EN MOVIMIENTO '90
- Screening of "The Orchestra".
Dec, 12-23, Museo National Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
ART FUTURA '90
- Selected videos. Jan, 10-14, Barcelona, Spain

1989
PROGETTO LEONARDO - Selected videos. Milan, Italy

1988
CENTRE GEORGES POMPIDOU
- Retrospective. Feb 1-3, Paris, France
THE FIFTH MIAMI FILM FESTIVAL
- Special Event. Feb, 5-14, Miami, Florida
YOUNG & RUBICAM ITALY
- "Omaggio a Zbig". Oct, 14, Milano, Italy
COPENHAGEN FILM+VIDEO WORKSHOP FESTIVAL 88
- Selected films and videos. Copenhagen, Danmark

1987
THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART
- "The future of Video" - a special evening. Feb, 19, New York
UNIVERSITY ART MUSEUM - Animation and Music Video - Pacif Film Archives
July 21, Berkeley, California
THE INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
- Retrospective "The Arts For Television". Sept, Boston, Massachusetts
EUROVISIONI
- "Omaggio a Zbig Rybczynski" at Villa Medici Oct, 6-11, Rome, Italy
THE 11-th HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
- Retrospective. April 10-25, Hong Kong

1986
AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE
- Presentation of HDTV works. December, Los Angeles, California

1985
CORNELL CINEMA
- "Visual Music" screening and discussion. Sept, 29, Ithaca, New York

1984
30th ANNUAL ROBERT FLAHERTY FILM SEMINAR
- Retrospective at CORNELL UNIVERSITY. Aug 10-16, Ithaca, New York
BIOGRAPH THEATRE
- Film retrospective. May 18-23, Georgetown - Washington, DC
NINTH SEATTLE FILM FESTIVAL
- Film retrospective at The Egypthian Theatre. May 14, Seattle, Washington
THE NUART THEATRE
- Film retrospective. Feb 9, Los Angeles, California
FESTIVAL OF ANIMATION
- Selected works. Feb 4-5, La Jolla Museum Of Contemporary Art, La Jolla, California

1983
COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
- Screening at the School Of The Arts - Film Division. December, New York
CENTURY-Cafe
- Film retrospective (to benefit The Actors Collective). Dec 4, New York
TENTH TELLURIDE FILM FESIVAL
- Film retrospective: "Calculated Vision". Sep 2-5, Telluride, Colorado
PRESENCES POLONAISES
- Participation in the presentation of Polish Experimental Art at
the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
14th INTERNATIONAL ANIMATED FILM FESTIVAL ANNECY '83
- Retrospective - Hommage. June 7-8, Annecy, France

1981
KORT FILM FESTIVALEN '81
- Film retrospective. Oct, 23, Roeros, Norway
8 POLISH FILM FESTIVAL GDANSK
- Member of the Jury. Sept, Gdansk, Poland

1979
STADTKINO - DUSSELDORFER FILMFORUM
- Film retrospective. April 19, Dusseldorf, Germany

1972
ATELIER '72 - EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
- Participation in the presentation of Polish Art at
The Richard Demarco Gallery Ltd. August, Edinburgh, England


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