I do things that end up to be other things. I plan to drop the plans and stay possibly tender to what the process is insisting to teach me. Than I come back to principal of taking the power back over the process.
Jakub Majchrzak (born 1982) – an independent musician and video artist. He’s been engaged in DIY music scene since twenty years as an band member (Kurws, Przepych, Norymberga, Pustostany among others) or occasionally solo (Strzał w kolano) or as a collaborator (several improvised music appearances). As a result of residency in DIY festival Praga in Figueira da Foz he co-founded with Catarina Santos multimedia live act Życia Żółć. He’s performed over 400 shows in various countries of Eurasia (performing on Primavera Sound Festival, Avant Art Festival, SOTU Festival, Stellar Swamp Festival, DomOFFon, SURVIVAL Art Review, Out of Smth and more), has released 7 studio albums, co-produced couple of ones (Barłóg, UZS) and participated in several residency programs (with Iwona Jarosz i Hugo Branco in Aveiro Art House, with the band Brice et sa pute in Lyon). For 13 years he’d been an activist in local DIY social-cultural center in Wrocław, CRK (Centrum Reanimacji Kultury).
During twenty years of his activities he's done several music videos, short documentaries and a number of DIY promo videos as well as commercial works for music and social projects. His works has been screened on festivals in Poland (Tłok 2 in Łódź, Lubuskie Film Summer in Łagów, Wrocław-based KAN festival) and abroad (Impakt Festival in Amsterdam, Fries Kino online selection for Stadt Kino in Vienna, Ecologico International Film Festival in Rome, Future Vision Festival in Tokyo, Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival in New York, Happy Valley Animation Festival in Pensylvania and Animocje in Bydgoszcz, Athens Digital Arts Festival).
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Jakub Majchrzak (ur. 1982) – niezależny muzyk i twórca krótkich form wideo. Aktywny na scenie muzycznej DIY od dwóch dekad (m.in. Kurws, Przepych, Norymberga, Pustostany...). Z Catariną Santos współtworzył live act multimedialny Życia Żółć (efekt pracy rezydencynej na festiwalu Praga w Figueira da Foz). Jak dotąd dał ponad 400 koncertów w granicach Eurazji (m.in. Primavera Sound Festival, Avant Art Festival, SOTU Festival, Stellar Swamp Festival, DomOFFon, Przegląd Sztuki SURVIVAL, Out of Smth...), wydał 7 albumów studyjnych, parę współprodukował (Barłóg, UZS). Uczestniczył też w kilku programach rezydencyjnych (współpraca z Iwoną Jarosz i Hugo Branco w Aveiro Art House, z zespołem Brice et sa pute w Lyonie). W latach 2002-2015 działał we wrocławskim centrum kulturalno-społecznym CRK (Centrum Reanimacji Kultury).
Przez ponad dwadzieścia lat jego twórczości muzycznej towarzyszyły takie formy jak teledysk, animacja, film dokumentalny oraz liczne krótkie formy wideo promujące wydarzenia muzyczne, oddolne i komercyjne dokumentacje wideo wydarzeń kulturalnych. Swoje prace prezentował na festiwalach filmowych w Polsce (m.in. Tłok 2 w Łodzi, Lubuskie Lato Filmowe w Łagowie, wrocławski KAN) i za granicą (Impakt Festival w Amsterdamie, prezentacja online Fries Kino dla Stadt Kino w Wiedniu, Ecologico International Film Festival w Rzymie, Future Vision Festival w Tokio, Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival w Nowym Jorku, Happy Valley Animation Festival w Pensylwanii, Animocje w Bydgoszczy oraz Athens Digital Arts Festival w Atenach).
Author’s retrospective of music videos
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
Podwodny Wrocław: Scena Filmowa
Wrocław
2025
Author’s retrospective of music videos
Ukryte Zalety Systemu (UZS) “Obcy / Stranger” (2015)
Podwodny Wrocław: Scena Filmowa
Wrocław
2025
Author’s retrospective of music videos
Kurws “Ucieczka od wolności / Espcape from freedom” (music video)
Podwodny Wrocław: Scena Filmowa
Wrocław
2025
Author’s retrospective of music videos
Zrobie to Sobie "Bizmut Bar" (music video)
Podwodny Wrocław: Scena Filmowa
Wrocław
2025
Author’s retrospective of music videos
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
Podwodny Wrocław: Scena Filmowa
Wrocław
2025
Official Selection
Minimal 2.0 (a music video for Alfons Slik)
International Animation Festival Soleil
Sozopol
2025
Official Selection
Minimal 2.0 (a music video for Alfons Slik)
Fest Anča International Animation Festival
Zilina
2025
Author’s retrospective of music videos
Minimal 2.0 (a music video for Alfons Slik)
Podwodny Wrocław: Scena Filmowa
Wrocław
2025
Official Selection
Minimal 2.0 (a music video for Alfons Slik)
T-Short Animated Film Festival
Karlsruhe
2025
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
The 4th Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival
New York
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
Palermo
2022
15. MFFA Animator / Animasound
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
15. MFFA Animator / Animasound
Poznań
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
Plissken festival
Athens
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
*/ 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival | FutuRetro (physical version of the festival)
Athens
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
11th International Animated Film Festival Animocje
Bydgoszcz
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
One Earth Awards
Bangalore
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
The 4th Meihodo International Youth Visual Media Festival
New York
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
T-Short Animated film Online Festival
online
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
One Earth Awards
Bangalore
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
11th International Animated Film Festival Animocje
Bydgoszcz
2022
Honorable Mention
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
24fps International Short Film Festival
Abilene, Texas
2022
Semi-Finalist
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
Independent Video Film Festival of Youtube Art Club Pavlos Paraschakis
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
Festival del Cinema di Cefalù
Palermo
2022
Official Selection (out of contest)
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
15. MFFA Animator / Animasound
Poznań
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
Plissken festival
Athens
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
*/ 18th Athens Digital Arts Festival | FutuRetro (physical version of the festival)
Athens
2022
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
Happy Valley Animation Festival
Pennsylvania
2022
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
The Lift-Off Sessions
online
2021
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
Ecologico International Film Festival
Rome
2021
Official Selection
"We lost our phone" (a music video for Zea + Oscar Jan Hoogland)
Future Vision Festival - A celebration of unusual animation
online
2021
Official Selection
"Abeokuta" (a music video for OvE)
Lift-Off Online Sessions
online
2021
Hometown
Wrocław, Poland
I do things that end up to be other things. I plan to drop the plans and stay possibly tender to what the process is insisting to teach me. Than I come back to principal of taking the power back over the process.
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