Alex Baczynki-Jenkins

Day 1: Conflicts, Crises, and the Politics of Growth

Perspective 3 – 5 November 2021

Alex Baczynki-Jenkins, Artist and choreographer, Berlin/Warsaw

Abstract

On Intimacy and Emergence

Alex will speak about his choreographic practice and the relations between queer gestures, collectivity, intimacy, and the duration of change. He will also speak about his experiences as co-founder and member of Kem, a queer-feminist collective based in Warsaw, working at the interface of sound, performance, choreography and community building. He will share some reflections on the role of critical pedagogies, vulnerability, and spaces dedicated to process, through the experience of Kem School, an educational project created by Kem focused on social choreographies, performance, and queer feminist methodologies.

Biography

Alex Baczyński-Jenkins is an artist and choreographer engaging with queer affect, embodiment and relationality. Through gesture, collectivity, touch, and sensuality, his practice unfolds structures and the politics of desire. Previous and solo exhibitions include: Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland (2019); Foksal Gallery Foundation, Warsaw (2018); and Chisenhale Gallery, London (2017). Baczyński-Jenkins has also presented work at: the 58th International Art Exhibition (La Biennale di Venezia), Venice (2019); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2019); Migros Museum of Contemporary Art, Zurich (2018); Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2017); Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw (2017).He is co-founder of Kem, a Warsaw based queer feminist collective focused on choreography, performance and sound as community building practices.