Paweł Świerczek (any pronouns) – dramaturg, performer, producer, (neuro)queer activist. Graduated from culture studies at the University of Silesia in Katowice and the Laboratory of New Theatrical Practices at SWPS University in Warsaw. Their two main artistic tools are written word and somatic movement. He uses those and other tools to narrate, perform, amplify and platform queer stories and voices. Their main field of interest is the intersections of local and queer identities. Since 2018 they run an interdisciplinary project and collective Śląsk Przegięty (Queer Silesia), which aims at narrating and performing queer archives from Upper Silesia and growing and supporting queer community in the city of Katowice. For a few years now Paweł has also been developing his own practice around vulnerability as a tool for peace through performances, giving workshops and facilitating open labs. This practice led to an ongoing research around social immune systems. Since 2023 Paweł practices and teaches the method of Authentic Relating and shifting their artistic practice even more towards community building and creating relational spaces through performing arts.