Alex Baczyński-Jenkins’ (*1987 in London) performance practice engages with desire, embodiment, and the affective charge between bodies. Through gesture and dance, his performances make the nuances of relationality tangible. The eight-minute, two-person performance Federico (2015) focuses on one of the simplest gestures of desire: the touch of two hands. Within the space formed between fingertips and palms of the hands, the performers alternate between intimate expressions and fleeting figures of abstract sensuous sociality. Each staging of the work emerges from close collaboration with the performers, shaped by the distinct dynamic of each duo. Baczyński-Jenkins’ work translates touch into a practice of haptic visuality that is as subtle as it is ephemeral.

Alex Baczyński-Jenkins is an artist and choreographer based in Berlin. Recent presentations of his work include: Gropius Bau, Berlin (2025); Kunsthalle Basel (Solo, 2019); Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam (2019); Foksal Gallery Foundation Warsaw (Solo, 2018); Chisenhale Gallery, London (Solo, 2017). Baczyński-Jenkins is co-founder of the feminist queer project space Kem in Warsaw.

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