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Ernest Borowski (b. 1998) is a queer interdisciplinary artist and researcher based in Warsaw. Their practice investigates myth, speculative ecology, and non-linear temporality, focusing on the erosion of dominant narratives and the emergence of post-human imaginaries. Working at the intersection of materiality and virtuality, Borowski explores the entanglements of technology and natureculture, seeking out distributed forms of subjectivity and affective interdependence between human and more-than-human agents.
Their work oscillates between physical installations, 3D graphics, experimental film, and performance, creating immersive environments that resist linear interpretation. Rather than offering cohesive stories, Borowski employs worldbuilding and fiction as critical tools to reimagine ontological paradigms. Borowski bridges institutional academia with thought experiments full of carnality. In their projects, sensory attunement and the lived experience of the body—from the anti-productivity of swamps to the rhythm of the dance floor—are positioned as equal to theoretical inquiry in the search for knowledge.
Under the alias Bakblivv, they further extend this research into club culture, exploring electronic music environments as potential models for mutual care and platforms for embodied knowledge sharing. Through unsettling yet seductive soundscapes and visual landscapes, Borowski examines how meaning persists or mutates within the collapsing structures of our contemporary world.