Justyna Banaszczyk, known as FOQL, is a renowned experimental electronic music artist, active on the Polish and international music scene. She was born and lives in Łódź. Her work combines elements of industrial, club music, and avant-garde electroacoustics, creating unique sound narratives. She is a member of the SHAPE Platform. She co-founded the Pointless Geometry label, which promotes innovative forms of experimental music. She is also a co-founder of the community radio Radio Kapitał. She has performed at prestigious festivals such as Unsound, Sacrum Profanum, Avant Art, Up To Date, and Warsaw Autumn. She has released eight albums and five EPs. Her music has been released in various countries, including Poland, the United Kingdom, and the United States. She collaborated with Grzegorz Jaremko on the plays Przemiana (Nowy Teatr, Warsaw) and Werter (Teatr Polski, Bydgoszcz), creating the sound design. She composed the music for the play Kar Nawał, staged at the Teatr Nowy in Łódź. She created the radio plays Pryzmat (2022) and Dystans Nieograniczony (in collaboration with the University of Łódź). Her works have been presented at exhibitions, including “Cosmic Generation” (Manggha Museum, Krakow). In 2020, she co-created the multi-channel installation “Temple of Urania,” which premiered at the Sound Sanatorium. She created the music for the game “Kosmograf” (Wawel Royal Castle) and for Emir Baigazin’s film “Ozen,” which premiered at the Venice Biennale. She was one of the composers of the music for the game Cyberpunk 2077. In 2021, she participated in the FemLab Mexico residency (Casa del Lago UNAM) and created the audiovisual installation Mutual Dreaming (Polish Cultural Institute New York). She collaborated on the projects “Kafka’s Sisters” (Edelman Dialogue Center) and “Manifesto: Non-Aggression Pact” for Warsaw Autumn. She created the series “Przyziemnie”, commissioned by the Łaźnia Center for Contemporary Art. She is an active cultural animator – she co-run the Ignorantka club café in Łódź, which is a space for experimental music and independent art. For her work on behalf of the music and cultural scene, she was honored with the “Wiosło Kultury” award by Łódź’s Gazeta Wyborcza newspaper. Her work has been featured in prestigious media outlets such as The Quietus, DJ Mag, The Wire, Teatr, Dialog, Dwutygodnik, Polityka, and Czas Kultury have written about her work. She is a scholarship holder of the Ministry of Culture and National Heritage and ZAIKS, and in 2025 she received an Artistic Scholarship from the City of Łódź.

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