Justyna Miguła – interdisciplinary artist, writer, journalist and violinist. Her work lies at the intersection of literature, music, theatre and the visual arts, bringing together a variety of artistic languages. She studied Polish studies and musicology at the University of Wrocław. For several years, she also taught the history of music theatre there to students of theatre studies. Her research interests focused on opera directing and the interpretation of text in music theatre. She has published work on the artistic legacy of Wrocław-based opera director Lia Rotbaum. For many years, she has contributed reviews and essays to Ruch Muzyczny. As a radio journalist, she worked with the university station Radio LUZ, Radio Wnet and the Dla Polonii website, for which she produced hundreds of podcasts on Polish culture and language for Polish-language media around the world. She is the author of a libretto inspired by Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol, with music by Michał Ziółkowski, commissioned by the Sudeten Philharmonic. She also works with the institution as a director and co-creator of projects combining theatre, music and education. Her artistic practice also encompasses music. As a violinist and vocalist, she collaborates with artists working in improvised and contemporary music, including Piotr Damasiewicz and L.A.S. Collective. Her projects bring together improvisation, literature, musical tradition and performance. Alongside this, she pursues her work in the visual arts. She creates drawings, illustrations and graphic designs. Her work has been presented in solo exhibitions in Wrocław and Gubin as well as in group exhibitions, including at the Visual Arts Festival in Bielsko-Biała. Together with trumpeter and composer Piotr Damasiewicz, she runs the Listening and Sounding Gallery, an independent art gallery and concert space hosting exhibitions, concerts, meetings and interdisciplinary projects spanning music, literature, performance and the visual arts. She is a recipient of the Mayor of Wrocław’s Artistic Scholarship and a scholarship from the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange (NAWA), under which she conducted academic research in Kazakhstan. She leads workshops in creative writing, communication and arts education, working with cultural institutions, schools and community organisations. Regardless of the medium she uses, storytelling remains at the heart of her artistic practice – as a means of creating meaning, expressing a personal perspective and entering into dialogue with the audience.