Patryk Lichota is a musician, composer, improviser and radio producer. He is currently a student at the Institute of Cultural Studies, in addition to studying Musicology and Cognitivism at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań. He plays the saxophone, theremin, zither, bass guitar and laptop. He has written several radio plays and has composed music for the following shows: Układanka, directed by Robert Jarosz (first prize at XIII Mie?dzynarodowy Festiwal Teatrów Dla Dzieci i Młodziez˙y), Jarzenie by Teatr Palmera Eldritcha (first prize at Łódzkie Spotkania Teatralne, 2009), Animo Tristi (premiere during IV Festiwal Młody Teatr Niezalez˙ny, Teatr Ósmego Dnia, 2010), Bez Podłogi by Kompania Doomsday (premiere during Centralny Basen Artystyczny, 2009) and Głosy directed by Janusz Stolarski and Tomasz Jarosz (during the Commemoration of the 70the Anniversary of the Outbreak of World War II). He has also created the audio space for a performance which makes references to ancient mystery plays entitled Symbolatorium by The Mysteries Project Theatre of Sczecin. He collaborates with the performer duo Agata Elsner/Ewa Janicka whom he has assisted in the following projects: Podejrzane (presented during Festiwal Eksperyment, 2008), Flow (presented during Madeinpoznan Festival, Festival International et Universitaire des Arts de la Scene in Arras and Teatr-akcje 2009 in Suwałki) and Imponderabilium (premiere during No Woman No Art Festival, 2009). With Marta Romaszkan he has created Starving Mirrors, a dance performance which premiered during the ADM Bliksem Festival in Amsterdam and Strange Lóóp which premiered in 2010 at Teatr Ósmego Dnia. The latter performance refers to Douglas Hofstadter’s “strange loop” theory of consciousness and avails of video and audio feedback modulated in real time by two dancers. Lichota’s work on sound also includes performances and installations for children. He works with director and playwright, Robert Jarosz, with whom he has created the show Układanka (2008) and the installation Audiopyłki (2012) for children aged from three to six years.