Mikołaj Sobczak (b. 1989) and Nicholas Grafia (b. 1990), an artist duo since 2014, address a wide range of the topics: identity, racism, queerness, the historical politics of Poland under the rule of the PiS (Law and Justice) party, and the colonial history of the Philippines

The title of the diptych X-Filed (Freak of the Week I & II) alludes to the U.S. television series The X-Files, which enjoyed great popularity in the 1990s. The protagonists, FBI agents Dana Scully and Fox Mulder (I) tried to solve criminal cases that defied all rationality. The term “freak” also refers to the rhetoric of LGBTQ opponents. Next to them (II), Nicholas Grafia portrays himself in costume from the performance THE ACCURSED ONES, which he realized together with Mikolaj Sobczak in Warsaw in 2018. Attached to the whip in his hand is an identity card—the document that confirms and protects affiliation but can equally serve to exclude. The canvases and the video combine to create an installation of subversive power.