Treasure is the Journey

This special presentation by London-based artist collective Pride of Arabia (POA) reflects on the ever-evolving process of forming non-normative communities within societal boundaries.

14:00–21:00, 16 to 19 March, BFI Southbank
Free, no booking required

  • By

    Nia Fekri and GolCHER

  • With

    the Pride of Arabia (POA) Archive

  • Language

    English (no subtitles)

Created using archival material and testimonies from the POA community, "Treasure is the Journey" is a reflection on the co-formation of identities and communities as an ever-continuing process, a permanent incomplete. Considering certainty as a non-necessity for self expression, the collective encourages us to embrace a constant state of fluidity and flux as a mode of existence in its own right.

POA is a feminist, queer, anti-capitalist community commited to a world-building practice and focused on unlearning embodied racism, capitalist value systems and colonial approaches to history. The group celebrates interdependence and centres LGBTQI+, SWANAs, migrants and POCs who are navigating their identities and finding community in politics of care, resource sharing and knowledge production.

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