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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20210519
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London;VALUE=DATE:20210830
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SUMMARY:FACT: FACT: Kiara Mohamed: Soft Boys
DESCRIPTION:WHEN YOU’RE SO USED TO TRAUMA\, ACTIVELY SEEKING JOY - AND BA
 SKING IN IT - FEELS SO FOREIGN. BUT JOY IS THE FRAMEWORK THROUGH WHICH WE 
 CAN RE-LEARN THE WORLD- Kiara Mohamed\n\n\n\n\nKiara Mohamed’s work exam
 ines the ways we exist alongside one another and our environment\, as well
  as what happens when we readdress our trauma through moments of radical j
 oy. In his work\, joy becomes a political act: a way of bringing meaning\,
  beauty and value to places that have been damaged by human or natural act
 s. Kiara’s films champion care and mindfulness and explore how art can a
 llow for transformation\, adaptation and healing.\nSoft Boys is a short fi
 lm about queer and trans joy\, specifically through and within the Somali 
 culture and community. By re-engaging with Somalian traditional dances\, c
 ooking practices and garments\, Kiara connects with his nomadic ancestors 
 and to a heritage from which he had always been made to feel excluded. In 
 this solo exhibition\, Kiara’s new work highlights how modern concepts o
 f masculinity can be surprisingly conservative\, even within the trans com
 munity. The experimental documentary questions what it means to be a man b
 y focusing on emotion\, empathy and joy.\nSoft Boys is curated in collabor
 ation with Liverpool-based curator\, cultural organiser and artist Fauziya
  Johnson. Discover more about the artwork\, exhibition and the process of 
 making it in a special podcast with Kiara and Fauziya. The discussion betw
 een artist and curator will be released in June 2021.\nFauziya Johnson is 
 a Somali and Dominican freelance curator\, artist\, and writer based in Li
 verpool. Her work is focused on raising awareness around mental health\, q
 ueer rights\, anti-racism\, debt abolishment\, representation of People of
  Colour\, and examining institutional inequalities. She also co-founded an
 d edits ROOT-ed Zine. Instagram: @fauziyajohnson\, Twitter: @fauziyajoh
 nson\n\n\n
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