Storms of the Heart is a new series of performance evocations created by Poulomi Desai and Usurp Art artists. This work imagines queer South Asian futures through the lens of a turbulent, powerless, and often forgotten past that includes UK South Asian outsider, queer clubs and alternative cultures since the 1980’s.
The piece explores themes of power and powerlessness through vignettes that address the tensions between self-affirmation and societal rejection, liberation, love, and loss. Drawing from South Asian Diaspora histories of resilience, mythology, queer theory, and postcolonial thought, it navigates a world where we are revered and reviled, powerful and powerless.

Invited artists: Raisa Kabir, Andy Kumar, Jaivant Patel , Ms. Mohammed , Osman Yousefzada