who is ready for another world

Drawing from a quote by Rasha Abdulhadi on X, "These are clarifying times, if we are willing to pay attention. If our hearts break let them break outwards into action. Let us practise being brave together today. We can notice, if we pay attention, who wants representation in empire and who is ready for another world."

Rasha Abdulhadi (they/them) is a queer Palestinian Southerner, a poet and cultural organiser disabled by Long Covid. “As a genderqueer person, I do enjoy pulling a habibx on Twitter/X given its official owner's violently anti-trans positions & harassments. I use Palestinian Southerner to indicate a non-settler relationship to the land I'm currently on. It is an intentional counter to ‘Palestinian American’ framings that seek to enlist us in empire, and honors multiple Souths –regional, global, cultural, speculative.”

Read more about our team’s collective thinking behind the provocation.

Zoom and drag to travel across the board.

WHO IS READY FOR ANOTHER WORLD PROGRAMS

The Tamilization of Ahilan Ratnamohan

Another World Festival, on Dharug Nura first

Birang Ember – Brothablack

She Rested – Aimée Falzon

Bulunggayi – Leanne Tobin

Small Brave Nation (development lab, citizens assembly and performance)

Dharug Collective

Everything You Can Dream of is True (screening program)

Performance Space x Utp (development lab)

Utp Rising

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The artwork for who is ready for another world is created by Wasielah Noorsjamsi.

Artist Bio:

Wasielah Noorsjamsi is a pre-emerging Muslim artist and program producer at AnOther collective, based in Western Sydney and of Indonesian heritage. Her practice spans photography, sculpture, and textiles,exploring the intersection of politics, culture, and everyday life, with a focus on the experiences of muslim women. Her work centres on collective care, celebratinh resilience, cultural heritage, and the power of community in navigating the complexities of identity and belonging.

Artwork Statement:

‘Inspired by the quote “Who is ready for another world?” by Rasha Abdulhadi, this design reflects the liminal space between grief and renewal. Clouds gather as both witnesses and messengers, holding the weight of the past while breathing new life through their endless cycle. As they shift and transform, they carry the promise of a reimagined future, reminding us that change is continuous. The interplay of light and form invites us to embrace action, hope and the possibility of transformation, as we too cycle toward a new world.

A leaf unfolds where struggle grew,

Veins of light thread something new.

Each edge a story,each vein a line,

Tracing the path to the sublime.

The winds whisper, the earth replies: “Through pain, we learn; through loss, we rise.

A world remade is forged with care,

Each step a promise, each breath a prayer.

PARTNERS AND SUPPORTERS

This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through Creative Australia, its principal arts investment and advisory body.