About
Pehmee | The Soft Collective is a project focused on amplifying marginalized bodies and creating inclusive spaces in media, art, fashion, and culture. Rooted in activism, the collective pushes beyond representation to challenge societal norms and promote true equality.
Breathing emotions and works of art
in their own right
The collective’s work is not just about curating events and content from down up — it’s more about creating living methods and practices that become breathing emotions and works of art in their own right. Through performance art, activism, and collaborations with like-minded organizations and individuals, Pehmee centers the voices of BIPOC, queer, and marginalized communities. Known for their commitment to safer spaces, Pehmee strives to make all of their work welcoming, empowering, and deeply transformative.
trabelsi
trabelsi is a Tunisian-Finnish DJ, MC, and multidisciplinary artist based in Helsinki, blending the vibrant rhythms of SWANA (Southwest Asia and North Africa) with global genres like house, amapiano, and afrolife. Passionate about BIPOC and queer liberation, trabelsi uses their sets to create spaces for joy, connection, and celebration.
Expect to hear remixes of Arabic classics, deep grooves, and phat beats that make you move. Rooted in their cultural heritage, their music is a personal journey—fusing sounds of their childhood with bold, boundary-pushing vibes. Whether they’re dropping heavy bass or intricate melodies, trabelsi brings an electrifying energy to every dancefloor, inspiring both emotional connection and unrestrained movement.
suinner
suinner is an interdisciplinary artist, curator, and cultural worker known for projects concentrating on representations of our diverse realities and gathering together presentations of emotion and identity rooted experiences. Currently this means affecting as a dramaturg, DJ/MC, dancer, vocalist and performance artist. Suinner is sparked by space and identity oriented, visual, immersive and experimental art projects that have the examination of safety and radical joy of marginalized people at their core.
In their dj sets you may hear afro tech/house, amapiano, all things hiphop and r&b as well as lengest UK bops. They are interested in building rich atmospheres, sliding from feeling to feeling, emotion to another.
Breathing emotions and works of art
in their own right.
The collective’s work is not just about curating events and content from down up — it’s more about creating living methods and practices that become breathing emotions and works of art in their own right. Through performance art, activism, and collaborations with like-minded organizations and individuals, Pehmee centers the voices of BIPOC, queer, and marginalized communities. Known for their commitment to safer spaces, Pehmee strives to make all of their work welcoming, empowering, and deeply transformative.
PHOTOS: Patricia Carlitos
Building connection to self and others is
a revolutionary act.
In addition to their large-scale collaborations with platforms like Flow Festival, Ruisrock, and Ruskeat Tytöt Media, Pehmee is also known for their intimate, community-driven initiatives. Such projects as conversation to creation platform Unhad Conversations, listening sessions like hit different and their home bistro concept Kiska, where the simple act of sharing a song, meal or a talk becomes an opportunity to build connection and celebrate the daily and mundane, simply embracing the joy of hosting, that the collective is known for.