Camp Trans (Jeng)


I am a co-founder and creative director of Camp Trans CIC festival, a muddy, sunny, joy-filled four-day arts & camping festival inspired by radicals in communion. It’s filled with art performances in the sun, workshops in fields, readings in the woods, bonfires under stars, jumping in lakes, swimming in the rain, climbing of trees, celebration, reflection, rest, new connections, deep friendships, and honest love.

The festival is made by and for people who are trans, non-binary, intersex or gender non-conforming, creating healing and nurturing spaces within the contexts of nature, art, and community. We are currently in our 3rd year and sell out to over 250 attendees, hosting a diverse programme of artists, performers, creatives, and even a pop-up sauna.

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photography by Jesse Glazzard and Valerie Leona from Camp Trans 2022 and 2023

In addition to the festival, I’ve also produced other events such as Queer Quest Hackney (a free guided tour of Hackney’s queer venues inspired by sourvenir ink stamps), Trans Sauna (regular community sauna events), and fundraisers as part of Camp Trans CIC.

About:
Jeng and Mahalia are a creative duo that couldn’t be more different. Jeng likes swimming in freezing lakes, Mahalia enjoys hot bubble baths. Jeng is a camper, Mahalia is a glamper. Ones from North London, the other South. And yet somehow they managed to join forces, a non-binary asian they/them and cis-gendered black woman, to fight crime (racism) and tick every possible diversity box on a DEI census. It just works.

We also make ads. Jeng does the pictures, Mahalia does both.

Currently:
Amazon XCM EU

Previously:
Wieden+Kennedy
BD Network
Brixton Finishing School


✉️ au.peake@gmail.com
🖋️ linkedin.com/in/mahalia-peake/
🖌️ linkedin.com/in/jengau/

Personal portfolios:
Mahalia | Jeng

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