Working Girls (2026), created by Pia Davis, draws from real life events while moving between reality, fantasy, memory, and imagination. For this screening, the film is presented alongside an installation of objects, props, materials, and artifacts created through the making of the film and through Davis’ broader artistic practice.
Together, the film and installation create a world that extends beyond the screen. Some objects belong directly to the story of Working Girls, while others exist more freely within the visual and emotional language of the work. The installation brings together fragments of real life with elements of fantasy, allowing the boundaries between the two to remain open.
The exhibition is not a recreation of the film but rather an expansion of its universe — a space where personal experience, constructed environments, found objects, and imagined possibilities can coexist. The objects become artifacts of both the film and the larger world Davis has been building through her art. Working Girls invites viewers into this world and asks them to move between what is real, what is remembered, what is imagined, and what has been created.
Participant Bios
Pia Davis is a Los Angeles–based, trans-led fashion and art collective founded by Pia Davis that centers Black, queer, and trans communities through storytelling, design, and performance. Since 2015, No Sesso has used fashion as a tool for cultural expression, creating garments, images, and experiences that function as living archives of Black femme aesthetics, bridging memory, embodiment, and futurity. Rooted in collaboration and community, the collective brings together practices across music, visual art, and performance to create spaces where marginalized voices are not only visible, but generative. Through workshops, presentations, and immersive programming, Pia Davis, Working Girls is committed to fostering creative agency, particularly among Black and
queer youth, and to expanding who gets to participate in and shape cultural production.
Pia Davis, Working Girls is organized by Pia Davis as a part of the 2026 Circa: Queer Histories Festival, presented by One Institute.
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