Journal du Pôle is a hybrid studio, digital archive and enterprise founded in London, inspired by the practice of pole dance as a radical act of self love.

We honour our roots with Ambre, artisanal grip made in Kenya, for hot climate. Each bottle supports our commitment to Community Inclusion, Social Impact, and Sustainability. We donate ten percent of our profits from each Batch to the Trans & Queer Solidarity Fund Kenya. 

As an AWS Activate Startup we are in early stage research & development of Kinetic Intelligence solutions, with B2C and B2B SaaS utility.

A.T., our founder is a queer Kenyan interdisciplinary artist and entrepreneur, from a career in law & financial technology, recently based in London. They are better known for training with FKA Twigs as a pole dance & fitness instructor, cinematographer, and headlining the Blackstage Show at the Clapham Grand. Originally trained as a vocalist & violinist, their work extends to film, photography, pole performance, and oil painting.

In residence, their current research interests straddle Arts and Sciences. They explore the agency of frontier Immersive Media experiences, including extended reality (XR) and augmented reality (AR) as catalysts for cognitive change towards the reform of structural inequities.

Ritually, A.T.’s movement is rooted in expressionism and the practice of pole dance as a radical act of self love. Ultimately, they are inspired by the idea that pole dance is a metaphor for gender & sexuality, innocent, yet stigmatised.