In Conversation with Howl Yuan + Ania Varez
Discussing the Re-imagine Community Practice event in Bristol, commissioned by performingborders and Counterpoints Arts for Platforma 2023.
Palestine: arts, solidarity and resistance
A selection of creative work and discussions including about the role and possibilities of arts and culture at a time of conflict.
Theatre of Migration
A presentation and discussion in Bristol led by Carlota Matos and Hiba Elhindi, commissioned as part of Platforma 2023.
Voice Notes in Slemani
Introducing a new project by Nottingham Trent University and Compass Collective with artist Hardi Kurda, working between Kurdistan and the UK.
OUR HOME – theme for Refugee Week 2024
The theme for Refugee Week 2024 is “Our Home”. From the places we gather to share meals to our collective home, planet earth: everyone is invited to celebrate what our Our Home means to them.
Collaborative Incubator: Toolkit
We are delighted to launch the Collaborative Incubator Toolkit, as part of the Beyond the Now collective.
Footfalls Echo at Dartington
By Tim Rubidge Tim is an independent dancer, choreographer and [...]
Creative Sanctuary: Refugees at Dartington in the 1930s and Beyond
A two-day online symposium held by Insiders/Outsiders as part of Platforma 2023 explored the role of Dartington Hall in Devon as an important place of sanctuary for Jewish refugees and others forced to leave Fascist Europe.
In Solidarity with Palestine
Counterpoints stands in solidarity with Palestinians, who continue to experience [...]
I’d search forever, I want to remember
I’d search forever, I want to remember is a multidisciplinary body of work by artist Tamara Al-Mashouk that asks if matter and place remember the way our bodies do.
Frankie Mills talks about “Good Evening, We Are From Ukraine”
‘Good Evening, we are from Ukraine’ is touring libraries in Devon. The title is taken from the lyrics of a song that has become a symbol of Ukraine's resistance within the country. Here Frankie writes about how the collection of photographs came into being, and some of the people behind the images.
Belén L.Yáñez on Ellipsis
Belén explains the background to her immersive audio tour, presented in Plymouth and Swindon as part of Platforma 2023.
The Story behind Sudafest with Hiba Elhindi
Hiba Elhindi, the Co-Founder of Sudafest, shares the story of the festival which will be returning to Bristol on 22 October as part of our Platform festival.
Judges announced for Footnote x Counterpoints writing prize
Writers Elif Shafak, Philippe Sands, and Dina Nayeri have been unveiled as the judges of the inaugural Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize for writers from refugee or migrant backgrounds.
Art, refugees and mental health: a new report
Counterpoints Arts was commissioned by The Baring Foundation to write the latest in a series of research reports about arts and mental health, this time looking at the provision for refugees and asylum seekers.
SHARING INTANGIBLE HERITAGE: A VIRTUAL RESIDENCY, PART OF A ‘CREATE SYRIA’ PROJECT
Syrian artists Abeer Sanyour and Yara Amayri explore the intangible heritage of Syria at GROW, Plymouth.
