When Community Is Home
Kiara Reeves reflects on her Counterpoints internship the Refugee Week programme at Yorkton Workshops, London.
Sounds Like Home
Sounds Like Home is an international women’s choir meeting weekly in Hoxton.
Studio KIND.
Studio KIND. an artist-led contemporary art gallery and project space based in Barnstaple, hosted workshops for women with experience of forced migration.
Sabrin Hasbun wins the Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize
Sabrin Hasbun has won the inaugural £15k Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds.
It Takes a Village
A guest post by Laura Nyahuye reflecting on a recent learning event based around her work.
Orchestra of Samples in Bristol
Counterpoints was delighted to be one of the organisations supporting a gig by Orchestra of Samples in Bristol last month, produced in collaboration with Bristol Refugee Festival and Lorraine Ayensu Refugee Arts, with connections made via our Platforma festival.
Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize shortlist
Five writers have been shortlisted for the inaugural Footnote x Counterpoints Writing Prize, for writers from refugee or migrant backgrounds.
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.
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.
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.
