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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.

‘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 explains the background to her immersive audio tour, presented in Plymouth and Swindon as part of Platforma 2023.

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.

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.

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. 

Syrian artists Abeer Sanyour and Yara Amayri explore the intangible heritage of Syria at GROW, Plymouth.

An exhibition at the Museum of Edinburgh by Maryna Sulym that explores the human side of immigration through portraits and personal stories.