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Conversation on hip hop, on what it means to be an artist – ‘who both risks and is at risk’, and about the power of words to challenge repression. With Refugees of Rap, Shay D, Mohammed Yahya and others. In collaboration with Plymouth University.
We are delighted to announce the dates for TWO Refugee Week Conferences in 2019! Due to the long waiting lists Refugee Week Conference has had in recent years, we’ve decided to double the seats on offer by holding two conferences in February 2019. We’re thrilled that the new conference will be held at Coventry Cathedral, [...]
Join us at The Quarterhouse in Folkestone for a networking event leading up to Platforma 5, taking place across Kent and Medway in October 2019.The event is open to all and will feature updates on plans so far for the 5th Platforma festival, including performances, exhibitions, workshops, seminars, commissions and screenings. There will be time to [...]
On 20th November drop in and participate with artist Bern O’Donoghue and Counterpoints Arts in the making of Dead Reckoning, an immersive installation bearing witness to the huge loss of life along the Libya/Italy and Greece/Turkey migratory routes. O’Donoghue turns data collected by the International Organisation for Migration into human centred affective content. Participants are [...]
Join us for a Learning Lab that will draw on the collaborative work between the Open University and Counterpoints Arts as part of Tate Exchange
Camden People's Theatre (CPT) and Counterpoints Arts present an evening of standup comedy written and performed by people from refugee backgrounds. Featuring a lineup of first-time comedians coached for this special event by Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee, veteran of the sketch group Pappy’s and acclaimed director Tom Parry, this one-off night of unexpected laughter has [...]
Join us this half term during Southbank Centre's London Literature Festival for an exciting afternoon of performance, literature and spoken word on the Clore Ballroom for primary school aged children.
Join us at Tate Modern (Level 5) for a day of hip-hop, poetry, and spoken Word at Tate Exchange with Tania Bruguera, Tate Neighbours and Counterpoints Arts Global Significance is an invitation to write collectively – and intergenerationally - in response to Tania Bruguera’s Turbine Hall Commission and the ‘terms and conditions’ written by the [...]
Counterpoints Arts is bringing together a select, invited group of around 50 individuals from the worlds of the visual and performing arts, broadcast media, entertainment, advertising, fashion, social media, philanthropy, charity and policy sectors.
As part of the Hyundai Turbine Hall Commission, Tania Bruguera will be in residency at Tate Exchange for the month of October.
A special Refugee Week programme for the London Mayor's Eid Festival in Trafalgar Square.
Come to the Museum for a day of performances, films and workshops to celebrate Refugee Week.
Image: Hejira AN EVENING OF SPOKEN WORD, MUSIC AND RESISTANCE! An event organised by friends at Quakers in Britain, in collaboration with Right to Remain, Detention Action, Student Action for Refugees, and us. This event is curated as an antidote to the current climate of 'hostile environment' where the borders seem to have moved right [...]
DJs, talks, film and music across the museum, celebrating Refugee Week’s 20th birthday.
Exclusive readings in an intimate setting at Doughty Street Chambers.
