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SUMMARY:Counterpoints in Conversation radio series on Resonance FM
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints in Conversation is a brand new radio series on Resonance FM\, in collaboration with Gaby D’Annunzio.\nListen HERE \nThe broadcast series brings together socially engaged artists\, filmmakers\, writers\, and activists reshaping how we think about displacement\, racial and climate justice and social change. Across six episodes\, we ask how different forms of artistic expression can shift what we believe is possible when imagining a fairer and more just world. \nThe series will be hosted by DJ\, broadcaster\, and curator\, Gaby D’Annunzio. Before working with Counterpoints\, Gaby was based in Berlin\, where she co-founded the Open Music Lab\, a free music production school for marginalised communities\, and served as Head of Community Development at Refuge Worldwide\, a community radio station. As a broadcaster and record collector\, Gaby brings a perspective shaped by years of exploring music scenes and the cultural narratives behind them. Gaby produces Refugee Week on Air at Counterpoints\, the yearly international radio programming marking Refugee Week. \nFollow the conversation across monthly shows\, and you will meet inspiring and talented artists\, covering different experiences of migration and art making. \nThe broadcasts are on the last Friday of each month at 5.30pm\, from 23rd January on Resonance FM at 104.4 FM in central London and online worldwide. \nYou can listen to previous episodes here: \nEpisode 1: in conversation with Ornella Mutoni and Maria Marrone \nEpisode 2: in conversation with MoYah and Carlota Matos \n  \nAbout Gaby D’Annunzio: \n\n\n\n\n\nGaby is a London-based Creative Producer and Broadcaster.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this role\, she works with radio stations and creative partners around the world to platform stories of migration\, solidarity\, and cultural exchange\, while also contributing to the development of the Refugee Week music programme. \n\n\n\n\n\nBefore working with Counterpoints\, Gaby was based in Berlin\, where she co-founded the Open Music Lab\, a free music production school for marginalised communities\, and served as Head of Community Development at Refuge Worldwide\, a community radio station and fundraising platform. \nAs a broadcaster and lifelong record collector\, Gaby brings a perspective shaped by years of exploring music scenes and the cultural narratives behind them. Her work is often inspired by themes of migration\, identity\, and belonging\, and celebrates the many ways these stories are expressed and shared through sound. \nShe is also currently heading up the Refugee Week on Air programme at Counterpoints.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/counterpoints-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Resonance FM
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Uprooted
DESCRIPTION:Ieva Sudargaite Douaihi presents new work in response to a time of mass displacement in Lebanon\, continuing the twinning and solidarity between OUTPOST in Norwich and Takeover Beirut. \nThe photographic prints featured in this exhibition will be available for purchase\, with all proceeds donated to Buzuruna Juzuruna. \nLocated in the Bekaa Valley\, Buzuruna Juzuruna operates a vital heirloom seed library and educational farm. Their work mirrors the themes of this exhibition: a commitment to the native landscape and a refusal to let the roots of Lebanese ecology be swept away. They have been chosen not only for their immediate impact but for their long-term mission to secure a sustainable\, local future for the region’s agriculture. \nCounterpoints first worked with OUTPOST last October to present work by Maria Proshkowska as part of Platforma 2025\, and we are delighted to be able to collaborate again to bring this important new exhibition to the UK. \nIeva Saudargaite Douaihi is a transdisciplinary artist working at the intersection of photography\, architecture\, and material research. Rooted in an ongoing exploration of vernacular landscapes\, memory\, and overlooked ecologies\, her practice spans image- making\, spatial interventions\, and hybrid objects composed of found objects\, natural matter and household materials. Drawing on her background in architecture and a deep sensitivity to ecological and social entanglements\, she engages with overlooked spaces and slow processes of growth\, decay\, and adaptation. \nThrough layered relationships between nature\, memory\, and the built environment\, Douaihi explores how spaces carry histories\, absences\, and the potential for renewal. Her work gives form to questions of permanence\, access\, and belonging—unfolding as quiet gestures that trace the ways in which people and places shape\, resist\, or intertwine with one another.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/uprooted/
LOCATION:OUTPOST Gallery\, 10b Wensum Street\, Norwich\, NR3 1HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:To Re-Cite: Ayat al-Kursi - Sound\, Faith\, and Collective Listening
DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to a workshop as part of the wider development of our newly co-commissioned project with artist Aliaskar Abarkas\, exploring sound\, music\, and listening through faith and collective experience. \nThe session brings together members of our community with Muslim backgrounds to share ideas\, and reflections on how sonic practices – from recitation and prayer to breath\, rhythm\, and silence – shape spiritual\, emotional\, and communal life. The starting point of the project is the Quranic verse Ayat al-Kursi\, whispered across generations\, transmitted as both lullaby and sonic protection. \nThis session is the first in a series of workshops forming part of a longer-term project. \nFurther confirmed sessions will take place on: Sun 26 Apr\, Sun 17 May\, and Sun 31 May. \nAliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. \nRooted in alternative and communal art education\, his practice stages choreographic encounters that move from individual elements into collective expression. Often in dialogue with historical sources\, Abarkas builds collaborative frameworks that invite participants to interpret and activate inherited scores through music\, exhibition\, and performance-making. \nHe is currently an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London\, 2024–26) and Lead Artist at Autograph Gallery (Acts of Solidarity\, in partnership with All Change\, London\, 2025–28). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths\, University of London. Previous residencies include Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London)\, as well as Rupert (Lithuania)\, the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid)\, Castro (Rome)\, Open School East\, and Syllabus V (UK)\, among others. \nHis work has been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre\, ICA\, The Mosaic Rooms\, TACO!\, Pushkin House\, LUX (London)\, CAPC (Bordeaux)\, LOCALES (Rome)\, Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice)\, and CIRCA. Upcoming projects include commissions and collaborations with Arts Catalyst (Sheffield)\, YDP Foundation (London)\, and the Singapore Art Museum. \nCo-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery. \nImage credit: Anne Tetzlaf
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/to-re-cite-ayat-al-kursi-sound-faith-and-collective-listening/
LOCATION:Clore Creative Studio\, Clore Creative Studio\, Whitechapel Art Gallery\, 77-82 Whitechapel High St\, London\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Sound Art,Visual Arts
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