BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Counterpoints - ECPv6.16.3//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Counterpoints X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Counterpoints REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20230326T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20231029T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20240331T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20241027T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20250330T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20251026T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20260329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20261025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20270328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20271031T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC DTSTART:20220101T000000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260322T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260322T220000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20260210T121605Z LAST-MODIFIED:20260210T121605Z UID:10000595-1774206000-1774216800@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:About Us! Artists Scratch Showcase 2026 DESCRIPTION:The Southbank Centre and Counterpoints Arts invite you to submit your work to be screened or performed during a supportive artistic group session at 7pm – 10pm on Sunday 22 March 2026. Sign up to present your work (or work in progress) and engage in discussions with a room full of like-minded artistic experimenters. All artists selected to present will receive £150 to cover their time and expenses.. \nAs part of the session\, after the performances the artists and audience will discuss any shared or contrasting themes and talk about craft. There are also opportunities for networking and gaining industry advice. \nCounterpoints Arts also have a capacity to support artists from the global majority with advice on project development\, fundraising\, and networking. Contact at Counterpoints is Dijana Rakovic\, Senior Producer dijana@counterpoints.org.uk \nApplications to present work are open to artists aged over 18 from a global majority background (or tackling the subjects of diaspora and migration)\, whether you’re a writer\, musician\, dancer\, filmmaker\, designer or anything in between. \nPlease submit your application by 11.59pm on Wednesday 25 February. Six artists will be selected to share their work. This selection will be curated by Awate. If your work is not selected we’d still love you to come as an audience member to give feedback and share ideas. \nFull details and application form: https://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/artist-call-out-about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-2026/ URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-2026/ LOCATION:Purcell Room\, Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XX CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/avif:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/Scratch-Showcase-Charlotte-Gosling.avif END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250616T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250622T160000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20250513T142506Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250529T143310Z UID:10000501-1750071600-1750608000@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Encounters DESCRIPTION:ENCOUNTERS is a site-specific installation developed by Kingston School of Art’s MArch Architecture students in collaboration with MA Photography students\, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration rooted in circular economy principles and reuse strategies. Featuring photographic and moving image works\, the exhibition responds to the themes of migration\, refuge\, and displacement. \nThe exhibition is running from 16 to 22 June\, 11am – 4pm each day\, at Yorkton Workshops. \nAlongside the exhibition\, a panel discussion will explore cultural production and research practices related to migration\, displacement\, and social justice. These conversations aim to deepen engagement with the themes at the heart of the project. \nThe panel discussion will be led by Dr Maria Mencia\, an artist-researcher in media arts and digital poetics\, codirector of the research group Sound/Image/Media/ Encounters (SIME) and postgraduate coordinator at Kingston School of Art. Guest speakers will include Dr Amak Mahmoodian\, a multidisciplinary artist and educator\, Kate Watson\, visual artist\, researcher and educator\, Liz Hingley\, artist and anthropologist and Edwin Mingard\, visual artist working principally with moving image. \nThe panel will take place on Thursday 19 June 2025 from 3 to 6pm. Reserve your free place here. Spaces are limited. \nThere will also be a Private Viewing on Thursday 19 June 2025\, from 6.30-9pm. \nThis project is created in partnership with Refugee Week (the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary)\, Counterpoints (a leading national organisation in the field of arts\, migration and cultural change) and Yorkton Workshops (home to award-winning design studio Pearson Lloyd). \nThe Project:\nEncounters began as a live brief module for MA Photography students\, developed in partnership with Refugee Week and Counterpoints Arts. The students were invited to respond to a brief set by the Refugee Week team and independently devise projects that explore the themes of migration and displacement. For many\, this marked their first direct engagement with refugee experiences and the complexities surrounding displacement. \nTackling such a profound and challenging subject matter has proven to be both a demanding and deeply rewarding journey. It was a process of learning\, and in many cases\, of unlearning: questioning assumptions\, cultivating empathy\, and discovering new ways of seeing. This exhibition presents a diverse range of creative responses\, reflecting not only on the realities of displacement\, but also on the process of coming to understand those realities. \nThe final installation emerged from yet another meaningful Encounter – this time with 17 exceptionally talented MArch Architecture students. Volunteering their time\, they collaborated with MA Photography students to create a site-specific installation that responds to the themes of displacement and refuge. Their design is grounded in circular economy principles\, bringing a sense of lightness/ transience and a commitment to adaptability\, reuse and sustainability. \nThis exhibition is\, above all\, a reflection of all these Encounters – between disciplines\, between people\, and between perspectives. It seeks to convey the insights and growth our students have experienced as they engaged with this vital and urgent topic. \nParticipating Artists:\nAnchen Li\, Anna Jannepalli\, Tommy Pai\, Edith Robinson\, Eghbal Raoufifard\, Jaewoo Lee\, Jay Lin\, Justin Pappoe\, Meng Zhang\, Jingyao Yan\, Rui Zheng\, Shubham Kakade\, Tilan Xue\, Zixin Luo\, Tom Cai\, Yang Tonge\, with Nana Varveropoulou as MA Photography module leader. \nRify Hossain\, Chelsea Richards\, Cam Heslop\, Priyanshi Dhanrajbhai Jain\, Pete Goding\, Alice Parker\, Azsvina Ragunathan\, Eadan Filbrandt\, Babitha Ravi Kumar\, Telma Ferraris\, Rama Shetty\, Rio Jablonski\, Ian Karuhanga\, Berfin Tas\, Valerie Wan\, Shadi Rashedi\, Anisha Iqbal\, Rajan Savaliya\, with Aoife Donnelly as MArch Architecture Lead. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/encounters/ LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Digital,Film and Photography,London Refugee Week,Multi-Art Form,Photography,Refugee Week,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/05/encounters-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20250308T170000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20250308T200000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20250213T152443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250305T130342Z UID:10000478-1741453200-1741464000@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:About Us! Artists' Scratch Showcase DESCRIPTION:Image by Paul Gilbey\, of Charlotte Gosling performing as part of Awate’s About Us: Scratch Showcase  event\, Southbank Centre\, Refugee Week 2023\n  \nGet a glimpse behind the curtain of creativity as six artists take to the floor to share new works in progress in celebration of International Women’s Day. \nAudiences are invited to give feedback and ask questions in a safe\, communal space to help lift up artists. The performances are interwoven with poetry and hosted by curator and Lead Scratch Artist Awate. \nAll artists chosen for this Scratch Showcase are women or non-binary people\, and two special guest artists perform as part of our futuretense gig series supporting emerging artists. \nThis event is open to all audiences wanting to experience work in its initial stages of development\, and applications to present work were open to artists aged over 18 from a global majority background (or tackling the subjects of diaspora and migration)\, whether you’re a writer\, musician\, dancer\, filmmaker\, designer or anything in between. \nArtists presenting works-in-progress are Oishi Dutta\, Chakira Alin\, Shivani Sen\, Natsuko Yonezawa\, Alex Bertulis-Fernandes\, Torera Sotinwa. \nThis Scratch is hosted by Awate and Ornella Mutoni\, Filmmaker and Counterpoints’ PopChange Producer. \nIn the past we have had films inspired by Greek mythology\, stylists presenting their original textile designs\, stand up comedy\, powerful rap music\, innovative piano performances and short plays reflecting on the trans experience. \nAfter presenting at our Scratch event\, artists have gone on to embark on their first UK music tours\, had their short films presented at the BFI London Film Festival\, secured options from high-profile TV production companies\, started their own regular comedy nights and found lasting connections with other artists in the audience or presenting alongside them. \nThis Scratch Showcase is a collaboration between Awate\, Counterpoints Arts and the Southbank Centre. Book your tickets here. \nAbout artists: \nOishi Roy Dutta (b. 2000) is a multi-medium artist and art-director based between London and New Delhi. Oishi‘s work explores the complexities of human experience in an evolving technological landscape\, examining ocular politics\, ethnicity\, modern myths\, and contemporary “human artifacts.” A Fine Arts graduate from Delhi University’s College of Art (2022)\, she has worked with The Nourishment Project’s opera NIRAKAR\, luxury jeweler Sunita Shekhawat\, and  India Art Fair\, apart from various other creative projects with emerging musicians and fashion houses. Blending visual storytelling with conceptual depth\, she investigates multi-dimensional existence in an exceedingly complicated socio-political landscape. Oishi is currently pursuing an MA in Contemporary Art Practice at the Royal College of Art. \nChakira Alin (she/her) is a writer\, actor and filmmaker from the East End of London\, making work with her production company Quite the Cowboy. Chakira recently completed her latest short film\, THE PILGRIMAGE\, and is currently in pre-production for the SUNNY SIDE UP film adaptation. She is a triple Capricorn. \nBorn and raised in New Delhi\, India\, Shivani is a multi-disciplinary artist\, singer-songwriter\, author and composer whose work weaves together genres\, cultural identities\, and emotions. Her work aims to break tradition-based boundaries and is inspired by a blend of storytelling\, aesthetics\, and spirituality. Shivani has trained in Hindustani Classical music for twenty years and performs regularly in India and London. With her debut release\, Shivani has merged the Indian classical world with indie pop\, and has featured on NTS Radio and on BBC Introducing Asian Network as their Artist of the Week. Shivani is also a poet with her debut poetry book To the Homes that We Are sold internationally and read at festivals and exhibitions and shared in universities in the UK. Today\, she is accompanied by Vishnu Vijayan on the tabla and Theo Archer on the bass. Following their recent performance at the Indian High Commission and at the SOAS concert series\, Shivani Vishnu and Theo are bringing a contemporary rendition of Indian classical music\, with storytelling and poetry enhancing the creative practice. \nNatsuko is a Japanese-Australian live performance director and digital scenographer currently pursuing a Masters in Design for Performance and Interaction at UCL. Natsuko‘s work draws on psychological and sociological research\, along with a deep interest in biomimetic architecture\, to create immersive experiences. Integrating emerging technologies with dance\, physical theatre\, sound\, lighting design\, and architecture\, they craft multi sensory environments that push the boundaries of live performance. Natsuko is fundamentally interested in the complexity of human beings and why we behave the way we do as we all navigate the world in fascinatingly distinct ways. \nAlex Bertulis-Fernandes is a stand-up and writer. Alex won the British Comedy Guide Pro Award for Performance. Alex was a Channel 4 Sean Lock Comedy Award Finalist\, Leicester Mercury Comedian of the Year Finalist\, and BBC New Comedy Awards Nominee. Her jokes have featured in The Guardian and The Telegraph. Alex wrote material for ITV’s Piglets\, BBC Radio 4’s Dead Ringers\, The Now Show and The News Quiz\, and for several upcoming films. Alex went viral for her response to being told to “dial down the feminism.” She’s working with Clapperboard Studios on a sitcom set in a psychiatric ward.  \nBy day\, Torera is a lawyer—but when the sun sets\, she transforms into a dynamic dancer\, poet\, and writer. Torera believes in the healing power of artistic expression and is on a mission to make creativity accessible to everyone – from seasoned artists to buttoned-up lawyers in corporate offices. Because art belongs to us all.  With a passion for storytelling through movement and words\, Torera has choreographed and produced a short dance film\, performed on world-renowned stages like the Bloomsbury Theatre\, and is now curating her own Artists’ Showcase on March 15th. Her work blends movement\, poetry\, and sound to create an immersive experience that pulls you deep into her world. In her upcoming performance\, she will explore how romantic relationships serve as mirrors\, forcing us to confront the hardest truths about ourselves. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-3/ LOCATION:Clore Ballroom\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/refugee-week-2023-8394.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241215T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241215T210000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20241112T183443Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250128T142511Z UID:10000469-1734285600-1734296400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:About Us! Artists' Scratch Showcase DESCRIPTION:Come to our next Scratch Showcase and support artists presenting their exciting work-in-progress!! \nWhen: 15th December\, from 6pm \nWhere: Clore Ballroom\, Royal Festival Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London\, SE1 8XX \nFree entry! \nCalling all artists and creatives looking for a safe space to share your ideas! Come along to our showcase for inspiration\, connection and encouragement. Scratch is led by Awate. \nWhether or not you’re ready to embrace the name ‘artist’\, if you’re making work or thinking about it\, this event is for you. \nSign up HERE (by 22nd December) to present your work (or work in progress) and engage in discussions with a room full of like-minded artistic experimenters. \nMusic\, film\, comedy\, drama\, improv\, visual art\, fashion and everything in between is welcome: in the past we’ve had films inspired by Greek mythology\, stylists presenting their original textile designs\, stand up comedy and short plays reflecting on the trans experience. \nOur artists are: \nShubhan Iyer / music\nShanmukha Priya Mohan / archives\nali akhtar / fashion\nDavy Lazare / film\nYafei Zheng / theatre\nImisi Peletu -/music\n\nIf you haven’t been to our Scratch event before\, they are exciting\, supportive\, needed networking spaces aimed at artists and people with Global Majority Heritage. Come and witness the developing projects and practices\, offer advice and meet interesting people. \n‘It’s a wholly unique way to connect with your audience; I learned more about how audiences engage with my work at this event than I have for any other performance!’ – Laith Elzubaidi\, writer/filmmaker. \nApplications close at midnight\, Friday 22 November. \nVenue is The Clore Ballroom\, located inside Southbank Centre Royal Festival Hall on Level 2. \nFree entry! \nScratch is led by Awate\, supported by Counterpoints. This Scratch event is co-produced with Southbank Centre. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase-2/ LOCATION:Clore Ballroom\, Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/MCH_1VA1675-Counterpoints-RW2022-559.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20241125T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20241125T143000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20241022T074042Z LAST-MODIFIED:20241121T163734Z UID:10000466-1732532400-1732545000@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Ipswich - Platforma networking DESCRIPTION:Where: DanceEast\, Jerwood DanceHouse\, Foundry Lane\, Ipswich IP4 1DW \nWhen: 11.00-2.30 on Monday 25th November 2024 (free lunch provided) \nFor information about the Platforma festival taking place across the East of England in October 2025 and how you can get involved. \nThe Jerwood DanceHouse is a fully accessible venue. For venue information\, our visual story and virtual tour are here Your Visit – DanceEast. \nTo reserve a free place: email tom@counterpoints.org.uk before 15th November. Please include any access information and / or dietary requirements so that we can fully support you during your visit. \nUPDATE: This event is now fully booked. Please email if you would like to know more about Platforma in Ipswich and we can arrange a call. \nPlease circulate this invitation\, but all attendees must register in advance by email. \nImage: Good Evening\, We Are From Ukraine by Frankie Mills (Platforma 2023 in the South West) \nAN INVITATION\nThe Platforma festival takes place in a different English region every two years\, produced by Counterpoints Arts in collaboration with local partners and artists to showcase work\, build capacity and share learning. \nIn October 2025\, Platforma will take place across the East of England with a range of performances\, exhibitions\, talks and other events of all kind and scale. Most of the programming will be from local artists and organisations\, with touring and visiting contributions making it a truly national event. This edition’s programme will embed a particular focus on exploring mental health and wellbeing through the lens of the arts and its impact on individuals and communities affected by experiences of displacement. \nThis event in partnership with DanceEast on 25th November will be a chance to learn more about Platforma\, including how artists and organisations can get involved and what support can be provided. It will also be an opportunity to network across the arts\, refugee and other sectors in and around Ipswich. We will also share more about our work around mental health and creative well-being. \nIt will be an informal and friendly day\, and anyone with an interest in this work is welcome. It is fine to come for only part of the day. \nPlease contact tom@counterpoints.org.uk to reserve a free place or with any questions. We are able to cover the costs of local travel for people who are not supported by an organisation. \nMany thanks to the DanceEast for generously hosting this event. \nOther similar events have been (or will be) taking place in other places across the region. \nBACKGROUND\nIn 2023 the 7th Platforma festival was held over 5 weeks across the South West of England\, with more than 30 events. A key part of the programme is connecting organisations and people across the arts\, migration and other sectors. We also seek to make connections between places\, within the region and with visiting artists and practitioners from across the UK and internationally. \nBy focusing on a different region every two years\, Counterpoints is able to spend time getting to know a wide range of new partners and to build and understanding of the context. Our co-commissions and overall programme are responsive to that\, with a view to capacity building for the longer term and creating collaborations that last well beyond the festival period. \nPlatforma also becomes a focus of local media\, as with this 2023 report by the BBC. \nRead more about Platforma 2023 URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/ipswich-platforma-networking/ LOCATION:DanceEast\, Jerwood DanceHouse\, Foundry Lane\, Ipswich\, IP4 1DW\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/We-Are-From-Ukraine-Platforma-festival-2023-©-Frankie-Mills.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240921T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240921T153000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20240905T113415Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240906T075043Z UID:10000461-1726916400-1726932600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Interweaving threads of migration and climate justice DESCRIPTION:Explore the interwoven connections between the climate crisis\, migration\, culture\, tradition and memory in a day of talks and listening sessions. \nThis is a partnership between the Eden Project\, Art Reach and Counterpoints Arts\, bringing artists Dhaqan Collective and Kaajal Modi to the Eden Project for a public programme exploring the themes of migration and climate justice. \nThese talks and sessions are free with valid Eden admission. For further information about this event please email art@edenproject.com. \n  \nAbove the desert and below the water: panel discussion \nTime:  11am–12.30pm\nLocation: Tipi \n  \n \n  \nJoin us for a panel discussion addressing the themes of migration and climate justice in relation to oral traditions and memory. \nThis discussion will be facilitated by Jelena Sofronijevic\, and will be recorded and hosted on the EMPIRE LINES podcast\, featuring Fozia Ismail and Ayan Cilmi from Dhaqan Collective\, artists Kaajal Modi and Sovay Berriman\, as well as environmental humanities university lecturer Jim Scown. \nImage: Shoona Goolab \nBelow the water: waterway listening with Kaajal Modi \nTime: 1.30–3pm \nLocation: Tipi* \n  \n \n  \nIn this session\, join artist and researcher Kaajal Modi\, and take part in “embodied listening”\, featuring field recordings from waterways around Britain\, including migration stories and reflections from marginalised communities. \n*This session has limited capacity\, so participation will be on a first-come-first-served basis. It will begin and end in the Tipi\, with a guided visit to the Rainforest Biome. \nAbove the desert: listening session with Dhaqan Collective \nTime:  2–3.30pm\nLocation: Tipi* \n  \n \n  \nJoin artists Fozia Ismail and Ayan Cilmi\, from the Dhaqan Collective\, for an engaging listening session\, which will highlight the significance of Somali women’s weaving songs and oral storytelling traditions. You will be guided through an audio soundscape that explores the cultural importance of the Galool tree\, and concludes with networking and Somali hospitality. \n*This session will begin and end in the Tipi\, with a guided visit to the Mediterranean Biome. \n  \nAbout the contributors \nDhaqan Collective\n \nDhaqan Collective is a Somali feminist art group based in Bristol\, led by Ayan Cilmi and Fozia Ismail. Applying Somali nomadic stories and artistic practices to support the Somali diaspora to find joy and healing as a way of building a just climate future. \n  \nKaajal Modi\n \nKaajal Modi is a multidisciplinary artist-researcher in climate heritage whose creative practice incorporates sensoriality\, embodiment and storytelling in order to co-create with diverse communities (human\, microbial and ecological). \n  \nSovay Berriman\n \nSovay Berriman‘s work is rooted in the experience of being Cornish\, neurodivergent\, queer and from a low socio-economic background – the grounding and mutable aspects of these identities\, emotions and politics informing their sense of place and practice. \n  \nJim Scown\n \nJim Scown is Lecturer in Environmental Humanities at the University of Exeter\, co-director of the Centre for Environmental Arts and Humanities\, Food\, Farming and Countryside Commission advisor and BBC New Generation Thinker. His research focuses on the intersections of soils\, literature and science. \n  \nThis day programme is presented in partnership with Eden Project and Art Reach. \nLead image: Paul Gilbey URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/interweaving-threads-of-migration-and-climate-justice/ LOCATION:Eden Project\, Bodelva\, Cornwall\, PL24 2SG CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Sustainability & Climate Justice ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/panel-discussion.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240810T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240810T223000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20240808T135132Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240808T143258Z UID:10000453-1723298400-1723329000@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:We Move with Joy - Nafs at Southbank Centre DESCRIPTION:Meet us at our Riverside Stage for a day of activities to make us move\, reflect on our beautiful city as home\, and come together in celebration and radical joy. \n\n\n\n\n\nJoin us for a hub of NAFS queer SWANA creativity\, with a diverse line-up of artists taking to the stage to share their stories\, experiences and talents\, culminating in a series of DJ sets to turn the celebration into a night of dancing and connection. \n\n\n\n\n\nCo-curated by NAFS\, this event is more than a celebration of art and culture; it’s a response to the ongoing challenges faced by queer SWANA individuals\, and an act of resistance against pinkwashing. \nThis event is for anyone who values diversity\, inclusion and the power of art to bring about social change. It’s an invitation to witness and support the voices that are often sidelined\, to engage with art that challenges and inspires\, and to be part of a movement that refuses to be silenced. \nProgramme\nRiverside Terrace\n2pm – 2.30pm Vincent J\n2.30pm – 2.45pm: Maxy Black\n2.45pm – 3.05pm: lisa minerva luxx\n3.05pm – 3.35pm: Hasna\n3.35pm – 3.50pm: HUSS (poetry)\n3.50pm – 4.10pm: Karima Francis\n4.10pm – 4.40pm: surprise performer\n4.40pm – 5.00pm: Etaf Almutawa \nDJ Sets\n5.30pm – 6.30pm: SEKSU\n6.30pm – 7.30pm: Saba Kia\n7.30pm – 8.30pm: TAAZ\n8.30pm – 9.30pm: LUMA\n9.30pm – 10.30pm: Hawazin O \nWeston Roof Pavilion\n3.30pm – 3.40pm: Marwan Kaabour\n3.40pm – 3.50pm: Nour J\n3.50pm – 4pm: break\n4pm – 4.30pm: reflection \nNAFS is a platform dedicated to exploring the queer SWANA experience through art\, music and performance\, where the unique experiences and identities of queer individuals from the SWANA region can be authentically expressed. \nPresented in partnership with Southbank Centre. \nThis summer\, Southbank Centre is collaborating with a range of London-based collectives and organisations to curate the Riverside Stage in response to the theme of our season\, You Belong Here\, enabling these collaborators to welcome different audiences and recognise how they want and choose to belong at the Southbank Centre. \nAge recommendation – Suitable for all ages\, but after 9pm the content is more suitable for adults. \nImage: Emmanuela Yogolelo and Amani Collective\, Refugee Week 2023 at Southbank Centre. By Paul Gilbey. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/we-move-with-joy-nafs-at-southbank-centre/ LOCATION:Riverside Terrace\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XZ\, Southbank Centre\, London\, SE1 8XZ\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:LGBTQ+,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/we-move-with-joy.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240628T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240630T180000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20240606T144708Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144533Z UID:10000406-1719599400-1719770400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Room for Dinner & 3EIB Presents: Room for Us DESCRIPTION:In partnership with London Festival of Architecture and soon to be opened Palestine House\, Counterpoints’ Room for Dinner reimagines the dinner party.\nFood is often intimately tied to the memories of those who have left their homes due to forced displacement and are challenged with having to forge a new life\, while preserving their culture and connections to their origins. An expanded supper club\, collaborative sewing project and popup store hybrid commissioned by Counterpoints Arts will see 3EIB\, Palestinian artists and Hiba chefs envision a convivial space for the interdisciplinary intermingling of culture and heritage that investigates the roles of host and guest. \nOn the evening of Friday 28 June\, a special dinner cooked by Hiba will be served amidst a collaborative sewing project by Ramallah based Nöl Collective. Guests will engage in a sensorial experience which will reframe and personalise the Palestinian experience of displacement and resistance through the eating of cuisine steeped in history against the backdrop of art\, embroidery\, storytelling and performance with contributions from artist Bint Mbareh\, writer Sarin Hasbun and others. Doors open at 6:30pm and the dinner party will commence at 7pm. \nThis event is part of a weekend-long collaboration with Palestine House and 3EIB – 3EIB Presents: Room for Us. On Saturday 29th and Sunday 30th June\, Palestine House will be open from 12 – 6pm. \nThe free\, drop-in weekend programme presented by 3EIB will feature a Palestinian marketplace with home and lifestyle shop el Bustan\, Palestinian independent fashion brands and Arabic literature from bookshop Maqam. View Nöl Collective’s collaborative sewing project and listen to an accompanying soundtrack born of Palestine’s rich sonic history. Play games from Culture Mocktail and enjoy food and drinks from Hiba and Saffron and Honey. \nJoin us for the following workshops:  \nSunday\, 2-3pm:\nChildren’s Poetry writing with Tasneim Ziyada  \nSaturday and Sunday\, 2-5 pm:\nTatreez workshop facilitated by Susan Al-Safadi. \n——————————————————— \nRoom for Dinner is for anyone who supports the Palestinian cause and presents an opportunity to imagine a microcosm of an inclusive and collective future for humanity. It is part of Counterpoints’ London Refugee Week. \nFriday: All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards supporting Palestine House – backed project of supplying safe\, sterilised water in Gaza. \nBOOK YOUR TICKETS HERE. \nSupported by Choose Love. \nSaturday & Sunday: Free entry. \n \nAbout the Collaborators: \n3EIB is a platform showcasing independent fashion brands from the SWANA region founded by Dania Arafeh\, a Palestinian British curator. @_3eib_ \nCounterpoints is a leading national organisation in the field of arts\, migration and social change. \nHiba is a family-owned and run business which brings London the tastes of Palestine & Lebanon. @hibaexpress \nBint Mbareh is a sound artist focussed on the power of communal vocalising. Her research centres on  Palestinian folklore and its current potential for liberatory narratives\, especially in the two fields of mourning/lamentation music and music used to summon rain and to praise water resources.  @BintMbareh \nSabrin Hasbun is a Palestinian-Italian transnational writer. She has always had to mediate between cultures and every day for her is a journey across borders. @SabrinHasbun \nMaqam is a locally owned independent youth-led specialist bookshop and community space in London. @Maqam \nNöl Collective is a fashion label working with family-run sewing workshops\, artisans\, and women’s cooperatives to produce garments in Palestine. @NolCollective \nSusan Al-Safadi is a writer\, community organiser\, tatreez artist and embroiderer\, and a baker. Susan runs Saffron and Honey Bakery. \nPalestine House is a new dynamic home for art\, advocacy\, thinking\, community and conversation in the heart of London. \nChoose Love does whatever it takes to provide refugees and displaced people with everything from lifesaving search and rescue boats to food and legal advice. @chooselove \nLondon Festival of Architecture is a month-long celebration of architecture and city-making\, taking place every June across London. The Festival’s mission is to open up discussions around architecture\, test new ideas and uncover and promote new talent. @londonfestivalofarchitecture \nRefugee Week is the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. @RefugeeWeekUK \nThis event is organised by Dania Arafeh\, Kristine Tan and Dijana Rakovic. \nImage credit: Tomasso Serra. Osama Quashoo and Meskele Sereke Mesgna with the symbolic wooden key at the heart of Palestine House. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/room-for-dinner/ LOCATION:Palestine House\, London\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,London Refugee Week,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Osama-1140x815-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240617T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T220000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20240530T122512Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144534Z UID:10000422-1718625600-1719093600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:When community is HOME\, at Yorkton Workshops DESCRIPTION:When community is HOME is a week-long exhibition and a programme of workshops\, performances\, networking\, supper clubs\, podcasts\, kite-flying and communal singing — curated by Counterpoints Arts\, supported by Pearson Lloyd design studio. Counterpoints brings their network of collaborators to Yorkton Workshops to respond to the theme of Our Home through an exploration of the intersection of displacement\, climate justice and wellbeing. \nWe feel privileged to be working in the beautiful gallery. The curated programme is full of opportunity to participate\, meet the artists\, witness talks and performances and eat delicious food… and gather at a time when creatively connecting with friends and strangers feels like an act of self-care and support for others. \nThe creative programme is a set of collaborations with artists\, collectives and organisations. Some are ‘old’ friends and partners\, and others are new to our ever growing network. \nWe are working with: \nClimate Outreach \nUnbound Philanthropy \nEtaf \nNour Alsholi \nAditi Jaganathan \nZafeerah Heesambee \nTasnim Mahdy \nJohn Hunnex \nIn The Mix \nCompass Collective and Sarah Jackson / Nottingham Trent University \nKim Chin \nZhvan Theatre Company \nBosla Arts \nKites in Solidarity \nBint Mbareh \nand others! \nWe will see you at Yorkton Workshops. The programme runs from 17th to 22nd June. Ticketing info for some of the activities will follow shortly. \nImage: Bosla Arts\, The Art Persists podcast\, Yorkton Workshops\, 2023 © Paul Gilbey \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/when-community-is-home-london-refugee-week-at-yorkton-workshops/ LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Refugee Week ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/LRW-OVERLAY-WEBSITE-5.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231023 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231024 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230930T100308Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144537Z UID:10000365-1698019200-1698105599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Climate Action and Refugees (Cardiff) DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Platforma festival\, STAR (Student Action for Refugees) at Cardiff University are hosting an innovative evening of panellists\, workshops and conversations that will unite like-minded societies from across the university. \nThey encourage anybody with a passion for education and activism to come along to the student’s uniun to learn about the social injustice issues brought about by the climate crisis. \nTheir goal is for all of our participants to leave with an enhanced understanding of how they as individuals and societies\, can help balance the scales of climate injustice. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/climate-action-and-refugees-cardiff/ LOCATION:Cardiff University Students’ Union\, Park Pl\, Cardiff\, CF10 3QN\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Cardiff-STAR.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231021T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231021T223000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230918T161545Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144538Z UID:10000356-1697913000-1697927400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:CORE by Abigail Reynolds (Cornwall) DESCRIPTION:As part of Flamm by Creative Kernow (21-22nd October 2023)\nOur relationship with the Earth is changing. \nWe must attune ourselves to the Earth and each other by listening\, responding\, and moving together. Core explores these themes in a quarry\, a scar of past extraction. Once a test site for dynamite drills\, Holman quarry has been silent for decades. Core invites us to dance to new rhythms and sounds in this carved landscape. The lost rhythms of percussive drills are replaced by electronic beats made entirely from quarry recordings. These unique sounds\, mixed by acclaimed producers during workshops\, let us reconnect to the rhythms of the Earth. \nDate: Saturday 21st October 2023 \nTime:\nFirst performance 6.30PM-8.30pm\nSecond performance 8.30PM-10.30PM \nLocation: Holman Quarry\, Lanner\, Redruth TR16 5HG. The event will be accessible via minibuses. \nBooking is essential but free to attend\, cash donations are welcome. More info on how to book to come. Keep an eye out on Flamm website and socials. Facebook\, Instagram and Twitter. \nAbout Abigail Reynolds\nAbigail uses montage techniques of layering and folding to destabilise singular ideas of cultural and political ecologies. She often works in dialogue with disciplines and places outside the art world; a silver band\, geologists\, libraries. She works across sculpture\, print and film as well as creating ephemeral events to bring disparate things into conversation. She works with a strong awareness of plurality; keeping a space complex and unreconciled.\n\n“The pages and images she excavates\, now dislocated from their original context\, become more like artifacts or archaeological remnants – more enigmatic\, more mutable\, and open to more complex meaning and association.” (Martin Clark)\n\nAbigail is noted for her work in collage\, using dynamic forms of assembly to release the latent possibilities in book plates by cutting and folding. To fold or layer historic images or events brings into focus our relation to time\, making it possible to discern things that are almost completely lost. Another medium she often uses is glass – using it  metaphorically to focus the act of looking and to suggest alternative modes of perception as well as simply to focus the light. \nCORE is being presented as part of a multi-layered programme of exhibitions and events. Supported by Art Night\, Counterpoints Arts\, Creative Kernow\, Cultivator\, Good Growth\, Levelling Up\, Shared Prosperity Fund and Cornwall Council. Part of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/core-by-abigail-reynolds-cornwall/ LOCATION:Holman Quarry\, Market Way\, Redruth\, TR16 5HG\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Music,Platforma,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Platforma-Overlay-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20231021T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231022T180000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230919T125034Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144538Z UID:10000357-1697886000-1697997600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Gwyrdh Glas by Sovay Berriman (Cornwall) DESCRIPTION:As part of Flamm by Creative Kernow (21-22nd October 2023)\nGwyrdh Glas (tr. Green Green)\, sits within Berriman’s ongoing project MESKLA | Brewyon Drudh (tr. Mussel Gathering | Precious Fragments) 2022-24\, a multi-platform artwork that uses sculpture and conversation to explore contemporary Kernewek (Cornish) cultural identity and its relationship with heritage\, land\, and extraction industries\, including tourism and mining. \nMESKLA offers space for play in making and for conversation around questions of cultural heritage and belonging. \nDates/Times: \n\nSaturday 21st October 2023\, 11AM-11PM\nSunday 22nd October 2023\, 11AM-6PM\n\nLocation: Market Hall\, Market Way\, Redruth\, TR15 2AU \nNo booking required. \nAbout Sovay Berriman\nSovay Berriman’s work is rooted in their experience of being Cornish\, their culture’s shifting identity\, and the mutability yet power of a sense of place. \nPerformance platforms and dance floors\, the politics of responsibility\, identity and waste\, as well as a fascination with the natural environment’s evolution and its domestic and industrial use\, inform the abstract and semi-fantastical sculptural structures and events Sovay builds. \nThe artworks Sovay creates manifest out of multiple elements. Printed or drawn symbols and forms repeat and layer; components of found material\, acrylic or clay man lean\, prop or balance; live or recorded conversations may be presented upon stages of timber and reclaimed copper\, or made accessible through online platforms. All of these fragments work together through drawing\, text/audio\, moving image\, sculpture & installation to create a whole of shared stories and supportive structures. \nSovay uses visual art as a framework and prompt for action and discussion\, and is committed to questioning balances of power. Sovay is excited by the possibility of the collective\, supple and subtle boundaries\, edges and moments of change. Sovay invites contributors into the work at significant times to collaborate\, test and participate. \nSovay has exhibited & worked with organisations & galleries\, such as MIRROR – Plymouth\, Contemporary Art Society\, Spike Island – Bristol\, Exeter Phoenix\, The Harris – Preston\, Pi-ArtWorks – London/Istanbul\, & Robin Gibson – Sydney. \nGwyrdh Glas is being presented as part of Flam\, a multi-layered programme of exhibitions and events. Supported by Art Night\, Counterpoints Arts\, Creative Kernow\, Cultivator\, Good Growth\, Levelling Up\, Shared Prosperity Fund and Cornwall Council. Part of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/gwyrdh-glas-by-sovay-berriman-cornwall/ LOCATION:Market Hall\, Market Way\, Redruth\, TR15 2AU\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Music,Platforma,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Platforma-Overlay-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231021 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231023 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230725T155343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144537Z UID:10000341-1697846400-1698019199@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Flamm (Redruth) DESCRIPTION:We are excited to be partnering with Creative Kernow to present commissions by artists Abigail Reynolds and Sovay Berriman as part of a new pilot initiative Flamm in Redruth\, Cornwall on 21-22 October. Both projects address issues of heritage\, language and migration in ways that add new dimensions to our Platforma 2023 programme. \nAbigail Reynolds will present CORE\, a collaborative sound installation rooted in place\, from the quarry on Carn Marth to explore socio-economic change caused by mine closures and ideological hydro feminist change in our extractive relationship with the environment. More information on this event and booking details here. \nGwyrdh Glas (tr. Green Green) by Sovay Berriman uses sculpture and conversation to explore contemporary Kernewek (Cornish) identity in relation to themes of heritage\, land and extraction industries. Sovay will deliver a public workshop series and an audiovisual film and a rock sculpture on the themes of Kernewek (Cornish) identity\, land and language. More information on this event here. \nThe artworks will be presented at Flamm in Redruth\, Cornwall on 21-22 October as part of a multi-layered programme of exhibitions and events. This project is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; European Structural and Investment\, Cornwall Council and Arts Council England. You can read more about Flamm and the two artists proposals at flamm.creativekernow.org.uk \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n Abigail Reynolds\n \n \n \n \n \n Sovay Berriman URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/flamm/ CATEGORIES:Audio,Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Music,Platforma,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Test-Platforma-Overlay-6.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231020 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231022 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230724T175359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144538Z UID:10000340-1697760000-1697932799@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:The Creative Sanctuary Symposium (Online) DESCRIPTION:The Creative Sanctuary symposium produced by Insiders / Outsiders Festival takes place online 20-21 October telling the story of Dartington Hall in Devon as an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe. Get your tickets on Eventbrite\, £0-35\, concessions available. \nDartington Hall\, established by Leonard and Dorothy Elmhirst in the late 1920s as a utopian agricultural and educational experiment\, became a much-needed place of refuge for a significant number of eminent creative individuals\, who because of their Jewish background and/or anti-fascist stance\, were forced to leave Germany (and later\, Austria) after 1933. Spanish Republicans fleeing the Spanish Civil War were also welcomed. \nComprising a lively mixture of illustrated talks straddling multiple art forms (fine and applied arts\, architecture\, dance and music)\, discussions\, Q&A sessions and film screenings\, the programme will be aimed at both a general and a specialist audience\, local\, national and international. \nThe symposium\, which draws on the very latest archival researches by established and early career scholars alike\, will fill a significant gap in twentieth century British cultural and social history. \nFor full details of the programme\, including a breakdown of events and guest speakers\, see the Eventbrite page. \nThe symposium is kindly supported by the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art\, Shoresh Charitable Trust\, the Elmgrant Trust and Counterpoints Arts. \nMain image: Hans Keller teaching at Summer School of Music\, Dartington Hall \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-creative-sanctuary-symposium-online/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Learning,Multi-Art Form,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231015 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231019 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230915T125345Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144538Z UID:10000352-1697328000-1697673599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:The South West SIM Project workshops at Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society (Bristol) DESCRIPTION:The SIM Project workshops give tangible meaning to people’s virtual networks and explore how the images we create and exchange through our smartphones map our place in the world. \nPeople who have experience of displacement and those working to support refugees and asylum seekers in the South West of England will be invited to workshops at Martin Parr Foundation and Royal Photographic Society in Bristol. In a process that combines analogue and digital photography with jewellery making and origami\, participants will create unique SIM-scale artefacts to keep\, wear and to be added to the project collection. \nThe personal artefacts made as part of Platforma will be exhibited in Houston\, Texas in 2024. They will be shown alongside SIM artefacts made by over 170 participants from countries including Afghanistan\, Syria\, Turkey\, Venezuela\, Hong Kong\, Senegal and Libya at previous workshops held in 7 countries across Europe. \nThe project is led by artist and anthropologist Liz Hingley\, with the support of Jeweller Sofie Boons and Frank Menger of the Centre for Print Research at the University of West England. Initially inspired by collaboration with Syrians on a UK resettlement programme in 2017\, the project was recently supported by Liz’s residency within the Department of Digital Humanities at Kings College London (2020-23) and is sponsored by 4JET: innovations in glass\, Just Castings and Beyond Print. \nMartin Parr Foundation will generously host the workshops and an accompanying pubic symposium on the 18th October bringing together artists whose works relates to themes of migration\, displacement and belonging. \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-south-west-sim-project-workshops-at-martin-parr-foundation-and-the-royal-photographic-society/ LOCATION:Martin Parr Foundation\, 316 Paintworks\, Bristol\, BS4 3AR\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SW-SIm-Workshops.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20231007 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231009 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230915T110318Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144538Z UID:10000351-1696636800-1696809599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:The South West SIM Project: memories in motion at BOP festival (Bristol) DESCRIPTION:‘As an immigrant\, I don’t really have roots\, I have tendrils\, which stretch to different places in the world where there are people I love’\nArgentinian project artist\, Cyprus\, 2022 \nThe SIM Project install a mobile exhibition in the Paintworks Event Space\, for BOP festival 23\, presenting over 100 personal glass and metal artefacts made by participants from countries including Afghanistan\, Syria\, Turkey\, Venezuela\, Hong Kong\, Senegal and Libya. \nThe SIM Project gives tangible meaning to people’s virtual networks and explores how the images we create and exchange through our smartphones map our place in the world. The unique wearable artefacts in the project collection have been made in workshops across Europe using a process which combines analogue and digital photography with jewellery making. \nThe project is led by artist and anthropologist Liz Hingley with the support of jeweller Sofie Boons and Frank Menger of the Centre for Print Research. It is inspired by and continues to evolve through conversation and craft with refugees and others who have experienced displacement to shape new ways of sharing\, valuing and archiving stories of migration. This chapter of the project is produced with Counterpoints Arts and supported by the University of West England and Martin Parr Foundation. \nPart of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-south-west-sim-project-memories-in-motion-at-bop-festival-bristol/ LOCATION:Paintworks Event Space\, The Airstream Main Courtyards\, Bristol\, BS4 3EH\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Photography,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/SW-SIm-Memories940.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230930T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20231001T173000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230919T133228Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144539Z UID:10000359-1696075200-1696181400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Core: Electronic Music Workshops (Cornwall) DESCRIPTION:Core: Electronic Music Workshops\nAS PART OF FLAMM BY CREATIVE KERNOW\nMake dance music for the mix at Abigail Reynolds’ Core in a quarry on the edge of Redruth. \nCore is an invitation to dance to the rhythms and sounds of a quarry which has been drilled with hundreds of deep holes. The quarry was a test site for the drills used to set dynamite deep inside the stone\, but has been silent for decades. The lost rhythm of the percussive drills will be replaced by loud electronic beats created entirely from recordings made in the quarry. For Core\, sounds from the quarry will mixed by an impressive list of music producers\, solo\, in collaboration\, and through workshops. \nThe workshops are for all levels\, from curious young people and beginners who want to learn how to mix a dance track\, through to experienced music producers. Tracks made in these sessions will be included in the final mix performed in the quarry on October 21st. Three beginners workshops for up to 12 people will be led by Stuart Blackmore and Toby Sadgrove. The workshops are free to attend\, with a suggested donation of £10. \nSat 30 Sept \n12pm-2.30pm                workshop 12+ years \n3pm-5.30pm                  workshop 16+ years \nSun 1 Oct \n1pm-3.30pm                  workshop 18+ years \nLocation: Krowji\, West Park\, Redruth\, Cornwall TR15 3GE \nBook here for the workshops! \n  \nFor Music Producers\nCore is looking for dance tracks\, made from sound samples recorded in the quarry. On Sunday 1st October 4-7pm\, there will also be a share session for music producers led by Martin Pease. This is a masterclass for music producers who have already downloaded the quarry recordings and made a start with their own kit. If you work with music/sound and are interested in creating a track for Core and attend the masterclass. Email coresubmissions2023@gmail.com for information and a link. \n  \nCORE is being presented as part of a multi-layered programme of exhibitions and events. Supported by Art Night\, Counterpoints Arts\, Creative Kernow\, Cultivator\, Good Growth\, Levelling Up\, Shared Prosperity Fund and Cornwall Council. Part of the Platforma festival 2023\, produced by Counterpoints Arts and partners across the South West of England. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/core-electronic-music-workshops/ LOCATION:Krowji\, West Park\, Cornwall\, TR15 3GE\, United Kingdom CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning,Multi-Art Form,Music,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Website-Platforma-Overlay-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20230930 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20231108 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230129T162013Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144537Z UID:10000010-1696032000-1699401599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Platforma 2023 : South West England DESCRIPTION:The Platforma festival is produced by Counterpoints Arts every two years in a different part of England\, in partnership with organisations\, artists and venues across many different art forms. \nThe 7th Platforma festival will take place across the South West\, to showcase the brilliant work being made\, develop networks and capacity\, and to share practice. \nWhile the focus will be on organisations and artists from within the region\, it is also a chance to feature those from elsewhere across the UK and internationally\, to forge new connections. \nWith more than 30 events across 5 weeks\, it will be the biggest Platforma ever. We believe it can also be the most impactful – at a time when the perspectives\, opportunities and connections that arts and culture can bring are urgently needed. \nPlatforma feature article by BBC Bristol \nEvents calendar \nFor more information contact hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nPROGRAMME LISTINGS \n30 September and 1 October: Core: Electronic Music Workshops (Redruth\, Cornwall) \n1-31 October: Good Evening We Are From Ukraine – Photography exhibition by Frankie Mills at (Ivybridge and Paignton Libraries\, with Libraries Unlimited) \n1 October: Celebrating the Arabic Speaking World – Try your hand at calligraphy\, sample snacks and hear poetry (Bristol) \n4 October: Come We Grow  – A sharing event celebrating the end of the Hip Hop Gardens programme working with a group of young people with refugee backgrounds by May Project Gardens (Bristol) \n5 October: Creating Connection – Inspiring a shared vision for the arts\, refugees and asylum seekers (Swindon) \n6-7 October: Ellipsis by Belén L.Yáñez – An interactive audio experience devised as a walking tour (Plymouth) \n7-8 October: The South West SIM Project install Memories in Motion at the BOP Festival (Bristol) \n7-28 October: Gwyrdh Glas Workshops (Redruth\, Cornwall) \n10 October: Palestine Comedy Club at the Palestine Museum (Bristol) \n12 October: Theatre of Migration – Carlota Matos and Hiba Elhindi discuss the ethics of working with migrants in theatre\, chaired by Vandna Mehta (Bristol) \n13 October: Soumik Datta Arts present an evening of music\, networking and the launch of their Green Room project (Stroud) \n15-18 October: The South West SIM Project workshops (Bristol) \n18 October: Picturing Displacement – A symposium with four photographers\, alongside a month-long exhibition of their work (Bristol) \n20-21 October: The Creative Sanctuary –  Online seminars exploring the story of Dartington Hall in Devon as an important place of sanctuary for refugees from Fascist Europe\, including many artists (online) \n20-21 October: Ellipsis by Belén L.Yáñez – An interactive audio experience devised as a walking tour (Swindon) \n21-22 October: Flamm – Two new commissions addressing themes of heritage\, language and migration by Cornwall-based artists Abigail Reynolds and Sovay Berriman (Redruth\, Cornwall). CORE by Abigail Reynolds will take place on Saturday 21st October. Gwyrdh Glas (tr. Green Green) by Sovay Berriman will take place Saturday 21st October  – Sunday 22nd October. \n21 October: CROWN//تاج  – The UK’s first touring production by Company Scheherazade\, combining classical Persian dance\, contemporary dance\, and Sufi movement (Dartington) \n21 October: Mohand and Peter – With humour and visual poetry\, Mohand and Peter will take you on a theatrical road trip through Sudan (Bristol) \n21 October: Humanity Hotel : Feasting – Bringing together asylum seekers\, refugees and local residents to celebrate the diversity of our cultures (Winford) \n22 October: Sudafest: Hope and Healing – A celebration of Sudanese storytelling\, live performances and music (Bristol) \n28 October: CROWN//تاج  – The UK’s first touring production by Company Scheherazade\, combining classical Persian dance\, contemporary dance\, and Sufi movement (Bristol) \n28-29 October: Dear Laila – Art installation by Basel Zaraa at The Palestine Museum that shares the Palestinian experience of displacement and struggle through the story of one family (Bristol) \n31 October: Theatre\, Food and a Culture of Belonging – Sharing practice with Trigger and Maison Foo (online) \n3-4 November: Climate and Displacement Mini:Retreat (Stroud) \n4 November: Re-imagine Community Practice: Cooperation Disco + Arty Farty Karaoke (Bristol) \n5 November: Name Me Lawand – documentary film about a young Kurdish boy seeking asylum with his family in the UK (Gloucester) \n5 November: No Direction Home stand-up comedy featuring Sami Abu Wardeh (Gloucester) \nAs part of Platforma we ran an open call for two public art commissions in partnership with ArtReach for work exploring Climate Justice and Displacement. The selected artists are: \n\ndhaqan collective\, a feminist Somali art collective\, who have constructed the House of Weaving Songs. The audio-visual outdoor installation seeks to preserve Somali nomadic culture and provide a sanctuary for our collective climate anxieties.\nKaajal Modi – a multidisciplinary designer\, artist and creative researcher with over five years experience working through accessible modes to engage communities around the UK into important conversations about culture\, sustainability and climate. Their co-creation practice incorporates illustration\, live art\, sound\, video and workshops to create lively and situated encounters between people\, organisms and ecosystems\n\nMore information about the presentation of their work will be coming soon. \nIllustration credit: Maya Mihindou URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-7-south-west-england/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Platforma ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Test-Platforma-Overlay.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230625T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230625T163000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230517T052406Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144959Z UID:10000035-1687703400-1687710600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:About Us! Artists’ Scratch Showcase DESCRIPTION:Looking for a safe space to share your creative ideas? Need inspiration for your next project? \nCalling all artists! Are you a creative looking for a safe space to share your ideas? Are you looking for inspiration for your next creative project? \nWhether or not you’re ready to embrace the name ‘artist’\, if you’re making work or thinking about it\, this event is for you. \nSign up via the form below for a chance to be selected to present your work (or work in progress) and engage in discussions with a room full of like-minded artistic experimenters. \nMusic\, film\, comedy\, drama\, improv\, visual art\, fashion and everything in between is welcome! \nFull running orders to be updated when the presenters have been selected. \nThis is an ongoing artists networking project\, led by AWATE\, supported by Counterpoints and Southbank Centre. Quotes from last year’s participants: \n‘It’s a wholly unique way to connect with your audience; I learned more about how audiences engage with my work at this event than I have for any other performance!’ – Laith Elzubaidi (writer/film-maker) \n‘[Artists’ Scratch Showcase] was such a warm\, collaborative and encouraging environment. It was so helpful to collaborate on my comedy in a space with lots of different perspectives and allowed me to look at what I was presenting from a different angle and incorporate new ideas.’ – Emily Bampton (writer/comedian) \n‘It allowed me to debut my first humanitarian documentary. Having had a shift of career direction from corporate industries\, I was so grateful to be able to present this important work\, which was well received by a beautiful crowd.’ – Saoud Khalaf (film-maker) \nTAKE PART\, APPLY HERE\n \nIf applying\, please make sure you’re available on the day\, and do join us even if you’re not selected. \nBook a FREE ticket to be part of the audience. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/about-us-artists-scratch-showcase/ LOCATION:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/MCH_1VA1661-Counterpoints-RW2022-551.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20230624T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20230624T210000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230515T091656Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T144959Z UID:10000037-1687604400-1687640400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:I'd search forever\, I want to remember DESCRIPTION:A project by Tamara Al-Mashouk \nAn all day multidisciplinary exhibition at a disused citadel in Dover featuring performance\, workshops guided tours and food. \nJoin us for a day in which Tamara Al-Mashouk and collaborators take over a disused Citadel exhibiting a wave machine + sound score\, a three-channel film and a photographic series. \nSet in a fortress built in the 1700s on the cliffs of Dover\, the day-long programme features a dance performance\, workshops and food. The day culminates with an audience-participatory performance that makes space for collective remembering. \nThe work presented is the result of a gathering of artists thinking and organising together. Manon Schwich\, Sami El-Enany\, Parker Heyl\, Angus Frost\, Lorella Bianco and Fadi Giha join Al-Mashouk in considering sites of solace within embodied experiences of hyper-politicisation. \nI’d search forever\, I want to remember is the culmination of a body of work that began in 2018 with a 10.5 hour durational performance by Al-Mashouk called Can you die if you don’t exist? where she read the names of 34\,361 refugees who died on their way to Europe off The List (published by The Guardian\, 2018). The performance was for Deeplab and commissioned by Mediale. \nI’d search forever\, I want to remember is in commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Arts Council England and co-commissioned by Shubbak Festival. \nIn partnership with: Dover Arts Development\, The Citadel\, Refugee Week\, Samphire\, Future Foundry and SENSE. \nPRESS RELEASE_I’d search forever\, I want to remember URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/id-search-forever-i-want-to-remember/ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Performance & Dance,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Insta-post_square.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20230623T183000 DTEND;TZID=UTC:20230623T200000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20230602T073254Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145000Z UID:10000018-1687545000-1687550400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:The Art Persists: Live Podcast and Music DESCRIPTION:Bosla Arts and Counterpoints Arts are hosting the first ever live podcast recording of The Art Persists Podcast\, featuring artists Laura Nyahuye\, Ghafar Tajmohammad\, and Olga Tkachenko\, hosted by Georgia Beeston. \nThe live podcast will draw on Nyahuye’s exhibition\, Resilience: Friend or Foe?\, and Bosla Art’s latest issue Beyond Resilience. Together\, we will examine role of resilience and its limitations in each of the artists’ contexts; from addressing social issues through art\, to the Afghan diaspora experience\, and finally escaping war in Ukraine. The conversation will uncover each artist’s practice and explore solidarity action between countries and contexts. \nThe event will be followed by a Q&A and a performance by Syrian musician USTAVI. After the event attendees will be invited to stay for drinks and a social. \nFull details and booking via Eventbrite \nSupported by Pearson Lloyd \n \n \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-art-persists-live-podcast-and-music/ CATEGORIES:Learning,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/3faccf8e-8920-4e5c-b9ac-f8ca9c5f7244-e1686581327737.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220626T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220626T160000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220517T112359Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145001Z UID:10000064-1656244800-1656259200@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Artists' Scratch Showcase DESCRIPTION:Are you a creative looking for a safe space to share your ideas? Are you looking for inspiration for your next creative project?\n  \nWhether or not you’re ready to embrace the name ‘artist’\, if you’re making work or thinking about it\, this event is for you. \nSign up to one or both of our two sessions to present your work (or work in progress) and engage in discussions with a room full of like-minded artistic experimenters. \nMusic\, film\, comedy\, drama\, improv\, visual art and everything in between is welcome! \nThe event features guest showcases in collaboration with Counterpoints partners at TekstLab\, Oslo. \nFull running orders to be updated when the presenters have been selected. \n  \nFree\, but ticketed. For ages 16+. \n  \n\n\n\n\nApply here to be featured in this showcase by telling us a bit about you and your work.  This event is split into two sessions with different presentations in each. Please book a ticket for both sessions if you want to attend both. \nThis event takes place on the Queen Elizabeth Hall stage. Please get in touch if you need level access. For more info email Southbank Centre at hello@southbankcentre.co.uk \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/artists-scratch-showcase/ CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Multi-Art Form,Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/55350023-scaled-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T140000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T163000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220609T180012Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145003Z UID:10000050-1656165600-1656174600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:V&A Play for Progress Pop Up Performance DESCRIPTION:Join young people from Play for Progress for an informal pop up performance and get ready to join in! \nPlay for Progress tap into the healing power of music\, the arts\, play\, and creative therapies to build healthy and resilient relationships that support and amplify the voices of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people. \nPerformance times: 14.00 and 16.00. \nThis event is free and part of V&A’s Refugee Week programme of events celebrating community and mutual care. Find out more information at V&A website. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/play-for-progress-pop-up-performance/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/play-for-progress_640.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T130000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220625T173000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220620T092712Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145003Z UID:10000044-1656162000-1656178200@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Celebrating Sanctuary: Lewisham Refugee Week Festival DESCRIPTION:Join us to celebrate Refugee Week at the Horniman\, with partners from across Lewisham. \nCelebrating Sanctuary will be an afternoon of live music and dance\, storytelling\, workshops and more\, all by people newly arrived in Lewisham from around the world. Community organisations have joined together to create a programme that will be taking place across the Horniman Museum and Gardens. \nTaking place across the beautiful Horniman Museum and Gardens\, this mini-festival has been developed in partnership with Create Without Borders and We Are Lewisham\, London Borough of Culture 2022\, to mark Lewisham’s status as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary. \nFor all ages unless otherwise stated. Workshop numbers will be limited on a first come\, first served basis\, so get there early to grab your spot! \nProgramme for the day: \nConservatory\nAll day\nInformation stall. Come and find out about local groups and how you can get involved\nin upcoming projects and campaigns. \nAll day\nLewisham Fostering Team. Information about fostering unaccompanied refugee children and young people. \nAll day\nArt exhibition. A showcase of paintings from Create Without Borders. \nAll day\nMessages from the Heart – Hope in the Heart X LRMN. This exhibition is a rich collection of images\, personal narrative and more\, created by people with Lived Experience. \nAll day\nHealing Together. A collaborative artwork inspired by the paintings of Abel Rodríguez.\nAll day Sanctuary banner. A giant welcome banner created by Year 5 and 6 students with artist Ghafar Tajmohammad as part of the Migration Museum’s involvement in the Walk With Amal project at Deptford. \n2-5pm \nHealing pods. Exploring the notion of Healing through Design\, this project unites people across London and Athens as part of Refugee Week through a virtual experience in a place without borders. \n1-2pm and 3-4pm\nWellbeing session. Head/hand massage\, reiki (sign–up). \n3–4pm\nTea and biscuits with Refugee Café \n3–4pm\nWellbeing session. Head/hand massage\, reiki (sign–up). \nOutside\n2–2. 30pm\nKids Yoga. Introducing fun ways to incorporate mindfulness and balance \n  \nBandstand\nAll day Stall.\nAffordable art\, coffee\, clothing\, preserves and other tasty treats from a collective of refugee artists and organisations. \n1pm\nOpening address from Councillor Campbell \n1.05–2pm\nFashion Show.\nA showcase of traditional clothing from around the world. \n2.15–2.45pm\nDance Performance. A mix of dances from Latin America with Asociación de Madres y Padres Latinoamericanos and LAF Community Salay UK. \n3–3.45pm\nThe Flotsam Orchestra. An incredible global roots ensemble. \n4–4.30pm\nOpen Mic. Readings\, spoken word and comedy. \n4.45–5pm\nE–S–K–I–S–T–A. Learn traditional Ethiopian dance. \n5–5.30pm\nClosing the day. Music and dancing. Music gallery performance space. \nAll day\nSonic Minds. An interactive sculpture co–produced with children and young people who have experienced displacement. \n1–1.30pm\nSafe HAVEN. Join Usman Khalid for a screening of the film Safe HAVEN and audience Q&A. \n2–2.30pm\nFlotsam music workshop. Learn an Afro–Colombian song with Jenny Parra and the Flotsam Orchestra! \n3–3.45pm\nComedy workshop. An interactive workshop with comedienne Ola Labib. \n4–5pm\n#NoticeUs. Healing through taking action together. Online performance and discussion on the campaign to improve temporary accommodation. \nEducation Centre (1)\nAll day Photo exhibition. An exhibition of photos taken of the 2021 Migrant Connections Festival. \n1–1.45pm\nMindfulness photography. Connect with nature through photography. This session will include a walk through the Horniman Gardens. \n2–2.45pm\nMarco’s Miracle Mountain – family cookie decoration. Join Refugee Café to decorate\nEcuadorian biscuits and bread. Fun for all the family! \n3.15–4pm\nMessages from the Heart. Arts and crafts –visit the exhibition and then create your own ‘Message from the Heart’. \n4.15– 5pm\nCalligraphy workshop. Using traditional and modern Persian letters and words – create a drawing to take home. \nEducation Centre (2)\nAll day Photo exhibition. An exhibition of photos taken of the 2021 Migrant Connections Festival. \n1.50–2.50pm\nLondon Must Act workshop. Find out ways to support our campaign fighting for a humane migration policy for all. \n3.10–4.10pm\nWhat makes a good migrant festival? This workshop\, hosted next to Migrant Connections exhibition space\, explores what makes a good migrant festival. \nHands on base\n1–1.20pm\nThis London. Short performance following the journeys of migrant women arriving in the UK. \n1.30–2.30pm\nStorytelling with object handling. Share and create your own story with museum artefacts. \n2.45–3.45pm\nThis is London. Short performance following the journeys of migrant women arriving to the UK and workshop on building a Borough of Sanctuary. \n4–5pm\nDesta (Happiness) Workshop. A wellbeing workshop using creativity\, discussions exploring our journey and hopes for the future. For adults and children 10+. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-festival-celebrating-sanctuary/ LOCATION:Horniman Museum and Gardens\, 100 London Road\, London\, \, SE23 3PQ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form,Music,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/download.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220625 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220627 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220616T135848Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145001Z UID:10000045-1656115200-1656287999@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:I.A.M. THESE PEOPLE DESCRIPTION:A participatory nomadic street cafe in Cliftonville\, Margate created by Dipesh Pandya; reclaiming public space to explore sonic cultures of [im]migrant and refugee trajectories. \nFree. \nOrganised by hands.up.if.you.re.brown and supported by Counterpoints Arts. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/i-a-m-these-people/ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/image0-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220620T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220726T000000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220511T100303Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145001Z UID:10000075-1655683200-1658793600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Refugee Week 2022 DESCRIPTION:Refugee Week\, co-ordinated by Counterpoints Arts will be taking place across the UK and internationally from 20-26 June. \nThe theme this year is Healing. Through creativity and conversations\, Refugee Week 2022 will be a celebration of community\, mutual care\, and the human ability to start again. \nThe lead illustration for Refugee Week 2022 is by Nima Javan\, a painter specialising in traditional Persian art and contemporary abstract art. Nima’s current work is inspired by ‘Persian miniatures’\, using characters found in traditional paintings as well as his own creations. Originally from Quchan in North East Iran\, Nima sought refuge in the UK in 2019. The illustration is commissioned for Refugee Week by Counterpoints Arts. \nIf you’re holding your own event for Refugee Week\, you’re welcome to use Nima’s image in your Refugee Week publicity\, crediting ‘image by Nima Javan for Refugee Week’ where possible. You can crop the image if needed but we ask that you don’t modify it – thanks! \nRefugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. Founded in 1998 and held every year around World Refugee Day on the 20 June\, Refugee Week is also a growing global movement\, with many events planned for 2022 in countries including Australia\, Greece and Germany (both in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts)\, Malta\, Taiwan and Hong Kong. \nThrough a programme of arts\, cultural\, sports and educational events alongside media and creative campaigns\, Refugee Week enables people from different backgrounds to connect beyond labels\, as well as encouraging understanding of why people are displaced\, and the challenges they face when seeking safety.  Refugee Week is a platform for people who have sought safety to share their experiences\, perspectives and creative work on their own terms. \nRefugee Week’s vision is for refugees and asylum seekers to be able to live safely within inclusive and resilient communities\, where they can continue to make a valuable contribution. \nRefugee Week is an umbrella festival\, and anyone can get involved by holding or joining an event or activity. Refugee Week events happen in all kinds of different spaces and range from arts festivals\, exhibitions\, film screenings and museum tours to football tournaments\, public talks and activities in schools. \n\nA selection from our Refugee Week programme: \n20th June at BFI\, 2 -3.35pm\, Le Havre\nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/event/le-havre/\nSet in the port city of Le Havre\, this charming comedy-drama tells the story of an ageing bohemian\, his wife and the wider community as they confront everyday hardships of their own but also that of the refugee crisis that surrounds them.\nGuest list/tickets.\n\n24th June at SBC\, 7.45 to 9.15pm\, Passage: New writing on migration and displacement\nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/event/passage-new-writing-on-displacement-and-migration/\nThe event features a line-up of artists and writers at the forefront of driving social change through their storytelling.Chaired by Christy Lefteri with Helen Benedict (Footnote)\, Ania bas + one TBC.\nGuest list/tickets.\n\n24th June at V&A\, from 6.30pm\, our Friday Late collaboration with BLM Fest and V&A\nInfo published this week\, the programme includes a screening and panel on the LGBTQI+\, Black and People of Colour histories\, London Ballroom and vouguing performance and workshop\, Black queer history poetry workshop and performance in the John Madejsko garden/pool.\n \n25th June\, 1 to 5.30pm\, Celebrating Sanctuary: Lewisham Refugee Week Festival at the Horniman Museum\nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/event/celebrating-sanctuary-lewisham-refugee-week-festival/\nA day of fun and thought-provoking art\, performance\, food\, music\, workshops and discussion celebrating Lewisham’s richly diverse communities. With a host of local community organisations. Full programme announced shortly.\n\n25th June at SBC\, 7.45 to 9.30pm\, Awate presents: About Us\nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/event/awate-presents-about-us/\nThe Eritrean-born\, Camden-raised wordsmith\, poet\, rapper\, producer and activist curates this event as part of Refugee Week 2022. The line-up includes resident DJ for the night TrYb\, as well as live performances from IsattaSheriff\, Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan\, Susanne Xin and Kofi Stone.\nGuest list/tickets.\n\n26th June at SBC\, 7.45 to 9.45pm\, No Direction Home\nhttps://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/gigs/no-direction-home?eventId=911030\nWith host Ola Labib\, headlined by Fatiha El-Ghorri\nGuest list/tickets.\n\n21st to 26th June\, at varous times\, Alter by Distanced Assemblage\nhttps://www.southbankcentre.co.uk/whats-on/art-exhibitions/alter\nOur co-commision with Southbank centre\, inspired by the rich history of Southbank Centre and notions of refuge and displacement. The installation of seven movable sculptures filling the public spaces with sound sand colour. The artists are runing sculpture\, movement and creative writing workshops through out the week. The installation is on the spirit Level at the start of the week\, moving to Clore Ballroom from 24th to 26th June.\n \n  \nFull details about Refugee Week events\, plus resources and inspirations including the Simple Acts programme can be found on the Refugee Week website. \nRefugee Week is a partnership project coordinated and managed by Counterpoints Arts. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-2022/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Nima-Javan-RW-Comission-2022-1024x1024-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T000000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T000000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220609T133343Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145005Z UID:10000054-1655596800-1655596800@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:V&A Family Trail: Refugee stories DESCRIPTION:Go on a journey around the museum and explore six objects that tell a story about people who became refugees. This trail is aimed at families with children. \n\nThe United Nations Refugee Agency states that refugees are people who have fled war\, violence\, conflict or persecution and have crossed an international border to find safety in another country. Refugees often have had to flee with little more than the clothes on their back\, leaving behind homes\, possessions\, jobs and loved ones. Walk this trail with your family or friends to celebrate the contribution of refugees to the United Kingdom and encourage better understanding between communities. \n\nThis event is free and part of V&A’s Refugee Week programme of events celebrating community and mutual care. Found out more about the history of the objects included in the trail at the V&A website. \nImage: Dish\, by unknown maker\, about 1880\, Mumbai\, India. Museum no. IS.185-1965. © Victoria and Albert Museum\, London URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/va-family-trail-refugee-stories/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Plate.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220609T110000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220611T000000 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20220609T150642Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145006Z UID:10000053-1654772400-1654905600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:V&A Female Voices Tour DESCRIPTION:Uncover the contribution of women to art and design on this special tour taking place every Saturday at 11.00. \nThere have always been women artists but\, until very recently they’ve often been ignored by the art world. This V&A Volunteer Guide-led tours highlights the leading role of women as artists but also patrons\, muses\, creators\, business partners and more. \nThis event is free and part of V&A’s Refugee Week programme of events celebrating community and mutual care. Find out more information at V&A website. \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/female-voices-tour/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/female-voices-tour_640.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220120 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20220205 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20211211T103232Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145007Z UID:10000144-1642636800-1644019199@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Syrian Arts and Culture Festival DESCRIPTION:SACF is a multidisciplinary arts festival showcasing Syria’s vibrant arts and culture. The curated multi-disciplinary programme of events offers a creative collision of film\, music\, performance\, visual arts and talks. The festival brings together established alongside emerging artists\, filmmakers\, performers\, and musicians to offer London audiences alternative narratives and perspectives on Syria\, its people\, and culture. \nThe festival’s name\, SACF\, is an acronym for Syrian Arts and Culture Festival. It also is a transliteration of the Arabic word ‘سقف’\, meaning ‘roof’ or ‘ceiling’\, a word which is also colloquially used to represent the very ‘limit’ of something. By drawing on these imaginaries\, SACF sets out to embody multiple meanings. On one hand\, the festival aims to bring people together under a shared roof\, where new connections and understandings can take shape. On the other hand\, it acts as a provocation against the limits imposed on forms of creative expression that many Syrians have cunningly navigated. SACF aspires to be a creative platform where limits can be pushed and boundaries are broken. \nThis year’s inaugural festival offers a platform to showcase a rich and exciting body of artistic output and creative expression that sheds light on Syria’s historical\, economic\, social\, political and cultural specificities. It presents a multitude of entry points through which to approach and reflect on present-day Syria\, pitting the richness and diversity of Syria\, along with its local intricacies\, against the uniformity portrayed by the global media and its images. Such an assemblage of works then necessarily points towards the plurality of the people and modes of existence that have constituted the formation of Syria since its independence in 1946. \nThe festival emerges as a site of counterrepresentation\, where a broad range of narratives\, topics and issues can begin to make their way to the surface\, allowed to be made visible once again. This importantly\, presents a portal\, wherein connections between past realities and present-day urgencies can be redrawn\, offering a lens through which the revolutionary aspirations of 2011 and the violent and destructive suppression that has since engulfed the country can be re-witnessed not as an isolated set of events\, but rather encountered as a series of situated historical processes. This then opens up a space to creatively and critically reflect on a number of pertinent questions: How can we begin to renegotiate the present through the lens of the past? What reparative possibilities can be realised through such encounters? And lastly\, what new trajectories towards the future can be generated as a result? \nSAFC 2022 is supported by Arts Council England\, Shubbak\, Ettijahat and Counterpoints Arts URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/syrian-arts-and-culture-festival/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/city-dreams-photo-6-min.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211116 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211124 DTSTAMP:20260603T102342 CREATED:20211109T100913Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145007Z UID:10000147-1637020800-1637711999@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:STORIES FROM THE ‘ROADS’ OF EMPIRE - public event and exhibition DESCRIPTION:Tracing narratives of catastrophe\, displacement\, renewal\, and contestation associated with empire.\nMigration narratives are often told by those who have not experienced them.\nHow do we reclaim the lived complexities of our stories when they are told on our behalf by institutions? \nJoin us for an exhibition with artwork and reflections by BLKBRD Collective\, Dana Olarescu\, London South Bank University  academics Ozan Kamiloglu\, Henry Redwood\, and Elian Weizman\, responding to the stories of 17 Londoners. \nThe exhibition opens at LSU’s Borough Gallery with talks and drinks reception on 16th November  (18:00 – 21:00) and runs on 17th\, 18th\, 19th\, 22nd and 23rd (12:00 to 18:00).\nLive music performance by Ibrahim Fanous during the opening event. \nThe event reflects on the work produced  following an earlier workshop with 17 Londoners\, through the following questions and more: How different stories from the roads of empire entwines? What are the conditions of recreating a life after a long journey? How can we think about official archives of empire with oral histories and personal stories? How can we create a different understanding of the past that will inform a different politics of the present\, and future? \nThis project is a London South Bank University initiative in collaboration with\nCounterpoints Arts\, and part of the Being Human Festival. Register free here. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/stories-from-the-roads-of-empire-public-event-and-exhibition/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form,Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Stories-from-the-Roads-of-Empire-exhibition-insta-image.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR