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SUMMARY:Moomin 80 at Southbank Centre
DESCRIPTION:“The Door is Always Open” \nJourney into the marvellous world of the Moomins and discover the famous sights of Moominvalley brought to life at Southbank Centre by the Woodland Tribe and their little helpers ahead of Refugee Week. \nVisit the Moominhouse with its collection of paintings and furniture that fill the house from floor to ceiling\, and take a trip to the Pier\, the Bridge and the Bathing House in a special Moomin staycation. \nWoodland Tribe go all over the UK promoting adventure play and child lead building. You may have seen their work at the Tate Modern\, Compton Verney Art Gallery or leading UK festivals like Glastonbury or Shambala. \nThis installation is co-commissioned and co-produced by Counterpoints Arts and the Southbank Centre\, made possible by the support of Moomin Characters Ltd. in celebration of 80 years since the publication of the first Moomin story. \nIt is one of our four public art commissions for Moomin 80 during Refugee Week. \nFeaturing: \n23 – 26 May: The Build (with invited young people)\n27 May – 1 June Moomin 80 Open House : Explore Woodland Tribe’s Moominhouse by the Thames\n27 May – 1 June Moomin 80 Play\, Make\, Dream :Children\, bring your parents\, carers\, grandparents and everyone in between to help out on this big build.\n28 – 30 May From Afghan Valleys to Moominvalley with Nabil Amin : Printmaking to help decorate the Moomin house\n1 June 12 noon\, Moomin 80: Everybody Is Welcome! : Music\, storytelling and a party fit for Moominvalley \nRead more about our collaboration with Moomin 80 for Refugee Week\, featuring four new public art commissions.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/moomin-80-at-southbank-centre/
LOCATION:Riverside Terrace\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XZ\, Southbank Centre\, London\, SE1 8XZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:What Will We Do Without Exile?
DESCRIPTION:What Will We Do Without Exile? by Basel Zaraa is an immersive\, multi-sensory installation that creates a lush world within a refugee tent\, inviting audiences to imagine life beyond occupation. \nIt is one of our four public art commissions for Moomin 80 during Refugee Week. \nVisit Bradford 2025 Uk City of Culture for full visit details including opening times. \nWhat Will We Do Without Exile\nBy Basel Zaraa \nIn collaboration with: Emily Churchill Zaraa \nSound artist: Pete Churchill \nNewspaper Illustrator and Designer: Charlotte Bailey \nFeaturing the voice of Sahar Qawasmi \nWith thanks to all the interview participants. \nWhile generations of Palestinian bodies have been forced into tents\, their imaginations have never stopped reaching for liberation. What Will We Do Without Exile? pays tribute to imagination as resistance\, as it celebrates the natural and cultural richness of Palestine\, past\, present and future. Through sight\, touch\, sound and stories\, audience members are transported to a reality where the land and its people are finally free. \nWhat Will We Do Without Exile? honours the struggle and sacrifice of colonised people\, and imagines a world where they have not only won their liberation\, but where their resilience and ingenuity are recognised as invaluable examples for humanity in crisis. \nBasel Zaraa is a UK-based Palestinian artist whose work uses the senses to bring audiences closer to experiences of exile and war\, and who creates art in order to face\, express and understand the trauma that his community lives with. His current installation\, ‘What Will We Do Without Exile?’ is an immersive\, multi-sensory installation that creates a lush world within a refugee tent\, inviting audiences to imagine life beyond occupation and war. \nSince 2022 he has also been touring ‘Dear Laila’\, an intimate\, a one-person-at-a-time installation centred around the recreation of a destroyed family home\, which received the ZKB Audience Award 2023. His previous work includes ‘As Far As My Fingertips Take Me’\, a collaboration with Tania El Khoury\, which was awarded Outstanding Production at the Bessie Awards in 2019. His work has been shown at over 50 venues and festivals across five continents. \nWhat Will We Do Without Exile? is co-commissioned and co-produced with Counterpoints Arts and Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture and made possible by Moomin Characters Ltd as part of the  celebration of the 80th anniversary of the first Moomins book. \nRead a text from the opening of the installation on 31 May 2025
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/what-will-we-do-without-exile/
LOCATION:The Beacon – Bowling Park\, 263 Bowling Hall Rd\, Bradford\, BD4 7TL
CATEGORIES:Refugee Week,Visual Arts
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