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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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SUMMARY:To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World
DESCRIPTION:Henna Asikainen & Roua Horanieh: To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World\nAn exhibition of work by artists Henna Asikainen and Roua Horanieh will be presented at Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art\, Gateshead during Refugee Week 2025. The project has been developed with the participation of a group of people with experience of migration and displacement\, who now live in Gateshead and Newcastle. \nUpdate: book free tickets for a special Midsummer Event on 21 June as part of the installation. \nCo-commissioned and co-produced by Counterpoints Arts and Baltic\, made possible by the support of Moomin Characters Ltd. It is part of celebrations marking 80 years since the publication of the first Moomin story by Tove Jansson\, which had a focus on displacement. The title of the exhibition is a quote from Snufkin\, one of the characters in the Moomin stories. \nIt is one of our four public art commissions for Moomin 80 during Refugee Week. \nThe project explores ideas of home and belonging\, reflecting on the impact of displacement on both human and more-than-human worlds. Recognising that nature is our first habitat without which no home can be built. The materials used in the work are foraged from the surrounding landscape\, each carrying its own enchanting story—bringing communities together in unexpected and meaningful ways. \nThe multiple artworks will be seen outside of the gallery\, in the entrance area Lightbox\, on Ground Floor and in the Level 5 Viewing Box\, with its presence woven across Baltic. \nAt the heart of the work are Taihaku cherry trees and their extraordinary migration story\, where a sole migrant tree in the UK became a saviour of the whole ecosystem\, reviving the extinct community in its native country of Japan. \nThe exhibition also encompasses migratory birdnests with their many stories of movement\, resilience and adaptation and 200-year-old tree roots planted during the Napoleonic Wars\, and which were uprooted by a recent storm. Willow and other foraged wonders from community gardens feature within the artwork alongside a tree felled by a storm in local suburbia\, a reminder of nature’s unpredictability and the cycles of loss and renewal. \nThrough this assemblage of living histories\, To Own Both Nothing and The Whole World invites reflection on the interconnected journeys of people\, plants\, and place—foregrounding the invaluable contribution migrants bring to this country\, and the power and beauty of nature and community in shaping our shared world. \nThe project aims to raise awareness around displacement and climate\, to create the opportunity for dialogue with asylum seekers\, refugees and migrants around the perception of their migration\, their future and how they can thrive in a new environment. It also enables the opportunity for dialogue within the local area on what it takes to welcome a migrant community. Many different elements make a nest\, and it takes many to create it\, weaving together different elements to create something solid that can hold and shelter someone. By creating a story that lives on in people’s memories and thoughts\, there is the potential to change minds and behaviours. \nHenna Asikainen is a Finnish multidisciplinary artist based in the UK\, renowned for her socially engaged and participatory practice. Her work explores the intricate relationships between humans and the natural world\, addressing themes of migration\, climate justice\, social belonging\, and the ecological impact of displacement. \nFor this new public artwork\, Henna is collaborating with Syrian writer and architect Roua Horanieh\, whose multidisciplinary career spans architecture\, storytelling\, and cultural reflection. \nWe are grateful for additional support towards the public programme from the Finnish Institute. The Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland supports the internationalisation of Finnish and Finland-based artists\, researchers and social actors. As the leading expert on Finnish culture and society\, the Institute enables societal change through art and culture\, empowering diverse perspectives and fostering a more inclusive cultural landscape for all. Founded in 1991\, the Institute is a non-profit\, private foundation funded by the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture. \nHenna and Roua write: \nWe extend our heartfelt thanks to The Alnwick Garden\, Howick Hall Gardens and Arboretum\, and Scotswood Community Garden for their generous and invaluable support of To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World. Their collaboration has been vital in shaping the material and conceptual depth of this project. \nFrom the Tai-Haku cherry trees to ancient oak roots and the supple willow branches\, the contributions of these unique gardens and landscapes have enriched the narrative of this work—allowing us to explore the themes of migration\, belonging\, and the interconnectedness of all life. We have deeply valued the opportunity to collaborate not only with the dedicated staff of each garden but also with our more-than-human allies\, whose histories and presences have helped bring the project to life. \nThis partnership has been a meaningful reminder that communities—both human and more-than-human—thrive through generosity\, shared care\, and reciprocal relationships. Thank you. \nRead a blog post about a visit to Alnwick Gardens as part of the project \nRead an article on Cultured. North East \nDownload a guide to the project: To Own Both Nothing and the Whole World (pdf)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/to-own-both-nothing-and-the-whole-world/
LOCATION:Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art\, Shore Rd\, Gateshead\, NE8 3BA
CATEGORIES:Refugee Week,Visual Arts
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