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SUMMARY:To Re-Cite: Ayat al-Kursi - Sound\, Faith\, and Collective Listening - workshops
DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to a workshop as part of the wider development of our newly commissioned project with artist Aliaskar Abarkas\, exploring sound\, music\, and listening through faith and collective experience.\nEach session brings together members of our community with Muslim backgrounds to share ideas\, and reflections on how sonic practices – from recitation and prayer to breath\, rhythm\, and silence – shape spiritual\, emotional\, and communal life. The starting point of the project is the Quranic verse Ayat al-Kursi\, whispered across generations\, transmitted as both lullaby and sonic protection. \nThis is a series of workshops forming part of a longer-term project\, with sessions taking place on Sun 26 Apr\, Sun 17 May\, Sun 31 May\, 21 Jun\, 12 Jul\, 26 Jul and 16 Aug 2026. Please book each session individually. \nTo Re-Cite is co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery for Backyard Biennial.\n\nBook workshops on these dates:\nSun 26 Apr 2026\, 10.30am – 12.30pm; book HERE\nSun 17 May 10.30am – 12.30pm; book HERE\nSun 31 May 10.30am – 12.30pm; book HERE\nSun 28 June 11am – 1pm; book HERE\nSun 12 July 11am – 1pm; book HERE\nSun 26 July 11am – 1pm; book HERE\nSun 16 August 11am – 1pm; book HERE\n  \nAbout Aliaskar Abarkas\nAliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. \nRooted in alternative and communal art education\, his practice stages choreographic encounters that move from individual elements into collective expression. Often in dialogue with historical sources\, Abarkas builds collaborative frameworks that invite participants to interpret and activate inherited scores through music\, exhibition\, and performance-making. \nHe is currently an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London\, 2024–26) and Lead Artist at Autograph Gallery (Acts of Solidarity\, in partnership with All Change\, London\, 2025–28). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths\, University of London. Previous residencies include Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London)\, as well as Rupert (Lithuania)\, the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid)\, Castro (Rome)\, Open School East\, and Syllabus V (UK)\, among others. \nHis work has been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre\, ICA\, The Mosaic Rooms\, TACO!\, Pushkin House\, LUX (London)\, CAPC (Bordeaux)\, LOCALES (Rome)\, Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice)\, and CIRCA. Upcoming projects include commissions and collaborations with Arts Catalyst (Sheffield)\, YDP Foundation (London)\, and the Singapore Art Museum. \nImage: Reverberance\, Living Rehearsing\, YDP\, London\, 2026. Photograph: Anne Tetzlaff
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/to-re-cite-ayat-al-kursi-sound-faith-and-collective-listening-workshops/
LOCATION:Clore Creative Studio Whitechapel Gallery\, Clore Creative Studio\, Whitechapel Art Gallery\, 77-82 Whitechapel High St\, London\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Sound Art
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SUMMARY:Fozia Ismail In Conversation
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Fozia Ismail for the opening conversation of A Song for the Xeedho – the Knot Makers.\nBOOK HERE\nFozia will introduce the ideas\, histories and questions that shape the installation\, from Somali nomadic heritage and women’s craft traditions to climate grief\, migration and memory. \nTaking the xeedho – a woven vessel made for Somali wedding ceremonies – as a starting point\, the conversation will explore how objects can hold stories of land\, movement\, care and loss. In conversation with journalist Precious Adesina\, Fozia will reflect on the making of the work\, the knot as both material and metaphor\, and what it means to honour forms of knowledge carried through family\, oral tradition and embodied practice. \nA Song for the Xeedho – the Knot Makers is co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery. \n  \nAbout Fozia Ismail\nFozia Ismail is a British Somali artist\, founder of Arawelo Eats and co-founder of dhaqan collective. Her practice moves across food\, sound\, textiles and found objects to create works exploring migration\, climate\, identity and diasporic memory. \nRooted in Somali nomadic feminist pedagogy\, her work approaches everyday cultural practices as living archives of care\, knowledge and survival. Through collective acts of listening\, eating\, weaving and making\, she reframes domestic and communal space as sites of shared authorship. Central to her practice are inherited materials and objects connected to her mother’s Somali nomadic roots – vessels\, spices\, textiles\, cassette tapes and sound recordings\, which she transforms into sculptural\, time-based and archival works. \nIsmail has exhibited internationally at the British Textile Biennale\, Southbank Centre\, Biennale Architettura Venice\, Weltmuseum Wien\, Playable Cities\, Osaka and Jodhpur Art Week. \n\n  \nAbout Precious Adesina\nPrecious Adesina is a London-based freelance writer\, presenter and moderator. Her work explores the intersections of the arts\, culture\, lifestyle\, and social politics\, often centring on underrepresented artists and overlooked perspectives in the UK and internationally. \nFormerly a journalist at The Telegraph\, she now regularly writes for leading outlets including The New York Times\, BBC Culture\, The Guardian\, Financial Times\, CNN\, The Economist\, and The Art Newspaper\, among others. Adesina has been invited to speak at institutions such as Whitechapel Gallery\, the Barbican Centre\, Nottingham Contemporary\, and University College London\, her alma mater. \nAcross both her journalism and public engagements\, she consistently highlights how the arts reflect\, challenge\, and reshape today’s social and cultural landscape. \n  \nBOOK HERE \nCamel Milk Cultures event\, Wellcome Collection. Photograph by David Sandison/Wellcome.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/fozia-ismail-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Whitechapel Gallery\, 77-82 Whitechapel High St\, London\, E1 7QX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Sound Art,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:To Re-Cite: What Do We Inherit Through Sound?
DESCRIPTION:Join artist Aliaskar Abarkas and curator\, researcher and writer\, Mariam Elnozahy\, and musician and architect Mhamad Safa as they expand on themes from To Re-Cite\, Aliaskar’s project exploring sound\, music\, and listening through faith and collective experience. \nBOOK HERE\nThe conversation will expand on themes emerging from Abarkas’ workshops\, reflecting on how sonic practices – from recitation and prayer to breath\, rhythm\, and silence – shape spiritual\, emotional\, and communal life. Beginning with the Qur’anic verse Ayat al-Kursi\, whispered across generations and transmitted as both lullaby and sonic protection\, the project considers how sound moves through memory\, ritual\, architecture\, and collective experience.  \nFull details of the event\, including confirmed speakers\, will be announced at a later date. \nTo Re-Cite is co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery for Backyard Biennial. \n\nAbout Aliaskar Abarkas\n\nAliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. \nRooted in alternative and communal art education\, his practice stages choreographic encounters that move from individual elements into collective expression. Often in dialogue with historical sources\, Abarkas builds collaborative frameworks that invite participants to interpret and activate inherited scores through music\, exhibition\, and performance-making. \nHe is currently an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London\, 2024–26) and Lead Artist at Autograph Gallery (Acts of Solidarity\, in partnership with All Change\, London\, 2025–28). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths\, University of London. Previous residencies include Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London)\, as well as Rupert (Lithuania)\, the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid)\, Castro (Rome)\, Open School East\, and Syllabus V (UK)\, among others. \nHis work has been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre\, ICA\, The Mosaic Rooms\, TACO!\, Pushkin House\, LUX (London)\, CAPC (Bordeaux)\, LOCALES (Rome)\, Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice)\, and CIRCA. Upcoming projects include commissions and collaborations with Arts Catalyst (Sheffield)\, YDP Foundation (London)\, and the Singapore Art Museum. \n\n  \nAbout Mariam Elnozahy\nMariam Elnozahy is a curator\, researcher\, and writer. She currently serves as the Artistic Director of Konsthall C in Stockholm\, where her program “Sacred Spaces” invites artists to address questions of religion and society. Previously\, she ran exhibitions and programs at the Townhouse Gallery for Contemporary Art in Cairo and worked at Ma3azef Magazine. She has also curated exhibitions in Copenhagen\, London\, Oslo\, Uppsala\, Amsterdam\, and Jeddah and conducted workshops in Tunis and Tangiers. These programs often addressed histories of globalization\, development\, and resource extraction. She also works to support artists at various stages of conceptualization and artistic production. Her writing has been published in CURA Magazine\, Frieze Magazine\, The TLS\, Markaz Review\, Hyperallergic\, and MadaMasr. She was in residency at the Jan Van Eyck Academie in Maastricht\, NL from 2022-2023 conducting research in the archive of Royal Dutch Shell. She holds a masters degree from the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. \n  \nAbout Mhamad Safa\nMhamad Safa is a London-based musician and architect whose work explores the intersection of multi-scalar spatial conditions and their sonic make-ups. He graduated from the Centre for Research Architecture at Goldsmiths\, University of London\, in 2019 and received his PhD from the University of Westminster in 2024. He is a Lecturer in Architecture and Media Studies at the Royal College of Art in London. He also lectures in Sound Arts at the London College of Communication. His sound work was featured at the Renaissance Society in Chicago\, the Sharjah Architecture Triennial\, the Bergen Assembly\, the Goethe-Institut\, Kunsthalle Basel\, and the Institute of Contemporary Arts. \n  \n\nBOOK HERE \n\nIMAGE: Exhibition Catalogue: Woven Air: The Muslin and Kantha Tradition of Bangladesh\, 1988\, Whitechapel Gallery. Courtesy of the Whitechapel Gallery Archive
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/to-re-cite-what-do-we-inherit-through-sound/
LOCATION:Whitechapel Gallery\, 77-82 Whitechapel High St\, London\, E1 7QX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Sound Art,Visual Arts
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