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SUMMARY:Which Story\, Whose Histories?  by Elena Cecchinato
DESCRIPTION:Free two-part workshop hosted by artist Elena Cecchinato is aimed at refugee children and adults. \n  \nParticipants will learn to rework a vintage photograph\, giving new life and narrative to it by a stitching and weaving process that will spark new visual conversations with time and memory. Bring an old photo that means something to you. All materials will be provided. The second part of this workshop will take place at Garrett Anderson secondary school. \n​​Over two hours\, the artists will facilitate participants in exploring fabrics\, image making and archiving. This educational session includes: \n\nDemonstration of different stitching techniques on paper\nLive artwork making with photographs and thread or with fabrics\nLive Q&A for students to ask the artist and the curator questions\n\nBoth images and clothes\, with their signs and meanings\, are necessary to our sense of space and charge our reality. They are vehicles and mediums to unite and conceive reality\, working between the ‘I’ and the world\, the interior and the exterior\, the knowing and the doing. They allow an opportunity for us not to be subdued by the world\, but rather interact with it\, transforming it always into new narratives. As in a laboratory participants will explore their imaginations and memory via a “re-weaving” / “re-imaging” exercise. By learning how to embroider old photographs\, we will directly experience how perception and memory itself is about change\, reworking\, reweaving. \nElena Cecchinato works in different mediums\, primarily drawing\, from a diverse range of sources including music\, philosophy\, economics\, science and religion.  From these she creates densely layered imagery that both repeats and creates something entirely new. Recently her focus has been on the themes of invisibility\, transformation and abstraction. \nCecchinato was born in Venice\, Italy. She learned Korean and Chinese painting at Korea University in Seoul before obtaining an MA in the History of Art of Africa and Asia from SOAS\, University of London. Her work has been shown internationally\, as well as in London at the Westbourne Studios\, Area 10Ps\, and The Rug Factory. She has worked with the Royal Hospital for Integrated Medicine and the Warwick Festival of Literature and Spoken Word. The Museum of Everything has also featured Elena’s works\, as part of its exhibition#2 at Tate Modern. Most recently she has shown Transpadovano at Palazzo Moroni\, Padova\, in Italy; Turf at Cutlog NY\, USA; and has collaborated with the Roundabout.Lx Collective and the River of Thoughts Residency hosted by Olho du Boi\, both in Lisbon\, Portugal. \nPresent as part of Velvet Society\, an exhibition displaying the creative acts of survival in fashion and fabric of two Syrian women\, civil engineer Raghad Mardini and artist Heba Al-Akkad. Project by Litehouse Gallery.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/which-story-whose-histories-by-elena-cecchinato/
LOCATION:P21 Gallery\, 21 Chalton St\, London\, NW1 1JD
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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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
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SUMMARY:Healing through Sport: The power of women's sport for integration and inclusion
DESCRIPTION:shado magazine assembles a group of inspirational sportspeople to discuss this year’s Refugee Week theme\, healing\, and how it relates to sport.\n  \n\nshado is a lived experience-led community of artists\, activists and journalists united in the fight for social justice. \nThey believe those with lived experience of an issue or injustice are best placed to advocate for meaningful change within that space. Their most recent project has involved the production of a short documentary in collaboration with Liverpool-based women’s football team Comfort Angels\, to explore the power of football and community inclusion for refugees and women seeking asylum. \n\n\nThis Refugee Week\, shado will be exploring the power of sport as a method of healing; as a way of breaking stigmas and barriers for women; and for creating safe spaces and community. \n\n\nDuring the event\, attendees will hear from: \n\n\n~ Hane + Ellie\, footballers from the football team Comfort Angels; a football team created by and for people seeking asylum. It exists to provide much-needed support by bringing communities together and offering a safe space for women to express themselves freely. \n\n\n~ Tasneem Tawil\, former Football Officer at Amnesty and professional Taekwondo athlete. Tasneem will be taking about her experience of breaking down stigmas surrounding women in sport and its place in providing community. \n\n\n~ Third panelist TBC \nIn this event panelists will discuss the role that sport has had in all of their’ lives; the barriers faced by women in sport; the importance of grassroots sports in fostering community; how each of the panelists are creating change in their communities and what more can be done to break down barriers and stigmas facing women in sport. \n\n  \nFree. Approximate run time: 45 mins. There will be 15 minutes at the end for an audience Q&A
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-power-of-womens-sport-for-integration-and-inclusion/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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SUMMARY:We Are Here\, Because You Were There
DESCRIPTION:Get a glimpse of the experiences of Afghan former interpreters working for the British Army who have recently been resettled to the UK.\nImage credit: Andy Barnham. \n  \nTheir presence in Britain reflects the structural and lasting impact of Britain’s military intervention and migration policies. \nHow does it feel when you are an Afghan whose life has been entangled with British politics to still be regarded as a stranger in the UK? What are our moral obligations towards those who worked alongside us? \nThe event offers reflections by Afghan interpreters themselves\, a veteran\, a photographer and an academic expert\, and is an invitation to engage with the people behind last summer’s media headlines of the fall of Afghanistan. \nThroughout the talk\, you can also view artwork created as part of a collaboration between portrait photographer Andy Barnham and researcher Dr Sara de Jong\, who document the experiences of Afghan interpreters through photography portraiture and in-depth interviews. \nThe portraits have been taken and edited in a manner to help anonymise the newly arrived Afghan interpreters who have been at risk and who have family in Afghanistan still under threat. \nThe individual portraits presented are a composite of up to a dozen frames which have each been completely blurred or pixelated and then merged to present a final portrait. \nThis process can also be seen as inflicting trauma on the portraits\, in acknowledgment of events experienced when serving with the British Army and other NATO forces and escaping Afghanistan. \nThe portraits are combined with quotes from the photographed Afghan interpreters\, capturing their motivations\, fears\, losses and hopes. \n  \nFree but ticketed. Ages 16+. Approximate run time: 60 mins.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/we-are-here-because-you-were-there/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Tales from the Congo Basin
DESCRIPTION:Gently explore climate change and its links to colonialism\, race and migration in an interactive family session with storyteller and musician Emmanuela Yogolelo.\n  \nYou’re encouraged to join in with the traditional songs\, including call and response\, clapping and body percussion\, and hear music and stories from the region. \nThe Congo Basin is an amazing place. It spans six countries and is home to the second largest rainforest on Earth\, and the world’s deepest river. \nIt is rich in wildlife\, including gorillas\, forest elephants\, hippos\, bonobos and okapis. \nYogolelo says\, ‘Many rains/moons ago\, where I come from\, people used to come together most evenings and before bedtime\, under a tree or around a fire\, to listen to adults’ telling stories and learn. \n‘Some evenings\, a grandmother would be the storyteller. She could start her story with a song\, and where I come from\, music is communal and participative\, so everyone would join in with singing\, percussions or dance. \n‘I can tell you straight away something is happening with Mother Nature\, something has been done to the environment. Just like those people in the past\, you can hear our personal experiences of climate change from a justice point of view and join in the story.’ \nOriginally from Upper Zaire and Kivu in the Democratic Republic of the Congo\, Emmanuela Yogolelo is a singer-songwriter\, live performer\, workshop facilitator\, speaker and cultural leader. \nYogolelo developed her passion for music from an early age\, soaked as she was in the musical surroundings of her native land. \nShe was exposed to the traditional acoustic music of the Shi and Mbuti pygmies\, the musical genres of neighbouring Rwanda and Burundi\, the music of the streets\, the radio and the local nganda pubs. \nTales from the Congo Basin is a Counterpoints Arts commission\, as part of ‘To love\, care\, breathe… as acts of justice’ commissioning project. \nFree. For ages 5+. Approximate run time: 30 mins. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/tales-from-the-congo-basin/
CATEGORIES:Sustainability & Climate Justice
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SUMMARY:Awate Presents: About Us!
DESCRIPTION:Music\, films\, comedy and multimedia projects are presented by paradigm-shifting artists from around the world in an event led by Awate.\n  \nThe Eritrean-born\, Camden-raised wordsmith\, poet\, rapper\, producer and activist curates this event as part of Refugee Week 2022. \nAwate has past commissions or residencies with The Roundhouse\, The British Library Sound Archive\, Tate Archives\, PRS Foundation\, British Council and Counterpoints Arts. \nFull line-up to be announced. \nAges 16+. Approximate run time: 105 mins. \n  \nTickets: \n£5 standard entry. Excludes £3.50 booking fee. \nConcessions 25%. Limited availability. Read about concessions. Tickets can only be sold through the Southbank Centre and our authorised agents\, and can’t be resold. You can return your tickets to the Southbank Centre for a credit voucher up to 48 hours before the event. Tickets resold on any third-party platforms will become invalid.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/awate-presents-about-us/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Music
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SUMMARY:Dance with Little Amal
DESCRIPTION:At a free event on our terrace\, meet and dance with not-so-little puppet Little Amal\, who has travelled from her home in Syria\, raising awareness for refugees.\n  \nShe loves to dance. In fact\, she’s danced with thousands of children across her 8\,000km journey from Syria to her new home in the UK. \nNow\, a year after leaving Syria\, Amal visits the Southbank Centre to meet new friends Dance for Refuge and other guest artists. \nTogether\, they dance in celebration of hope\, resilience\, and solidarity for refugee children just like Amal. Come and dance with them. \nThe Walk: Dance With Amal is presented by The Walk Productions in association with Handspring Puppet Company and Good Chance Theatre. \n  \nFree. Approximate run time: 60 mins.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/dance-with-little-amal/
LOCATION:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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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
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SUMMARY:Dance for Refuge
DESCRIPTION:Working together with Dance for Refuge\, we’re hosting an all-day outdoor party. Dance until the sun goes down\, all in the name of supporting refugee causes.\n  \nDance for Refuge put on parties where people can let their hair down and dance to the music they love while raising funds and providing supplies for charities and organisations supporting refugees in Calais\, Yemen and across the globe. \n  \nFree. Suitable for all ages.  Approximate run time: 480 mins.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/dance-for-refuge/
LOCATION:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Music
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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
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SUMMARY:Celebrating Sanctuary - Lewisham Refugee Week Festival
DESCRIPTION:Taking place across the beautiful Horniman Museum and Gardens\, this mini-festival has been developed by a partnership of local community organisations in partnership with Refugee Week and We Are Lewisham\, London Borough of Culture 2022\, to mark Lewisham’s status as the UK’s first Borough of Sanctuary. \nThe event builds on Lewisham’s proud history of using culture and food to make positive change\, to celebrate our identities and to demonstrate a unique welcome to visitors to the borough. \nThe day is curated by Create Without Borders in collaboration with Horniman Museum\, Flotsam Sessions\, Refugee Café\, Azmari Bet\, Lewisham Refugee & Migrant Network\, Counterpoints Arts\, Shelby X Studios\, Asociación de Madres y Padres Latinoamericanos\, Haven Coffee\, Ekō magazine\, Sonic Minds\, Migrant Connections Festival\, Creating Ground\, London Must Act\, Hope in the Heart. \nFree\, drop-in. Detailed programme coming soon. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/celebrating-sanctuary-lewisham-refugee-week-festival/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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SUMMARY:Coming Together by Farah Azrak
DESCRIPTION:Free workshop hosted by artist Farah Azrak is aimed at children and young people. \nFarah Azrak\, born and raised in Damascus\, Syria is a multidisciplinary artist\, performer\, and Somatic Movement and Voice practitioner currently living in Beirut\, Lebanon. Her work converges on the body as a main gateway\, and diverges in multiform mediums to reiterate relationship to self\, other\, and the environment. Her works were exhibited in London\, Paris\, Milan\, Yerevan\, and Beirut. Alongside her artistic practice\, she works as a creative psycho-social support facilitator in various communities in Lebanon. \nAzrak will offer a workshop to explore the theme of healing and coming together through a collective canvas of stories in collage form using different materials and media available. The workshop will focus on releasing the imagination of the participants and collectively coming together to create a work that embodies dreams and longings as a form for healing memory. \nThis workshop is part of Velvet Society\, an exhibition displaying the creative acts of survival in fashion and fabric of two Syrian women\, civil engineer Raghad Mardini and artist Heba Al-Akkad. Presented by Litehouse Gallery. \nNote: This event has been changed. The original artist Heba Al-Akkad is unable to travel.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/coming-together-by-farah-azrak/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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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
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SUMMARY:Passage: New Writing on Displacement and Migration
DESCRIPTION:Hear from fresh new writers and established authors as they discuss their work on the themes of displacement and migration.\n  \nThis event features a line-up of artists and writers at the forefront of driving social change through their storytelling. \nSpeakers include Helen Benedict\, British American novelist and journalist\, is best known for her writings on war and social injustice. Her new non-fiction book\, Map of Hope and Sorrow\, co-authored with Syrian writer\, Eyad Awwadawnan\, released in June 2022\, tells the stories of today’s refugees trapped in Greece. \nAnia Bas grew up in Poland and moved to the UK over 15 years ago to pursue her career in the arts. She has worked with the Tate\, the Whitechapel Gallery\, Eastside Projects and others as an artist and arts organiser. She graduated from the Faber Academy in 2018 and Odd Hours is her first novel. \nThis event is also in collaboration with Footnote. \nLaunching in spring 2022\, Footnote is a disruptive new publisher focusing on migration\, identity and marginalised knowledge and experience. \n  \nTickets: £5 standard entry\, excludes booking fee. \nConcessions 25%. Limited availability. Read about concessions. Tickets can only be sold through the Southbank Centre and our authorised agents\, and can’t be resold. You can return your tickets to the Southbank Centre for a credit voucher up to 48 hours before the event. Tickets resold on any third-party platforms will become invalid. \nFor ages 16+.  Approximate run time: 90 mins.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/passage-new-writing-on-displacement-and-migration/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Mobilistan film (screening and Q&A)
DESCRIPTION:Documentary film by Ana Stanic with the Mobilistan team (Manaf Halbouni and Christian Manss)\, Counterpoints Arts and Allianz Kulturstiftung \nThe film traces the first official state tour of Mobilistan across European borders in the turbulent and uncertain Covid pandemic summer of 2021. \nMobilistan is the first ever mobile state limited to the space of a single vehicle. An art project dealing with the issues of mobility\, territorial limits\, marginalisation\, freedom to travel and the desire to belong. The state is the limousine and the limousine is the state\, whose territory can only be entered or exited through the doors of the vehicle. \nThis does not\, however\, preclude Mobilistan from having its own flag\, anthem and passport. \nFollow the state leaders on red carpets from Berlin to Dresden\, Prague\, Vienna\, Zagreb\, Sofia\, Istanbul\, Wroclaw\, Krakow and Solingen. \nDid it all go smoothly? Did the state ever run out of oil? Did it encounter any climate challenges and did any neighbouring state leaders offer help or support? All diplomatic blunders and successes\, planned or improvised\, hidden or displayed\, are revealed in the film\, alongside the onlookers’ thoughts and observations\, and a few surprises. \nMobilistan performance and tour were realised in cooperation with Allianz Kulturstiftung. The film has been commissioned by Counterpoints Arts as part of Across Borders initiative and realised in collaboration with Allianz Kulturstiftung. Produced by Natasha Davis for Counterpoints Arts. \nIntroductions\, short film premiere and Q&A with: \nManaf Halbouni – artist and Mobilistan co-creator\nChristian Manss – artist and Mobilistan co-creator\nAna Stanic – filmmaker\nNatasha Davis – producer \nThis is a free online event. Please register here to receive a link to a Zoom screening and Q&A on Friday 24 June\, 5-6pm. \nLong live Mobilistan! \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mobilistan-film-screening-and-qa/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220622T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220622T163000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
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SUMMARY:Artist-to-Artist Interdisciplinary Practice: Language/Memory/Displacement
DESCRIPTION:Refugee Week 2022 in Dublin \nA collaboration between Fire Station Artists’ Studios Dublin & Counterpoints Arts London. \nArtist-to-Artist Interdisciplinary Practice: Language/Memory/Displacement \nFSAS with its proud legacy of social engagement\, works with artists who catalyse conversations between people and places. Never has this been more important. \nWorking with Counterpoints Arts London\, alongside artists and curators\, we ask you to join us for a roundtable about refugeeism and displacement and the boundaries of language\, identity\, history and memory. The conversation will take place in the context of Refugee Week\, which in 2022 explores the theme of healing as a form of mutual\, civic and collective care. \nIt will be navigated through the prism of two intergenerational\, interdisciplinary practices: the poetry\, performance and curated events of Caroline Bergvall\, and the hip hop dance\, theatre and fashion/design work of Tobi Balugun. Our aim is to open a space between artists\, art forms and other cultural actors to speak to the urgent issues of our time. \nModerator: Áine O’Brien\, Curator of Learning and Research and Co-Founder\, Counterpoints Arts \nPlease RSVP to: helen@firestation.ie with the subject Refugee Week Round Table by 10 June 2022 \nArtist-to-Artist Interdisciplinary Practice: Language/Displacement/Memory is associated with Hip Hop Pedagogy and Power – Reclaim the Archive\, an intergenerational place-based programme initiated by Counterpoints Arts in 2019 with artists\, educators\, digital producers\, curators\, archivists and activists. http://www.reclaimthearchive.com/  \n\n\n\nBiographies \n\n\n \n\n\nCaroline Bergvall\nPhotograph credit: Thierry Bal \n\n\nOf French-Norwegian heritage\, based in London\, Caroline Bergvall is an award- winning poet\, artist and performer. She works across languages\, artforms and media. Widely recognised for her contextual performances and writing practices working from contemporary audio-visual modes\, multilingual and queer identities and histories. Her performances and installations are shown internationally: Tate Modern (London)\, John Hansard gallery (Soton)\, Callicoon (NY)\, Jewish Museum (Munich)\, Fondatio \n\n\n\n\nTapiès (Barcelona)\, Khoj Art Centre (New Delhi)\, Pompidou Centre (Paris)\, Listening Academy (Berlin)\, Dublin LIFF\, Audiatur Festival (Oslo). Awarded multiple fellowships and commissions and a Cholmondeley Award for Contribution to Poetry (2017) and the Art-Literary Prize Bernard Heidsieck-Centre Pompidou\, Paris. \nHer current cycle Sonic Atlas explores languages in/out of context and includes the sunrise performance Ragadawn (European tour 2016-18) and the nocturnal Nattsong (Turner Contemporary Gallery\, 2021)\, with composer Gavin Bryars\, and sound-designer Jamie Hamilton. Her online Night & Refuge (2020- ongoing) is a live collaborative writing event across timezones. Books include: Alisoun Sings (2019)\, the final volume of a trilogy exploring medieval and contemporary languages; and source materials include: Meddle English (2011) and Drift (2014). \n\n  \n\n\n\n \n\n\nTobi Balugun\nPhotograph credit: Owen Behan \n\n\nTobi Balugun is a Nigerian born\, Dublin based\, Multidisciplinary Movement Artist working primarily in Dance and Fashion. A professional member of Dance Ireland\, Tobi has performed for and created community-led performances and projects with many artists/companies such as CoisCeim\, Cathy Coughlan\, Story of the Sei\, David Bolger and more. He was the recipient of the Create AIC Scheme Bursary Award 2020: Collaborative Arts and Human Rights. This period of research and critical reflection stemmed from an interest in delivering high quality arts engagement to Black-Irish communities \n\n\n\n\nand in expanding points of access for young Black Artists. A recipient of the Agility Award 2021\, he carried out a residency in Dance Ireland to begin the research process for ‘Ára’\, a theatrical dance piece portraying masculinity through a fusion of Hip-Hop cultural styles\, Afrobeats and traditional Nigerian dance. \nAs a curator\, Tobi has partnered with Smashing Times to produce\, ‘Eascair – A Black Irish Renaissance’\, as well as Dance Ireland for Black Canvas Curations\, a month packed with urban classes. Both events highlighted local teachers from diverse backgrounds. Over the last 5 years\, Tobi has established himself as a new voice in sustainable Irish clothing\, creating bespoke pieces for specific events and commercial video work\, as well as made to order designs for his own clothing line – SELF MADE.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/artist-to-artist-interdisciplinary-practice-language-memory-displacement/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220620T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220620T153000
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SUMMARY:Le Havre
DESCRIPTION:A charming comedy-drama set in the port city community of 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. A discussion will follow the screening\, exploring different aspects of the film\, including reasons for its inclusion in this year’s Refugee Week programme. \nFree for over-60s (booking by phone or in person only)\, otherwise normal matinee price. \nPresented by BFI in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts for Refugee Week 2022
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/le-havre/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220626T173000
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SUMMARY:V&A film screening: Imploded\, burnt\, turned to ash
DESCRIPTION:A film screening of a drawing and sound performance by artist Issam Kourbaj in collaboration with composer Richard Causton and soprano Jessica Summers\, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising.\nThe performance begins with Kourbaj drawing fragments of Arabic words and eye idols on a large surface in layers\, repeating and obscuring them. The words are inspired by the teenage graffiti that sparked the Syrian uprising in March 2011\, and the eye idols are based on three Syrian eye idols from The Fitzwilliam Museum’s collection.\nThe final drawing is then burnt\, with the ash being placed in a glass box as a memorial to victims of the ongoing crisis. \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/va-imploded-burnt-turned-to-ash/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220619T000000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220609T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220611T000000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
CREATED:20220609T150642Z
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220601T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220601T193000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
CREATED:20220513T094428Z
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SUMMARY:Fadia’s Tree
DESCRIPTION:Screening + Q&A with director Sarah Beddington and special guest (TBA) \nThis striking documentary follows a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon and her ambition to reconnect with her ancestral homeland. \nEnglish and Arabic with English subtitles \nScreening in the run-up to Refugee Week\, Sarah Beddington’s film is a compelling documentary account of the director’s friendship with Fadia\, a charismatic Palestinian woman and teacher who lives in a refugee camp in Lebanon but is determined to reconnect with her ancestral homeland. This striking\, deeply poetic and profound film makes connections to bird migration and the healing power of a particular tree against the backdrop of history\, and a cruel fate that separates a people from their homeland. \nPresented by BFI in partnership with Counterpoints Arts for Refugee Week 2022
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/fadias-tree/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220527T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220527T200000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
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SUMMARY:The Power to Create: Pop Culture and Narrative Change
DESCRIPTION:Friday 27 May\, 6-8pm BST\nLevel 5 Function Room\, Southbank Centre\nFree but ticketed via Southbank Centre website. If tickets are sold out\, join the waitlist. \nCounterpoints Arts\, the UK’s leading organisation in the field of arts\, migration and cultural change\, in collaboration with Southbank Centre\, presents ‘The Power to Create: Pop Culture & Narrative Change’\, an in-person networking event as part of our PopChange Salon Series. The evening will feature speakers who are at the forefront of driving social change\, building movements and disrupting existing power structures through vibrant\, game-changing cultural content in the US and UK.  \nSpeakers: \n\nNana Bempah\, an award-winning Executive Producer in film and advertising\, and founder and CEO of Pocc – a creative network driving cultural impact.\nRashad Robinson (via live link)\, a US civil rights leader and President of Color Of Change\, which builds power for Black communities through innovative cultural strategies.\nand Samir Patel\, innovation leader and CEO of Comic Relief\, which has recently launched The Power of Pop Fund with Unbound Philanthropy.\n\nGuest hosted by Naima Khan\, Director of Inclusive Mosque Initiative\, Co-Chair of Counterpoints Arts and one of Nesta and The Observer’s 50 New Radicals for their work on intersectional feminism. \nThis Salon is for TV/film creators and producers\, storytellers\, funders and narrative change makers\, and we invite you to join us for this interactive discussion and networking event. \n \nThe fusion of social change‑makers\, movement builders\, narrative experts\, creatives and funders has the potential to be one of the biggest\, driving forces of social and environmental change in our world over the years to come. We need to work together to harness the power\, opportunities and potential of pop culture for social change. (Sachrajda and Zukowska\, New Brave World Report\, 2021 \nThe PopChange Salon Series — presented by Counterpoints Arts’ Popchange initiative — are curated exchanges with change makers\, storytellers and the entertainment industry to explore opportunities for harnessing pop culture for real social change. Hosted by K Biswas (The Race Beat)\, and building from the recent New Brave World report (Sachrajda & Zukowska\, 2021)\, the Salon Series focuses on areas with momentum for narrative change in the UK — TV/film\, gaming and comedy — with particular reference to themes of racial justice\, migration and displacement. \nFriday 27 May\, 6-8pm\nLevel 5 Function Room\, Southbank Centre\nFree but ticketed via Southbank Centre website. If tickets are sold out\, join the waitlist.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-power-to-create-pop-culture-and-narrative-change/
CATEGORIES:Pop Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220505T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220505T000000
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SUMMARY:Mobilistan (film)
DESCRIPTION:First screening of a documentary film by Ana Stanic with the Mobilistan team (Manaf Halbouni and Christian Manss)\, Counterpoints Arts and Allianz Kulturstiftung \nThe film traces the first official state tour of Mobilistan across European borders in the turbulent and uncertain Covid pandemic summer of 2021. \nMobilistan is the first ever mobile state limited to the space of a single vehicle. An art project dealing with the issues of mobility\, territorial limits\, marginalisation\, freedom to travel and the desire to belong. The state is the limousine and the limousine is the state\, whose territory can only be entered or exited through the doors of the vehicle. \nThis does not\, however\, preclude Mobilistan from having its own flag\, anthem and passport. \nFollow the state leaders on red carpets from Berlin to Dresden\, Prague\, Vienna\, Zagreb\, Sofia\, Istanbul\, Wroclaw\, Krakow and Solingen. \nDid it all go smoothly? Did the state ever run out of oil? Did it encounter any climate challenges and did any neighbouring state leaders offer help or support? All diplomatic blunders and successes\, planned or improvised\, hidden or displayed\, are revealed in the film\, alongside the onlookers’ thoughts and observations\, and a few surprises. \nMobilistan performance and tour were realised in cooperation with Allianz Kulturstiftung. \nThe film has been commissioned by Counterpoints Arts as part of Across Borders initiative and realised in collaboration with Allianz Kulturstiftung. \nIntroductions\, short film premiere and Q&A with: \nManaf Halbouni – artist and Mobilistan co-creator \nChristian Manss – artist and Mobilistan co-creator \nAna Stanic – filmmaker \nAllianz Foundation \nCounterpoints Arts \nLong live Mobilistan!
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mobilistan-film/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220504T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220504T150000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
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SUMMARY:Binge Watching Hate: Strategies for Fighting the Rise of Digital Extremism
DESCRIPTION:Join advocates\, scholars\, and strategic thought leaders in conversation about cutting-edge communications strategies for combating the rise of far-right extremist ideology in digital spaces. \nDATE/TIME: Wed. May 4th\, 3pm UK/10AM EST. \nLive on Facebook @CounterpointsArts @DefineAmerican \nPanel: \nSarah E. Lowe\, Moderator\, (Director of Research + Impact\, Define American\, US) \nSarah is a health equities researcher\, a Ph.D. candidate in Community Health Education at the University of Massachusetts Amherst\, and the Director of Research + Impact at the immigrant rights advocacy organization Define American. Her work focuses on narrative and participatory approaches\, particularly storytelling as critical narrative intervention in and around immigrant communities. \nZahed Amanullah (Resident Senior Fellow\, Institute for Strategic Dialogue\, UK) \nZahed leads ISD’s civil society engagement\, communications and partnerships. He coordinates between activists\, frontline workers\, and relevant civil society networks. \nDr. Francesca Bolla Tripodi\, (Senior Faculty Researcher\, CITAP: University of North Carolina\, Chapel Hill\, US) \nFrancesca is a sociologist who studies how participatory media perpetuates systems of inequality. She is an assistant professor at the School of Information and Library Science at UNC Chapel Hill\, and is an affiliated researcher with Data & Society. \nShauna Siggelkow (Director of Digital Storytelling\, Define American\, US) \nShauna is a television and digital video producer who specializes in creating content-based advocacy campaigns. She leads an innovative strategy at the non-profit Define American\, where she combines social media influencer networks and digital humanities research to combat the spread of misinformation online. \nTony McAleer\, (Founder\, Life After Hate\, US) \nAuthor\, activist\, and founder of “Life After Hate\,” Tony knows firsthand how to combat white supracists online\, because he used to be one. Since reforming his ideology\, he has founded “Life After Hate\,” where he leads narrative and content strategy efforts to combat the rise of white nationalism in the U.S.\, and rehabilitate extremists who have bought into the rhetoric. \nPresented by Define American in partnership with Counterpoints Arts as part of our PopChange Salon Series. \nThe PopChange Salon Series — presented by Counterpoints Arts’ Popchange initiative — are curated exchanges with change makers\, storytellers and the entertainment industry to explore opportunities for harnessing pop culture for real social change. Building from the recent New Brave World report (Sachrajda & Zukowska\, 2021)\, the Salon Series focuses on areas with momentum for narrative change in the UK — TV/film\, gaming and comedy — with particular reference to themes of racial justice\, migration and displacement.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/binge-watching-hate-strategies-for-fighting-the-rise-of-digital-extremism/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Pop Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220410T000000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220410T000000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
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SUMMARY:PopChange Salon Series X Now Play This Festival: Stories of Displacement in Video Games
DESCRIPTION:Can video games change our understanding of what it means to be a refugee? \nWith displacement as a guiding theme\, this will be an exploratory conversation looking at different ways in which video games can diversify our understanding of refugee experiences. The discussants will each be talking about some of their own projects — including the popular text-based game Bury Me\, My Love — while exploring the values and challenges of bringing lived experience into game development\, platforms for experimentation and cross-sector collaboration\, and opportunities with interactive forms such as AR/VR. This will be an inspiring conversation for game designers\, storytellers\, art-ivists and narrative change-makers. \nThe discussion will be facilitated by Jennifer Estaris\, Game Director of ustwo games (known for Monument Valley and Alba: A Wildlife Adventure) in conversation with:  \n\nSindi Breshani – Co-founder of Episod Studio which is currently developing ‘Race for the Arctic’\, a documentary game built with indigenous communities.\nFlorent Maurin (via live feed) – Founder of The Pixel Hunt – a games design studio focused on reality-inspired games\, including Bury Me\, My Love\, produced in collaboration with a Syrian refugee. \nMalath Abbas (via lived feed) – Founder of Biome Collective\, and currently producing ‘Hope’\, a playful experience that documents his own journey as a refugee to the UK.\n\nThis event is presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of its PopChange Salon Series in collaboration with Now Play This (8-10 April 2022) — a festival of experimental game design held at Somerset House. This year’s theme explores the relationship between game design and democracy. \nThe PopChange Salon Series — presented by Counterpoints Arts’ Popchange initiative — are curated exchanges with change makers\, storytellers and the entertainment industry to explore opportunities for harnessing pop culture for real social change. The Salon Series focuses on areas with momentum for narrative change in the UK — TV/film\, gaming and comedy — with particular reference to themes of racial justice\, migration and displacement. \n********* \nLinks & More Info: \nGet tickets to the Festival (£6.50-9) via Somerset House website: https://www.somersethouse.org.uk/whats-on/now-play-2022  \nIf you are interested in joining\, we have a limited number of free tickets available. Get in touch with marcia@counterpoints.org.uk. \nWatch online: https://twitch.tv/nowplaythis \nImage credit: Bury Me\, My Love © The Pixel Hunt
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/popchange-salon-series-x-now-play-this-festival-stories-of-displacement-in-video-games/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Digital,Gaming,Pop Culture
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220408T000000
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home - Borderings
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a night of laughter from the brilliant No Direction Home\, hosted by Ola Labib\, with Yasmeen Ghawri\, Selam Amare\, Edin Suljic\, Charly Monreal. \nNo Direction Home is a comedy collective produced by Counterpoints Arts featuring new stand-ups from refugee and migrant backgrounds. They’ve performed sell-out gigs around the country including at London’s Southbank Centre and the Edinburgh Fringe. Nish Kumar says: “The No Direction Home comedians are a very exciting\, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny!” \nHost Ola Labib is a star of the comedy circuit being the only Black\, Muslim\, female\, Sudanese comedian currently performing in the UK. She has already gained serious ground on the circuit\, performed on TV shows such as Mo Gilligan’s Lateish and has no intention of slowing down. \nPresented as part of Borderings \nPlease note that we can only offer a limited number of Unwaged tickets. Do not purchase one of these unless you have a legitimate need. \n\n\n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-borderings/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20220303T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20220303T123000
DTSTAMP:20260429T233000
CREATED:20220217T121843Z
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SUMMARY:Monthly Meet: Coffee and Cake
DESCRIPTION:You are invited to a friendly networking session for those involved in arts\, culture and community projects relating to refugees \nAt the Refugee Week Conference earlier in February we were struck (and inspired) by how much everyone wanted to share and make connections with each other – never mind that we were 300 people on one Zoom chat! \nSo\, we decided to make our March Monthly Meet an open networking session for anyone involved or interested in Refugee Week and Platforma. \nYou might be planning a Refugee Week event\, involved in arts\, culture\, education or sports by and with refugees\, or just interested in finding out more: Everyone is welcome. \nJoin us to: \n• Share plans and ideas \n• Ask each other questions \n• Make new connections \nWe’ll ask you when you sign up who you’d like to meet/ what you’d like to learn\, and aim to design the breakout rooms accordingly (wish us luck). \nWe will send you the Zoom link the day before the event. \nBring your own coffee and cake ? ? \nRegister via Eventbrite \n* \nRefugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets are free\, friendly online meet-ups on the first Thursday of every month\, for people interested in arts\, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/monthly-meet-coffee-and-cake/
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SUMMARY:Communities In And Around Museums
DESCRIPTION:18th February\, 11.00-12.30  \nLive online via https://www.youtube.com/c/GARAGEMCA \n  \nCounterpoints Arts is collaborating with Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow to present Communities In And Around Museums: Interaction\, Practices and Principles. \nThe workshop will take place at Garage MCA and live online via YouTube as part of the Experiencing the Museum Conference \nThe discussion brings together Russian and British culture professionals who implement projects\, in one way or another\, designed for different communities\, such as elderly people\, people with migration experience\, or deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors. The conversation will seek to define the  term “community” (using versions proposed by participants) and  discuss collectively the principles of interaction\, who and how constructs them\, whether the relationships between institutions and communities are mutually beneficial\, and how they influence and change each other. \n  \nPARTICIPANTS \nMarianna Kruchinski is public programs curator at the Typography Center for Contemporary Art\, Krasnodar.  She is responsible for the Centre’s film program and for the design of inclusive projects in cooperation with the Generation\, Open Environment\, and Good South foundations.  Marianna will talk about her experience of launching a dance laboratory as part of the Garage Screen Film Festival and other practices of interacting with the city’s various communities. \nDr. Tehmina Goskar is Curator and Director of the Curatorial Research Centre\, Art Fund Headley Fellow at the Museum of Cornish Life\, and a Fellow of the Museums Association.  Tehmina will present the project Citizen Curators (2017–2021)\, a work-based curatorial training scheme aimed at the communities of seven museums in Cornwall\, a rural and coastal region with huge wealth disparities\, remote from large urban centres\, and with very limited access to high-quality informal educational opportunities.  From the start\, the program was pitched as an experiment in cultural democracy.  Unlike larger\, more wealthy museums and universities\, Citizen Curators was formed from the grassroots for the grassroots\, with a very modest budget provided by the Esmée Fairbairn Collections Fund.  It resulted in 80 people being successfully trained in curatorial skills\, modern ethical practice\, and critical museum awareness.  Tehmina’s presentation will reveal some of the key findings of the active four-year research project to show how successful such participatory and democratic learning programs are\, their limitations\, and the realisation of a more diverse and inclusive museum community and workforce. \nVlad Kolesnikov is a speech pathologist\, Russian Sign Language interpreter\, teacher of supplementary education at School #52 for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Children\, curator of Accessibility and Inclusion at GES-2 House of Culture\, and co-curator of the Deaf Teens program at the project school Kaskad. Project as A Method.  From 2015 to 2018\, he developed programs for deaf and hard-of-hearing visitors at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art and from 2018 to 2021\, he was head of accessibility and the implementation of inclusive programs at the State Historical Museum.  His professional interests embrace education of deaf and hard-of-hearing audiences and their involvement in the overall cultural context.  Vlad will talk about the studio Kruzhok Kvadrat\, an adapted extra-curricular education program for deaf and hard-of-hearing children that has been operating at Special School No. 52 since 2019.  Kruzhok Kvadrat introduces students to jobs in arts and culture to help them with future career choices.  The program uses special methods and techniques\, including various forms of work that respond to each student’s individual needs in terms of development and education. \nRana Ibrahim is an Iraqi archeologist\, a freelance collage artist\, and the founder and director of the project Iraqi Women Art and War (IWAW).  Rana will present IWAW\, a women’s community group based in Oxford and established in 2018.  The project gives women who have been affected by conflict an opportunity to process their experiences and tell their stories through art. \n  \nMODERATORS \nAsel Rashidova is a manager in the Inclusive Programs Department at Garage Museum of Contemporary Art. \nTom Green is a Senior Producer at Counterpoints Arts\, an organisation that works in the UK and internationally on the arts\, migration\, and social change. \n  \nAttending the conference is available with advance registration. \nMore information: https://garagemca.org/en/event/conference-experiencing-the-museum-after-inclusion-utopias-and-new-scenarios \n  \nImage (c) Garage MCA
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/communities-in-and-around-museums/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Conference 2022
DESCRIPTION:7th and 11th February – online \nShare inspiration\, learning and ideas ahead of Refugee Week 2022. How can arts\, cultural and community activities can help us create a kinder\, more welcoming world? \nFull details and free booking via Eventbrite \nJoin others from across the UK and the world to share inspiration\, learning and ideas ahead of Refugee Week 2022 in June. Whether you’ve been part of Refugee Week for years or are interested in getting involved for the first time\, everyone is welcome. \nThe Refugee Week conference is for anyone who is interested in taking part in Refugee Week\, an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees. \nRefugee Week 2022 is 20 – 26 June\, and anyone can take part by holding their own event or activity\, big or small. The theme of Refugee Week 2022 is Healing. \nIf you have any access needs or require data to join the conference\, please email hello@counterpoints.org.uk. \nThe sessions will be different on both days – join us for either or both. \nSESSION 1: Monday 7 February 10:30am – 12:45pm \nHosted by Laura Nyahuye\, Artist and Founder of Maokwo \nProgramme includes: \n– How to get involved in Refugee Week 2022\n– ‘Ask a Refugee Week organiser’ Q&A\n– A choice of workshops\, including building activities around the theme of ‘Healing’\, digital inclusion and how to publicise your event through media and social media \nSESSION 2: Friday 11 February 10:30am – 12:15pm \nHosted by Ayham Alsuleman \nProgramme includes: \n– Networking and sharing\n– A choice of workshops including Refugee Week and sports\, ideas for arts organisations and artists and exploring ‘celebration contributions’ \nFull programme to follow. \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-conference-2022/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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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
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