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SUMMARY:Voice Notes Exhibition London Launch: Free Workshop & Live Performance
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Counterpoints Arts\, Voice Notes will be exhibited at Yorkton Workshops in Hoxton from 17 – 22 June. \nWorkshop: \nOn Thursday 20 June we will be hosting a free workshop for 2pm – 4pm to celebrate refugee voices from around the world! \nSign up to Voice Notes Creative Writing Workshop here. \nLaunch event \nLater in the evening\, we invite you to the London launch event of Voice notes with live performances on Thursday 20th June 7-9pm to celebrate refugee voices from around the world. \nWith a special welcome from project lead\, Sarah Jackson\, and live performances from Compass young people\, come and meet the team\, enjoy some refreshments and immersive yourself in the sound experience. Open to all 16+.  \nSign up to the launch event for free here. \nAbout Voice Notes \nVoice Notes is an international art project exploring the role of the telephone in experiences of exile. Featuring recorded phone calls left by young refugees and asylum seekers from around the world\, the exhibition investigates displaced voices\, creative networks\, transnational communication\, and different modes of talking and listening across cultures. \nThis exhibition has been co-created with young people who have fled war\, violence\, conflict and persecution and yet who continue to offer stories of solidarity and hope. At the heart of the installation are multidirectional ultrasonic speakers that are positioned to create a network of intersecting telephone messages. As visitors move around the gallery\, they tap into stories of home and belonging\, landscape and loss\, and communication and connection. In turn\, visitors are invited to shape new ways of thinking about sanctuary by contributing their own voice notes as part of our evolving telephonic soundscape. \nVoice Notes is funded by the Arts & Humanities Research Council. Led by Nottingham Trent University\, the project is produced in collaboration with Compass Collective\, Counterpoints Arts\, Hardi Kurda\, New Art Exchange\, Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature\, Refugee Roots\, Slemani UNESCO City of Literature and STEP. \nReserve your free spot for this session here. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/voice-notes-exhibition-london-launch/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,London Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:Our Home: Voices from Afghanistan by Magdalena Moursy in collaboration with Ariana Abawe
DESCRIPTION:For Refugee Week 2024\, join Magdalena Moursy and Ariana Abawe at Libreria Bookshop for a special showcase of Voices from Afghanistan – an audio feature that shares different stories from Afghans around the world. \nIn response to Refugee Week’s theme this year ‘Our Home’\, we invite you to sit for a collective listening session that fosters a deeper connection to the Afghan experience with live performances of Afghan Rubab music and poetry. And experience some Afghan hospitality with tea and snacks provided by Ariana’s mother who runs Kulcha Kafe. \nListen to the personal stories of four women – a judge\, a yoga activist\, a fashion activist\, an artist – and a man who is a refugee rights campaigner\, as they reflect on their lives under the Taliban regime\, their experiences of displacement\, and their hopes and fears for the future of their homeland. \nAs we approach 3 years on since the Taliban re-occupied Afghanistan in August 2021\, it feels to many Afghans that the world has turned their backs and gone silent. This event offers an opportunity to gain a deeper and more personal understanding of the complex realities faced by Afghans throughout their lives and today. \nJoin us in support of the Afghan community who continue to show resilience and courage\, hoping and working for a better future for their home\, Afghanistan. Voices from Afghanistan was produced and edited by Magdalena Moursy\, in collaboration with British-Afghan journalist Ariana Abawe\, who supported as research and cultural consultant. This project has been funded by Arts Council England. \nFree event. \nImage credit: the artists.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-home-voices-from-afghanistan-by-magdalena-moursy-in-collaboration-with-ariana-abawe/
LOCATION:Libreria Bookshop\, 65 Hanbury Street\, London\, E1 5JL\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio,London Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:The R.A.P. Party @The London Library: Refugee Week
DESCRIPTION:For Refugee Week\, poet and playwright Inua Ellams brings his exhilarating live literature phenomenon\, the R.A.P Party\, back to The London Library for a nostalgic\, no-clutter\, no-fuss\, evening of music and words. We’re bringing you a line-up of poets from across a spectrum of refugee and migrant backgrounds to explore the theme of Refugee Week 2024: ‘Our Home’. And we’ll be playing tunes of their choice to to get you on your feet. Our line-up includes: Ammar Haj Ahmad\, Elmi Ali\, Natalie Linh Bolderston\, Inua Ellams\, Yanita Georgieva\, Sophie Herxheimer\, Adam Kammerling\, Amaal Said\, George Szirtes and more TBC. \nTen writers + a DJ = the best night out you’ll ever have in a library – or anywhere\, for that matter. \n‘A truly fluid literary event not just mingling poetry and music together seamlessly\, but also bringing different tribes of poets: ages\, races\, gender\, styles together. You will be moved in your heart and in your head.’— Roger Robinson \nAmmar Haj Ahmad is an award-winning Syrian-British actor\, dramaturg\, playwright\, poet\, facilitator and director who is currently the Associate Artistic Director at Good Chance. He trained at the Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damascus and his directing work includes the closing ceremony for Paris Peace Forum 2023\, The Jungle stage reading in DasDas\, Istanbul and LonDon Quixote and Longing\, both at The Space Theatre\, London.  \nElmi Ali is a writer and performer. He writes poetry\, short fiction and drama. His performances have been received in venues across the country including Westminster\, The Southbank Centre and Contact Manchester. His work has appeared in publications such as the Poetry Review and Scarf Magazine. \nNatalie Linh Bolderston is a Vietnamese-Chinese-British poet. In 2020\, she received an Eric Gregory Award and co-won the Rebecca Swift Women Poets’ Prize. Her poem ‘Middle Name with Diacritics’ was shortlisted for the 2021 Forward Prize for Best Single Poem. Her pamphlet\, The Protection of Ghosts\, was published by V. Press in 2019. She is now working on her first full-length collection. \nInua Ellams is a Nigerian-born\, UK-based poet\, playwright and performer who has written for the Royal Shakespeare Company\, the National Theatre and the BBC. His latest play was an adaptation of Chekhov’s Three Sisters set in Nigeria\, staged at the National Theatre. The Actual\, his fifth poetry release and first full collection\, was published in 2020 by Penned in the Margins.  \nYanita Georgieva is a poet and journalist. She was born in Bulgaria\, raised in Lebanon\, and currently lives in England. She is a recipient of the Out-Spoken Prize for Page Poetry and a member of the Southbank New Poets Collective and the London Library Emerging Writers. Her debut pamphlet\, Small Undetectable Thefts\, is out now with Broken Sleep.  \nSophie Herxheimer is an artist and poet. Her work has been shown at Tate Modern\, the Thames festival\, the sea-front at Margate and Mrs Beeton’s grave. Her collection Velkom to Inklandt was Poetry Book of the Month in the Observer\, and a Sunday Times Book of the Year. Her book 60 Lovers to Make and Do\, was a TLS Book of the Year and her latest collection is INDEX\, a box of 78 collage poems\, published as a deck of prophetic cards.   \nAdam Kammerling is an award winning poet\, interdisciplinary artist and educator. His most recent works include Seder\, his debut poetry collection\, which was a finalist in the National Jewish Book Awards\, Shall We Take This Outside\, a three-person spoken-word/dance theatre piece that toured nationally\, and Inside!\, a piece of poetry/rave theatre commissioned by Centrepoint and the Saatchi Gallery. \nAmaal Said is a Danish-born Somali photographer and poet. Her photographs have been featured in Vogue\, The Guardian and The New Yorker. She won Wasafiri Magazine’s New Writing Prize for poetry in 2015. In 2018\, her photography was featured in the fourth volume of African Lens and was exhibited in Accra\, Ghana. She is a member of Octavia\, poetry collective for womxn of colour and a former Barbican Young Poet. \nGeorge Szirtes was born in Hungary\, came to England as a refugee and trained as an artist. His twelfth book of poems\, Reel (2004) won the TS Eliot Prize for which he has been twice shortlisted since. His latest is Fresh Out of the Sky (2021). His memoir The Photographer at Sixteen was awarded the James Tait Black Prize in 2020. He is a co-winner of the International Booker translator’s prize\, as well as of numerous others. \nProduced in collaboration with London Library. \nSupported using funding from Fondation Jan Michalski.  \nBooks by the artists will be available to purchase at the event and online through London Library’s partner bookshop Hatchards. \nNB This event will take place in person at The London Library. Please see the Event Access Guidelines before you arrive. Doors (and the bar) open at 6.30pm for a 7.00pm start.  \nLondon Library events are subject to Terms and Conditions. \nBook HERE. Standard ticket £10. For under 30s/underwaged £8. \nImage credit: London Library.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-r-a-p-party-the-london-library-refugee-week/
LOCATION:London Library\, 14 St James’s Square\, London SW1Y 4LG
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home on tour!
DESCRIPTION:Our stand-up comedy collective are heading off around the country to bring their unique brand of humour to three different venues for Refugee Week. \n21 June – Merlin Theatre\, Frome \nFeaturing Selam Amare\, Pepa Duarte and Usman Khalid\, hosted by Roann Hassani McCloskey. \n22 June HOME\, Manchester \nFeaturing Selam Amare and Teddy with guest headliner Tadiwa Mahlunge\, hosted by Yasmeen Ghrawi \n23 June in Peterborough \nFatiha El-Ghorri\, Selam Amare and Teddy\, hosted by Yasmeen Ghrawi. \nProduced by Counterpoints Arts\, No Direction Home have performed more than 25 gigs across the country and currently have a monthly residency at Soho Theatre in London. \nNish 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\, the material is really good.” \n‘A memorable comedy night… Underlines how vital comedy is’ ★★★★ Standard
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-on-tour/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Sounds Like Home Choir performance
DESCRIPTION:Free event – no booking required. \nJoin the Migration Museum and the Sounds Like Home Choir for a special Refugee Week event\, featuring an international women’s choir sharing songs from the places we call home. \nEnjoy a free performance\, including songs in Yoruba\, Turkish\, Spanish\, Zulu and English. \nSounds Like Home is a community choir project for women living in Hackney. They consist of women of all backgrounds\, ages\, and abilities\, exploring the origins\, language\, and musical genres of the songs that have shaped who they are and where they’re from. Sounds Like Home is supported by Counterpoints. \nFull details here.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/sounds-like-home-choir-performance/
LOCATION:Migration Museum\, Lewisham Shopping Centre\, London\, SE13 7HB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week,Music
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SUMMARY:Threading layers of Home by Kim Chin
DESCRIPTION:Artist Kim Chin invites us into a reflective setting\, to inspire a clearer understanding and vision of what “community” means to us. We do this by ‘visiting’ layers of ancestral\, environmental and embodied home. \nWe will explore rituals\, sharing readings and exchange thoughts while the group embroiders and collages onto fabric. \nThe intention of the workshop is to initiate a restorative sense of grounding and belonging. Through collective making we will activate a space of multi-vocal wisdom and hope that can be threaded into our daily lives after the event. \nWe will also share grounding and aftercare resources. \nNOTE: We will be sharing reflections and our knowledge. Bring readings\, definitions and objects to share with the group\, on what “home” and community mean to you. \nMaterials and refreshments will be provided. \nFree workshop. Sing up HERE! \nImage credit: Kim Chin. \nAbout the Artist: \nKim Chin (she\, they) is an artist and community mobiliser. Through creative learning and social engagement practices\, Kim amplifies transnational and intersectional East and Southeast Asian narratives as part of\, and in relation to\, wider British narratives. \n\n\n\n\n\nKim co-founded ESEA unseen with Sue Man in 2023 – an art-making\, curating\, and cultural producing duo who leverage textiles\, hospitality\, dialogue\, and neurodiverse adaptations to transform unawareness & trauma into a site for connection and collective agency. \nProjects have been showcased in collaboration with various art\, cultural\, and community advocacy organisations in England and the Philippines. \n\nProject Credit x Paradise Row\, a hybrid event cohosted in England | Germany | Trinidad | Cayman Islands\, Fondation Gallery\, Philippines\, and in London; Migration Museum\, Coin Street Community Builders\, Camden Chinese Community Centre\, Kakilang Arts\, Greenpeace\, Southbank\, and the Museum of the Home.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/threading-layers-of-home-by-kim-chin/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,London Refugee Week,Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Didi and Gogo are Waiting
DESCRIPTION:To mark London Refugee Week\, join us at the Yorkton Workshops for Zhvan Theatre’s unique performance of ‘Didi and Gogo are Waiting’. The production  uses the idea of a pair of refugees starting to perform the famous Samuel Beckett’s  play ‘Waiting for Godot’\, but then allowing their own experiences to take over\, perhaps allowing them to discover who Godot really is! With one member of the cast suddenly sent to the Bibby Stockholm\, the rehearsal process has had its struggles\, but a combination of rehearsing by phone\, plus a couple of trips to Dorset\, they  have kept things moving  to present to you their riveting production. \nAbout Zhvan Theatre and the play: \nIn February 2022\, Chris Walters began teaching a weekly Drama class for asylum-seekers living at the Holiday Inn in Wembley\, as well as two neighbouring hotels.  From this\, a theatre company was formed\, called Zhvan Theatre Company (zhvan is a Kurdish word\, meaning beautiful.) Since then\, they have presented three productions: a low-key performance in the hotel of two folk tales;  ‘No Waiting’\, a play combining comic sketches about the experience of waiting\, alongside scenes which described the life of the asylum-seeker. This production was  presented at the Beck Theatre in Hayes\, as well as Kensal Rise library. They also performed ‘Journeys’\, a play about the different experiences of three different people seeking asylum in England\, based on their own experiences\, at the Migrant Connections festival in Streatham.  \nThe Drama classes at the Holiday Inn always depended upon who would turn up.  Sometimes\, there was a mere handful\, sometimes twenty or more.  Sometimes there would be people who were fluent in English\, sometimes there were people with none\, most often it was a mixture of the two. It was impossible to know in advance who would be there\, so it did require a certain nimbleness. \nGradually\, however\, a core group became regulars\, and at least it was possible to explore ideas for theatre.  By the time of ‘No Waiting’ in 2023\, Zhvn Theatre  had a solid core of about a dozen performers.  But the life of the asylum-seeker is random and chaotic\, and shortly after that various members left to be relocated\, to begin college courses\, to get on with their lives which was always the hope and aspiration. \nBut with numbers low\, Walters started to look at scenes from ‘Waiting For Godot’\, a play that seemed particularly relevant to the experience of the asylum-seeker: waiting from day to day\, each one much the same as the one before\, with no clear idea as to when it might end\, just a vague hope. \nA production of the whole play would never be viable. Apart from anything else\, the actors had English as a second language\, so the task had to be made manageable.  But they also started to see other possibilities\, to have the performers comment on the action\, to introduce aspects of physical theatre. Then they can possibly unlock the mystery of who Godot actually was. \nThis event is also made possible with the support of Care4Calais where Chris Walters also volunteers. \nImage Credit: Zhvan Theatre
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/didi-and-gogo-are-waiting/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Bosla Arts' Open-Mic Night: Solidarity Sessions
DESCRIPTION:Come and join Bosla Arts for an evening of music\, poetry\, and more based on the theme of solidarity to celebrate London Refugee Week. Open to all! They want to hear a song\, poem\, spoken word\, stand up comedy\, or anything else the audience feels like sharing. And if the audience just wants to listen that’s fine too! \nBosla Arts is an arts platform focused on sharing and supporting art-activists worldwide\, while drawing on their work to raise awareness to the public. They do this through an art residency\, events\, art magazine\, and art podcast – bringing together artists\, activists\, and social change makers from all over the world. \nBook your tickets HERE. \nImage credit: Paul Gilbey \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bosla-arts-open-mic-night-solidarity-sessions/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,London Refugee Week,Music,Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:Flying Kites for Palestine by Zafeerah Hessambee and Kites in Solidarity
DESCRIPTION:Kites for Palestine – A global kite-flying day in solidarity with the children of Gaza. Gazan children broke the world record for the most kites flown simultaneously across the Gaza strip in 2011\, with over 12\,000 kites flown. \nOn Saturday 22nd June we will join the global movement from London to fly kites for Palestine. This will be a two- part day. In the morning\, we will host a workshop with a community group/ individuals creating kites (25 participants). This will be facilitated by Zafeerah and volunteers from KIS. Then\, in the afternoon\, we will congregate in the local park (location TBC) and fly kites collectively. We will have a short welcome\, thank you and poetry reading of Reefat Alareer’s poem ‘You must live to tell my story’ before flying kites with the public. \nInfo on how to join TBA. \nZafeerah is a Creative Producer\, Visual Artist\, and founder of Paintbrush&Co. After graduating with a BA in Law\, she has gone on to work with leading organisations to produce cultural projects\, public art and work with communities across the UK. Using her multi-disciplinary art practice\, Zafeerah developed Pb&Co to curate creative spaces that centre and celebrate the global majority. Zafeerah’s art explores themes of love\, grief and community through fine art and digital mediums. In her current developing project ‘All the things we have loved’\, she combines illustration\, lino printing and ceramics as a method of archiving and storytelling memories and joy. Previously\, her work from the project ‘Searching for you\, searching for me’ has been published and exhibited on billboards nationwide. \nKites in Solidarity is a grassroots movement of volunteers which was founded in 2023 in response to the ongoing siege of Gaza. The movement was inspired by the 2011 world record for the most kites flown simultaneously\, which was achieved by children of the Gaza Strip.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/flying-kites-for-palestine-by-zafeerah-hessambee-and-kites-in-solidarity/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,London Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:Constellations of Care: a new commission by Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin
DESCRIPTION:This Refugee Week we celebrate the launch of Constellations of Care\, a new commission by artists Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin\n  \nJoin us for the launch of Constellations of Care\, a new project developed by artists Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin. \nThis two-part commission\, hosted at the Victoria & Albert Museum\, brings together a sound meditation and performance\, shining a light on the healing capacities of sound and movement. \n  \nSound Meditation \n11:30 | Raphael Gallery \nSound\, music and singing are some of the oldest ways of building community\, gathering to worship and connect with each other and the divine. \nCome along for a late morning sound meditation performed by Dotty Fernandez\, Florence Musa\, Freida C. McNeil\, Priyanka G Geriya\, Sharon and Sungyeon Kim\, who will be using 4 bespoke elemental sound sculptures. \nThe various sound sculptures built by Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin are ceremonial and alchemical objects. They relate to different elements; Air\, Water\, Earth and Aether\, created with the intention to function as portals\, gates and activators\, to produce cleansing and uplifting frequencies. Some of the sculptures use long notes and extended reverberation times that create overtones\, building on a tradition of reverberation and echo as key sonic components for sounding in sacred spaces. \n  \nPerformance \n13:00 | Medieval Renaissance 50A \nJoin us in the afternoon for a movement-based performance\, where 16 performers come together to form intricate patterns symbolizing care\, nurture\, and love. Through a series of gestural movements\, they communicate in a language that opens empathic channels\, revealing layers of physical and emotional strength\, resilience\, lineage\, and faith. \nThe performance unfolds through a blend of structured games\, improvisation\, and rehearsed sequences. Known hymns intertwine with vocal improvisations\, harmonizing in a celebration of unity and worship. Movement and songs become vessels for communication. \nExploring the depths of the human experience\, the performers delve into the nurturing\, caring aspects of their being\, unravelling what is stored within their bodies. Boundaries blur as bodies transform into entire landscapes\, symbolising the interconnectedness of humanity and the shared experiences that bind us together. \nThe piece echoes the verse “our citizenship is in heaven” (Philippians 3:20)\, inviting contemplation on our divine connection and unity beyond earthly boundaries. \nConceived by Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin. Performed and directed by: Abimbola\, Dotty\, Elizabeth Addoi\, Florence Musa\, Freida C. McNeil\, Funmilda Olojo\, Grace Ade\, Grace Owolabi\, Jemilat\, Kristina\, Ladun Mary Oguntoyinbo\, Leo\, Ms Jumoke\, Margaret\, Nada Alharbi\, Ola Fagbemi\, Pham B Long\, Priyanka G Geriya\, Sharon\, Sungyeon Kim\, Vanessa Mirza\, Zara.  \n  \nAbout the Project \nThis sound meditation is the continuation of an ongoing participatory project with migrants and refugees meeting regularly to explore movement and sound together. Their most recent project titled Lyra was supported by Arts Council England\, SPACE Ilford and the Community Engagement Fund. In its entirety Lyra contained an installation\, sounds sculptures\, radio programs\, workshops\, a vinyl record\, a performance project and mentorship program. Lyra explored themes around the notion of the home as a cloud\, through collective sound exploration and sculptural work over a period of 14 months. \n  \nAbout the Artists \nWorking with sound\, textiles\, sculpture and poetry as art-making and healing practices\, Amanda and Therese develop collaborative projects that centre the experiences of its participants through a trauma-informed approach. Focusing on facilitating holistic spaces and experiences that become conduits for artistic expression\, the artists tend to both individual and collective needs in the process of developing projects and creating artworks with various private and public outcomes. \nSome of the performers are people with whom Amanda and Therese have worked with for several years\, some have joined the project just a few months ago. The foundation for the collective creative process has been a deep appreciation for music and sound\, movement\, and conversations around faith and belonging. The voices and stories\, poems and songs of Abimbola\, Clara Soyinka\, Dotty\, Elizabeth Addoi\, Florence Musa\, Freida C. McNeil\, Funmilda Olojo\, Grace Ade\, Grace Owolabi\, Jani\, Ladun Mary Oguntoyinbo\, Leo\, Ms Jumoke\, Margaret\, Pham B Long\, Priyanka G Geriya\, Sharon\, Sungyeon Kim\, Vanessa Mirza\, Zara featured in a 4 part radio program on Montez Press Radio. \nThe collectively created sound scores and individual solos will be pressed onto a vinyl record that can be purchased later on in the year. \nFind our more about Lyra here.  \n  \nCommissioned as part of London Refugee Week 2024\, produced by Counterpoints Arts in collaboration with the V&A. \n  \nImage credits: Amanda Camenisch & Therese Westin
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/constellations-of-care-a-new-commission-by-amanda-camenisch-and-therese-westin/
LOCATION:V&A\, Cromwell Rd\, London\, SW7 2RL
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week,Mental Health,Performance & Dance,Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Walk on The Line
DESCRIPTION:We love this – a guided walk from Three Mills to Cody Dock as part of Refugee Week. \n\n\nAs part of Refugee Week\, The Line team is hosting a guided walk on The Line for refugees\, migrants\, displaced people\, asylum seekers and anyone who wants to show their support and care. The walk is also part of The Great Get Together\, a joint initiative of Refugee Week UK and The Jo Cox Foundation. It is the UK’s annual celebration of everything that unites our communities\, inspired by Jo Cox’s belief that “we have more in common than that which divides us.” The Line is East London’s public art trail that connects Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park and The O2\, following the waterways and the line of the Greenwich Meridian. Our mission is to connect communities and inspire individuals through a dynamic outdoor exhibition programme where everyone can explore art\, nature and heritage for free. \nIn the spirit of this\, The Line is inviting you to walk together with family\, friends\, neighbours\, strangers and other groups to celebrate Refugee Week on Saturday 22 June. \nThe walk will start at 2pm at The House Mill. We will introduce The Line\, and do some simple warm-up activities. We will then walk together for 1 hour\, pausing along the route to hear about each artwork. We will finish the walk at about 3.30pm at Cody Dock\, an urban ecology retreat near Canning Town\, where there will be refreshments and a drop-in creative session until 5pm. There will be a badgemaking station for you to draw designs or write a quote and have it pressed into your own badge. \n\n\n\n\nGuidelines\nSafety is our top priority. Please follow these guidelines: \n\nBe kind and look out for one another. You are responsible for your own safety as well as safety of others.\nThis event is a safe and non-judgemental space. We ask that anyone joining supports refugee and migrant rights. Hostile views will not be tolerated.\nStay on designated pathways throughout the route.\nDo not leave or separate from the group without notifying one of the organisers.\nWe do not recommend anyone leaving the walk earlier than stated in the itinerary. Safety in numbers is the priority.\nObserve traffic rules and be cautious of vehicles when walking or crossing the road throughout the walk.\nCarry identification with emergency contact information\n\n\n\n\n\nVisit The Line’s website. \nFollow on Instagram. \nSign up to their newsletter for events and updates.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-walk-on-the-line/
LOCATION:The House Mill  Three Mill Lane London E3 3DU
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T173000
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SUMMARY:The Art Persists: Live Podcast by Bosla Arts
DESCRIPTION:Join Bosla Arts and Counterpoints Arts for a live podcast event! Bosla Arts will bring together a panel of artists to talk about their work on the themes of displacement\, climate justice\, sustainability and mental health. Speakers to be announced shortly. \nThe Art Persists Podcast offers a glimpse into the life of artists and activists bridging the arts\, activism\, and human rights around the world. \n\n\n\nBosla Arts is an arts platform focused on sharing and supporting art-activists worldwide\, while drawing on their work to raise awareness to the public. They do this through an art residency\, events\, art magazine\, and art podcast – bringing together artists\, activists\, and social change makers from all over the world.\n\n\nFree event\, book your tickets HERE.\n\nImage Credit: Paul Gilbey
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-art-persists-live-podcast-by-bosla-arts/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Audio,London Refugee Week,Sustainability & Climate Justice
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240622T203000
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SUMMARY:A voice departs by Bint Mbareh
DESCRIPTION:For London Refugee Week\, Bint Mbareh will be delivering  a communal vocalising  performance which will incorporate  members of the audience in a non-musical but poetic expression.  \n A Voice Departs makes a choir of whoever is present. The choir does not sing\, it recites\, chants\, yells\, and uses the voice in non-musical ways that are obscured by the politeness and necessities of every day life. The process of turning from an audience into a choir only requires people to use their ears and voices and to be open to the invitations and offers being provided by Bint Mbareh – she might ask the group to split into groups and read different parts of a poem\, she might ask certain members to enact the rhythm of the poem by clapping or otherwise\, she might ask other members to become the echo of another group. The process of using their  voices together makes demystifies the shame and fear that lives in almost all of our voices. \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. Bint Mbareh works with Yamen Omer\, a research collaborator. \nFree event. Reserve your spot via Eventbrite here. \nImage credit: Peter Adamik\, Impuls Festival 2022. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bint-mbareh-communal-vocalising-performance/
LOCATION:Yorkton Workshops\, 1-3 Yorkton St\, London\, London\, E2 8NH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week,Mental Health,Performance & Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240623T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240623T140000
DTSTAMP:20260430T101408
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SUMMARY:Kitchen Conversations: Brunch by Sonia Uddin and Olga Macrinici
DESCRIPTION:What makes us feel at home? A taste? Smell? Colour? Sound? What does it mean to be displaced in our own home or land? \nRepresenting the heart of our homes\, the kitchen is a space where some of the most meaningful\, life-changing conversations take place. We want to replicate this experience and create a platform for dialogue between all members of our community: artists\, writers\, organisers\, comrades and friends. \nMany of us will have our stories of home\, migration and displacement related to food and its preparation. Over the past months we’ve been shown Palestinians preparing meals with the ingredients they have to hand whilst under siege\, narrating their culture and heritage\, as acts of both survival and resistance. Weaponising food and using famine as a method of control in occupied territories\, has been historically used by oppressors all over the world. We are witnessing it now in Gaza and Sudan. We want to acknowledge this\, in solidarity and as artists and organisers. \nIn the hope of food bringing folks together in kitchen conversations\, we invite organisers\, comrades and friends to a brunch\, offering a space to meet and find joy in conversation. \nJoin us in the simple act of sharing a meal and bring a dish you’ve made related to home to share together with comrades and to regroup. Register for the event HERE. \nThis is a free event. If you are able to donate\, we would be grateful if you could support the following charities: \nThe Ghassan Abu Sittah Children’s Fund via THIS donation link. \nAnd/or \nSudanese charities HERE. \n* As we’re sharing home-made dishes\, please bring a full list of ingredients. Thank you! \n  \nAbout the Artists: \nSonia Uddin is a visual artist with a social\, collaborative\, interdisciplinary practice. Her current research engages with themes around social architecture\, housing activism\, resistance\, migration and the voices that emerge during times of community struggle. Working across film\, performance\, collage and print\, archives and social histories inform a documentary approach to storytelling. She is currently undertaking a commissioned project for Counterpoints Arts that explores: social housing\, activism and migration; through archives\, interviews and storytelling workshops around housing struggle. \n  \nOlga Macrinici is a migrant\, queer and disabled theatre artist from Moldova. They work at the intersection of theatre and social change\, combining performance\, community projects and writing. Olga is currently based in Liverpool\, making interdisciplinary work\, from writing and directing to running workshops with and for the migrant community and performing on the local drag scene.\n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/kitchen-conversations-brunch/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,London Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:Family Workshop: Journeys from Home by Art Refuge
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Refugee Week in this creative workshop inspired by journeys from home. \nJoin Art Refuge artists Aida Silvestri and Bobby Lloyd for a multi-generational art and making workshop at The Community Table. Be inspired by maps from the British Library collection\, as well as your own lived experience of travelling\, routes and journeys\, using postcards to share\, create and connect as a community. \nEveryone is welcome and there is no need to book. \nPresented in partnership with Counterpoints Arts and Art Refuge\, as part of London Refugee Week. \nArt Refuge is a UK based charity that uses art and art therapy to support the mental health and well-being of people displaced due to conflict\, persecution\, poverty and climate emergency\, in the UK and internationally. \nCounterpoints Arts is a national arts organisation working in arts\, migration and cultural change. Counterpoints coordinates the national Refugee Week\, the world’s largest arts & culture festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/family-workshop-journeys-from-home-by-art-refuge/
LOCATION:British Library\, 96 Euston Rd\, London\, London\, NW1 2DB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,London Refugee Week
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240628T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240630T180000
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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
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240630T170000
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SUMMARY:Home: Short Films Screening + Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a programme of exceptional short films curated by actress and writer Sarah Agha\, exploring stories of migration and refugee narratives. \nThe Arab Film Club returns to the Southbank Centre this June for a special screening for Refugee Week\, which this year has the central theme of ‘Home’. \nEach title has been written and directed by a refugee filmmaker or draws on real life experience. These films demonstrate the power of cinema and humanise struggle and injustice through art. \nThe screening is followed by a Q&A hosted by Sarah Agha with the filmmakers on stage. \nThis event is part of our London Refugee Week programme\, and Southbank Centre’s summer season You Belong Here\, which explores how we create and foster a sense of belonging in our communities and with our networks and audiences\, have them feel like Southbank Centre is a home away from home. \nPresented in collaboration with Southbank Centre. Part of You Belong Here. \nFor ages 16+ \nBook HERE. Tickets: From £8 (excludes £3.50 booking fee). Concessions 25% (limited availability). \nImage credit: Beneath Our Mother’s Feet
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/home-short-films-screening-qa/
LOCATION:Southbank Centre\, Belvedere Road\, London\, SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography,London Refugee Week
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SUMMARY:From the Lips to the Moon
DESCRIPTION:Immerse yourself in improvised music\, poetry and visuals led by electronic musician Pouya Ehsaei and writer-performer Tara Fatehi\, marking Refugee Week. \n  \nWater comes up. Water comes up. Windows. Water comes up. Water comes up. Nostrils. Water comes up. Ten\, nine\, eight\, seven\, six. CRY. SMASH. Did you close the door? Did you say goodbye? \nFrom the Lips to the Moon is an immersive space playing with the synergies of words\, melodies\, languages and beats. Expect riveting live music\, mind-bending beats\, fierce poetry\, absurd texts\, hypnotic visuals\, and non-stories told in goosebumps and half-familiar languages \nThe performance brings together state of the art experimental electronic music with a fresh and raw sound that puts listeners in an imaginative realm\, with guest musicians\, poets\, VJ and DJ bringing in their unique languages\, stories\, tunes and cutting-edge live visuals. \nPouya Ehsaei is an electronic musician\, composer and sound designer experienced at live performance and composition with acoustic instruments\, spoken-word and performance. \nTara Fatehi is a performer\, performance maker and writer whose work highlights mistranslation\, ambiguity\, disjunction\, playfulness and unfinishedness. \nThis event is part of our London Refugee Week programme and Southbank Centre’s summer season You Belong Here\, which explores how we create and foster a sense of belonging in our communities\, our networks and with our audiences so that everyone feels that the Southbank Centre is a home away from home. \nPresented in collaboration with Southbank Centre. Part of You Belong Here. \nFor ages 16+ \nBook HERE. This performance is pay what you can with the following options: Free\, £8\, £15 (excludes £3.50 booking fee). \nImage credit: Jemima Yong.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/from-the-lips-to-the-moon/
LOCATION:Purcell Room\, Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:London Refugee Week
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240729T170000
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SUMMARY:One Song in Medway
DESCRIPTION:One Song is a multiscreen video installation\, by artist Kadir Karababa\, about the power of songs that connect us to our roots. \nIt will be exhibited at the The Halpern Gallery at Nucleus Arts\, Chatham from 6th to 28th July 2024.\nThe official opening of the exhibition is from 3.30-5.30pm on Saturday 6th July\, forming part of the Chatham Carnival celebrations. \nhttps://www.nucleusarts.com/halpern-onesong \nThe work examines how songs are carried across borders and continents and yet remain firmly rooted in the places they were first sung. It asks how migrant communities can\, through the experience of singing\, be transported back to the places they left behind. \nCommissioned by Counterpoints Arts and conceived by artist Kadir Karababa\, it has engaged women from the diverse migrant communities of Medway. \nOne Song in Medway is made possible thanks to public funding from the National Lottery through Arts Council England\, and with support from Medway Council and Nucleus Arts. \nParticipants were recruited through a series of community workshops across Medway in May and June 2024.\nAmong those taking part were women from Medway based community groups including Medway African and Caribbean Association\, Medway Adult Education\, Medway Libraries\, Luton Primary School and Medway Interfaith Action.\nWorkshop attendees were invited to sing one song that reminded them of the place they first called home. \nA final group of 12 local migrant and refugee women were then filmed to be part of the installation to be exhibited at Nucleus Arts from 6th July. \nArtist Kadir Karababa says:\n“Folk and traditional songs the world over deal with the same universal themes: love\, life\, death\, loss\, connection to place and the earth. \n“By asking women from migrant communities to share their songs\, the piece seeks to make visible the interconnectedness of us all and how\, despite the surface differences of race\, religion\, language and culture\, we are all ultimately singing the same song.” \nGenevieve Tullberg\, for Nucleus Arts\, says: \n“For over 20 years Nucleus has championed creativity as a tool to enhance people’s lives in Medway. We are thrilled to support One Song in Medway\, an artwork which celebrates diversity and stimulates social inclusion\, health and wellbeing. \n“We are proud to have hosted the final workshops that led to the making of One Song at Nucleus Arts\, and now the installation itself in our Halpern Gallery.” \nAdam Bryan\, Medway Council’s Director of Place\, says: \n“Our Culture and Libraries service is delighted to have worked with Kadir and Counterpoints Arts on a project that has brought so many together to share\, connect and sing. This project has allowed Medway’s diverse migrant communities to express themselves and their experiences through art – giving them the opportunity to feel seen and find connection. We look forward to seeing this fantastic installation at Nucleus Arts.” \nTom Green\, for Counterpoints Arts\, says: \n“We’re an arts organisation that works nationally and internationally and have worked with partners in Kent and Medway a number of times in recent years. \n“Kadir’s project gets right to the heart of our interest in connecting people across communities through the arts\, finding the things in common about migration and displacement that can inspire and move us all.” \nAbout the Artist \nKadir’s practice mixes socio-political engagement and personal exploration\, delving into the complexities of identity\, individual and collective memory. He draws inspiration from his lived experience\, as well as from broader cultural and historical contexts. \nThrough a diverse range of mediums including sculpture\, painting\, printmaking\, audio-visual work\, and installation\, he wants to make multi-dimensional work which is unashamedly sentimental and provokes reflection.\nHe is influenced by his multicultural background\, as he was born in London in 1985 and has mixed Turkish\, English\, and Cypriot heritage. Kadir lives and works in Hackney\, London and draws inspiration from his surroundings\, the diverse communities that shape the city and his own family’s story of migration. \nBy exploring the intersections of his queer\, working class\, migrant identities and broader socio-political issues\, he strives to create art that sparks conversations and invites viewers to bridge the gap between the personal and the universal\, encouraging dialogue and understanding in an increasingly complex world.\nAbout Nucleus Arts \nNucleus Arts is the Award Winning flagship arts organisation founded by the Halpern Charitable Foundation. The Foundation was the brainchild of the late Hilary Halpern whose dream was to promote the Arts in Medway and Kent. Nucleus Arts has become the cultural and creative heart of Kent & Medway since it was founded in 2002\, and focuses on affordability\, accessibility and excellence in the Arts. \nCredits\nOne Song is conceived and created by Kadir Karababa\nkadirkarababa@live.co.uk\nkadirkarababa.com\nwww.instagram.com/kadkarababa \nProducer: Vanessa Stone \nWorkshop Co-facilitator and Vocal Coach: Dani Osoba Producer for Counterpoints Arts: Tom Green \nLighting and Camera: Giorgia Young \nGraphic Design: Salina \nSet Construction: Anchor Signmakers \nGallery Manager\, for Nucleus Arts: Genevieve Tullberg
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/one-song-in-medway/
LOCATION:Nucleus Arts\, 272 High St\, Chatham\, ME4 4BP
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240712T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240712T150000
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SUMMARY:Great Yarmouth networking meet-up
DESCRIPTION:Original Projects and Counterpoints Arts invite you to an informal meet-up to bring together organisations and people working across the arts to support the wellbeing and mental health of refugees / asylum seekers in and around Great Yarmouth. \nCounterpoints will be running the Platforma festival. across the East of England in October 2025 and we are keen to speak with potential partners and discuss possible approaches. Mental health will be the main theme of the programme\, as part of Counterpoints new strand on this subject. \nThe meet-up will run from 12-3 on 12 July\, and you’re welcome to come for only a part of that if you can’t make the whole meeting. \nFood will be available. \nIt will be a chance to hear more from Counterpoints about their work and their plans and for everyone to share their own ideas and aspirations in this context. \nPlease sign up via Eventbrite \nCover image credit: Marcia Chandra – Refugee Week 2022
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/great-yarmouth-networking-meet-up/
LOCATION:PrimeYarc\, Market Gates\, Great Yarmouth\, NR30 2BG\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240720T170000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240720T190000
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SUMMARY:Crossing
DESCRIPTION:A film by Levan Akin (2024) 106m. \nThe screening on Saturday 20 July at 17:00 will be followed by a panel discussion in partnership with Counterpoints Arts \, with Gamze Şanlı\, Hiba Noor\, and Florenza Deniz İncirli. \nFrom acclaimed director Levan Akin (And Then We Danced)\, Crossing is a moving and tender tale of identity\, acceptance and unlikely connection that transcends borders and generations. Lia\, a retired school teacher living in Georgia\, hears from a young neighbour Achi that her long lost niece Tekla\, a transgender woman\, has crossed the border into Turkey. Hoping to bring Tekla home after a period of estrangement\, Lia travels to Istanbul with the unpredictable Achi to find her. Exploring the hidden depths of the city\, they cross paths with a transgender lawyer called Evrim\, who helps them in their search. Humanistic and compassionate\, Akin’s third feature is a heartfelt portrayal of overcoming the degrees of separation that divide us. \nFull details and booking
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/crossing/
LOCATION:The Garden Cinema\, 39-41 Parker Street\, London WC2B 5PQ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Mixed Hour on Foundation FM - Our HeartBeats DJs with DJ Mahnoor
DESCRIPTION:Tune into Our HeartBeats DJs\, Shaden and Maria\, doing their first ever radio mix\, on Foundation FM. They are speaking with Mahnoor Hussain (@140bpmahns) about our upcoming event at Southbank Centre\, about the Our HeartBeats workshops and they share their ‘favourite radio snack’. \nOur HeartBeats is a new project\, led by Kensaye\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. It is supported by a number of partners\, including Compass Collective\, Babylon Project and Play for Progress\, DJs Mahnoor and Gabrilla D’Annunzio\, institutions Roundhouse and Southbank Centre. The current group of six young DJs have been working with Kensaye\, supported by Mahnoor and Gabriella\, in regular workshops at Roundhouse and Southbank Centre\, learning DJ skills\, collaboration\, performance and strategies for self-care. \nListen on Foundation.fm\, from 8pm. \nFoundation FM is a broadcasting platform\, with a mission to showcase the hottest emerging talent in the underground music.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mixed-hour-on-foundation-fm-our-heartbeats-djs-with-dj-mahnoor/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240808T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240811T180000
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SUMMARY:dhaqan collective: House of Weaving Songs at Southbank centre
DESCRIPTION:dhaqan collective invites you to enter The House of Weaving Songs\, a domed steel structure based on an Aqal\, a Somali nomadic home found in the arid landscapes of Somalia. \nEmbark on a sensory journey as 360-degree audio surrounds you\, transporting you to the heart of Somali nomadic life through the musicality of Somali women’s weaving songs. \nWander through nomadic tapestries adorned with tales of tradition and resilience\, each thread weaving a story of heritage and belonging. \nThe Aqal contains the wishes and the dreams of those who made it\, and it becomes a repository for our own hopes and dreams\, a space for conversations and dialogue about our climate anxieties. \ndhaqan collective is a Somali feminist art collective led by Ayan Cilmi and Fozia Ismail. Their practice seeks to find ways of building imaginative futures that support Somali people in the UK and in East Africa to resist threats over our cultural heritage. Cilmi and Ismail are Spike Island Studio holders and Pervasive Media Studio residents in Bristol. \nThe House of Weaving Songs was developed as part of Playable Cities\, an arts and creative technology programme funded through My World at Bristol University and Watershed. It is a Counterpoints and Arts Reach co-commission. After Southbank Centre\, House of Weaving Songs is touring to b-side Festival (5 – 8 Sep)\, Eden Project (21 Sep) and Journeys Festival International ( 11 & 12 Oct). \nThis is part of a weekend curated with Southbank Centre. This summer\, Southbank Centre is collaborating with a range of London-based collectives and organisations to curate the Riverside Terrace 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 here at the Southbank Centre. See the rest of the weekend programming on our event pages.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/dhaqan-collective-house-of-weaving-songs-at-southbank-centre/
LOCATION:Rooftop Garden\, Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London\, SE1 8XZ
CATEGORIES:Sustainability & Climate Justice,Visual Arts
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240809T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240809T220000
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SUMMARY:Counterpoints Arts: Our HeartBeats at Southbank centre
DESCRIPTION:Feel the community beat at a free outdoor event bringing together emerging and established DJs with young refugee DJs\, in collaboration with DJ Kensaye. \nOur HeartBeats is a community club night produced in collaboration with DJ Kensaye\, with a focus on art\, heart and community – and dancing! \nEmerging and established DJs and performers take to the stage alongside a group of young refugees perfecting their DJing skills. Five of the Our HeartBeats project DJs are performing along Kensaye and Cal Jader. \nKensaye is a Paris-born\, London-based music producer\, percussionist and DJ\, with Haitian and American roots. He has a broad musical style\, ranging from Afrobeats\, pop\, dancehall\, reggaeton\, global bass\, hip-hop and neo soul\, and blends those influences to create unique pieces that are both progressive and radio-friendly. \nKensaye produces for major and independent artists around the world\, creating originals and remixes for acclaimed musicians such as Falz\, M.anifest\, Speech Debelle and Homeboy Sandman. \nHe also composes music for cinema and TV\, with placements in a BAFTA-winning feature film\, documentaries\, adverts and a Netflix series. \nCounterpoints is producing Our Heartbeats in collaboration with a number of artists and organisations in our network\, including Compass Collective\, Mahnoor Hussain\, Gabriella D’Annunzio\, also Roundhouse\, Play for Progress and Babylon Project. We have been holding regular workshops with a group of six young DJs\, exploring DJing as an artform\, as well as reflecting on the ideas of collaboration and wellbeing. \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.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/counterpoints-arts-our-heartbeats-at-southbank-centre/
LOCATION:Riverside Terrace\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XZ\, Southbank Centre\, London\, SE1 8XZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240810T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240810T223000
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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
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240811T130000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240811T170000
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SUMMARY:Acting with Love & Solidarity at Southbank Centre - with Tasnim Mahdy and Riwa Saab
DESCRIPTION:On the final day of Counterpoints Arts’ weekend you are invited to join artist Tasnim Mahdy in a collaborative workshop exploring themes of memory\, archives and re-emerging narratives through cyanotypes – a type of artwork made using the UV rays of the sun to create unique pieces of textiles. \nThen end the day experiencing a performance by Riwa Saab\, reflecting on the life of Syrian singer Asmahan\, whose life and legacy are told through music\, words and movement. \nRiwa Saab is a cross-disciplinary artist who works with space\, sound and words. Through braiding together the crafts of theatre\, poetry and music\, she explores the diasporic experience of building cultural bridges\, unpacks generational and familial baggage\, and creates space for pockets of joy. \nAsmahan: An Unbridled Voice by Riwa Saab is a multidisciplinary performance piece exploring the secrets\, truths and fallacies that get spun into gossip\, the inseparability of art and politics\, and a woman’s insistence on liberation. These themes are unravelled through the journey of Asmahan\, the Syrian singer who reached great heights with her enigmatic voice and captivating presence\, all while challenging the barriers of both colonialism and tradition. \nSchedule\n1pm – 5.30pm: cyanotype workshop with Tasnim Mahdy\n5.30pm – 6pm: performance of Asmahan: An Unbridled Voice by Riwa Saab \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\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. See our events pages for the rest of the weekend’s programme. \nImage: Shona Goolab\, Refugee Week at Yorkton Workshops
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/tasnim-mahdy-acting-with-love-solidarity-at-southbank-centre/
LOCATION:Riverside Terrace\, Level 2\, Southbank Centre\, London\, SE1 8XZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Sustainability & Climate Justice
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240817T210000
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SUMMARY:Refugee! by Aisha Zia
DESCRIPTION:An archive for future generations. \nCollect\, document\, what have you witnessed? \nRefugee! is a new political\, devised theatre piece written by Aisha Zia and the Company and is a work in development. Weaving together urgent\, important interviews\, conversations and real-life testimonies from the performers\, migrant\, refugee and sanctuary seeking communities. \nSet on an ancient burial ground\, where the UK is now a crime scene\, four characters in search of belonging. Under the rubble they find evidence of hope and humanity\, and our own government’s complicity to war crimes. \nKey Theatre (Peterborough) 15-17 August \nRoundabout @ Summerhall (Edinburgh): 22-24 August \nPerformed by: Elina Akhmetov\, Adi Detemo\, Sara Diab\, Alaa Shehada \nWriter Aisha Zia | Director Maisie Newman| Associate Director Neetu Singh | Composer & Sound Designer Ben Osborn & Jovana Backovic | Lighting Designer Gillian Tan| Set & Costume Designer Charlotte Henery | Choreographer Seke Chimutengwende | Voice Coach Gurkiran Kaur | Dramatherapist Wabriya King | Dramaturgical Consultant Grace Gummer | Stage Manager Jehan Rizqallah | Production Manager Carrie Croft | Associate Production Manager James Christensen | Costume Supervisor Delyth Evans | Artwork and Photography Kalpesh Lathigra | Creative Producers Nada Sabet & Marcus Berdaut | Communities Producer Anita Nayyar | Researcher Katie Dancey-Downs | Videographer Beatriz Sa | Marketing Rising Agency | PR SM Publicity \nProduced by 62 Gladstone Street in association with Landmark Theatres and co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts. Thanks to Arts Council England\, Metal Peterborough\, Refugee Week\, Paines Plough\, HighTide Theatre\, the Peggy Ramsay Foundation\, the Aziz Foundation and Necessity. \nWith thanks to all the community participants who took part in the development of the play in Peterborough and Bournemouth. With special thanks to Community partners supporting migrants & refugees in Peterborough; H.E.L.P\, GLADCA and SOS.LT. And in Bournemouth; The Lighthouse Foundation.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-by-aisha-zia/
LOCATION:Key Theatre\, Peterborough\, Embankment Road\, Peterborough\, PE1 1EF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240822T231000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240825T235500
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SUMMARY:Refugee! by Aisha Zia
DESCRIPTION:An archive for future generations. \nCollect\, document\, what have you witnessed? \nRefugee! is a new political\, devised theatre piece written by Aisha Zia and the Company and is a work in development. Weaving together urgent\, important interviews\, conversations and real-life testimonies from the performers\, migrant\, refugee and sanctuary seeking communities. \nSet on an ancient burial ground\, where the UK is now a crime scene\, four characters in search of belonging. Under the rubble they find evidence of hope and humanity\, and our own government’s complicity to war crimes. \nRoundabout @ Summerhall (Edinburgh): 22-25 August \nPerformed by: Elina Akhmetov\, Adi Detemo\, Sara Diab\, Alaa Shehada \nWriter Aisha Zia | Director Maisie Newman| Associate Director Neetu Singh | Composer & Sound Designer Ben Osborn & Jovana Backovic | Lighting Designer Gillian Tan| Set & Costume Designer Charlotte Henery | Choreographer Seke Chimutengwende | Voice Coach Gurkiran Kaur | Dramatherapist Wabriya King | Dramaturgical Consultant Grace Gummer | Stage Manager Jehan Rizqallah | Production Manager Carrie Croft | Associate Production Manager James Christensen | Costume Supervisor Delyth Evans | Artwork and Photography Kalpesh Lathigra | Creative Producers Nada Sabet & Marcus Berdaut | Communities Producer Anita Nayyar | Researcher Katie Dancey-Downs | Videographer Beatriz Sa | Marketing Rising Agency | PR SM Publicity \nProduced by 62 Gladstone Street in association with Landmark Theatres and co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts. Thanks to Arts Council England\, Metal Peterborough\, Refugee Week\, Paines Plough\, HighTide Theatre\, the Peggy Ramsay Foundation\, the Aziz Foundation and Necessity. \nWith thanks to all the community participants who took part in the development of the play in Peterborough and Bournemouth. With special thanks to Community partners supporting migrants & refugees in Peterborough; H.E.L.P\, GLADCA and SOS.LT. And in Bournemouth; The Lighthouse Foundation.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-by-aisha-zia-2/
LOCATION:Roundabout\, Summerhall\, Newington\, Edinburgh\, EH9 1PL\, United Kingdom
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240824T183000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240824T191500
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home at Greenbelt Festival
DESCRIPTION:Our comedy collective No Direction Home is on tour at Greenbelt Festival Sat 24th August featuring Anastasia Chokuwamba\, Loraine Mponela and Selam Amare. \nCounterpoints Arts runs No Direction Home as part of our PopChange work: it’s a project for new comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds\, featuring workshops\, expert tuition and gigs around the country. \nCreated in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre and comedian Tom Parry\, we have run several series of workshops and more than 25 gigs\, featuring guest headliners such as Nish Kumar\, Romesh Ranganathan\, Rosie Jones\, Rob Delaney\, Fatiha El-Ghorri and Sindhu Vee. \n‘A memorable comedy night… Underlines how vital comedy is ‘ ★★★★ Standard
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-at-greenbelt-festival/
LOCATION:Greenbelt Festival\, Broughton House\, Kettering\, N14 1BJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20240902T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20240903T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T101408
CREATED:20240820T212250Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240820T212755Z
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SUMMARY:First-Generation South Asian Migrant Experience in Dorset
DESCRIPTION:People of South Asian heritage who migrated to Dorset from outside the UK in the last 30 years are invited to attend a workshop that explores the first-generation migrant experience. \nThe workshops will help performance poet Aanka Batta and stand-up artist Raj Adgopul to combine a range of authentic voices with their own experiences in a performance project they are developing together. The aim is that pilot performances will take place in early 2025\, and participants at the workshops will of course be invited to attend. \nFull details and free booking https://www.dorchesterarts.org.uk/join-us-for-a-workshop-on-the-first-generation-south-asian-migrant-experience-in-dorset/ \nThis project is supported by Counterpoints\, Dorchester Arts\, Activate Performing Arts\, and Artsreach.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/first-generation-south-asian-migrant-experience-in-dorset/
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