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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Chineke! Junior String Quartet - Special Late Opening at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A Museum  \nFree event \nIt is with huge pleasure that we welcome Chineke! Junior String Quartet to Refugee Week. \nThe Chineke! Foundation was founded in 2015 to provide career opportunities for Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) classical musicians in the UK and Europe. Chineke!’s mission is: ‘Championing change and celebrating diversity in classical music’.  \nThe Foundation’s flagship ensemble\, the Chineke! Orchestra\, comprises exceptional musicians from across the continent\, brought together several times per year. As Europe’s first majority-BME orchestra\, the Chineke! Orchestra performs a mixture of standard orchestral repertoire along with the works of BME composers both past and present. \nThe Chineke! Orchestra works closely with its sister ensemble\, the Chineke! Junior Orchestra\, a youth orchestra of BME players aged 11-22\, with senior players acting as mentors\, teachers and role models to the young musicians. Several of the Chineke! Juniors have gained scholarships to the Junior and Senior conservatoires in the UK and some have “graduated” to play in the professional Chineke! Orchestra.  \nThe members of the Chineke! Junior String Quartet are all regular players in the Chineke! Junior Orchestra. The Quartet has performed at Festivals in Brighton and at venues in London\, including Kensington Palace. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/chineke-junior-string-quartet-special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Special Late Opening at the V&A Museum
DESCRIPTION:21 June\, 6-10pm\, V&A Museum  \nA date for the diaries – Refugee Week Friday night treat at the V&A Museum. \nDance for Refuge return for the third year in a row\, taking over the Grand Entrance and programming a set of music to help raise awareness of the importance of migrant culture in the arts. \nFollowed by Don Letts DJ Set – legendary DJ spins upbeat reggae and tunes inspired by the Refugee Week theme of #generations. \nMusic in the Gamble Room\, a programme headlined by London-based rapper and an old friend of Counterpoints Arts – Awate! Details of this programme will be published as a separate event. \nRoyal College of Music’s cellist Jobine Siekman performs a concert\, with piano accompanist\, at The Globe\, from 18:30 to 19:30. Included in the performance is the work by the Hungarian-Austrian composer of refugee background\, Ligeti. \nCohere\, by Geoff Brokate\, Gallery 47C\, level 0 \nCohere is a visual and poetic response to the meaning of place\, and how our homeland and its culture impact our sense of self. hear spoken word poetry by refugee writers and explore your own sense of belonging through poetic visual imagery and language. \nKwibuka 25- Rwandan poetry and stories\, by Laila Sumpton and Jo Ingabire\, The Globe\, 20:00 to 21:30 \nKwibuka means remember in Kinyarwanda. Join Rwandan poets and storytellers from the Ishami Foundation as we remember the genocide 25 years ago\, look back at the time before and look forward to the future. Add our pop up writing mosaic before and after as we explore the V&A’s collection and think about how conflict changes lives and identities. \nOur newest Refugee Week partners at the International Rescue Committee will be at the Sackler Centre reception throughout the evening with ‘Rescuing Futures’\, sharing the objects and materials designed by young people building their entrepreneurship and business skills through the Rescuing Futures projects. All of the young people have fled conflict and crisis and are now working to kick-start their careers. \nCapernaum\, with UNHCR\, Hochhauser Auditorium\, Sackler Centre\, Level 1\, 16:00 to 19:00 \nWatch this critically acclaimed drama of hardened\, streetwise 12-year old Lebanese boy who sues his parents in protest of the life they have given him. Book here \nBelly Full: Feeding the Nation’s Narratives\, Art and Digital Art Studio\, The Sackler Centre\, Level 0\, 19:00 to 21:30 \nWith young contemporary artists explore lost histories\, undocumented stories and personal lives integral to the fabric of this nation. In collaboration with Laundry Arts. To book check the Museum’s website\, tickets £12\, £10 concessions.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/special-late-opening-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Rubble Theatre
DESCRIPTION:German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni’s sculpture Rubble Theatre is a highlight of this year’s Refugee Festival Scotland. It recreates a scene of destruction in Syria\, featuring the rubble of a bombsite and an abandoned car. Halbouni was born in Syria\, the son of a Syrian father and a German mother. He studied at art school in Syria and then moved to Germany a few years before the war. In 2017\, far-right groups in Germany protested against his installation Monument\, which erected three\, upended buses at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin and at the Frauenkirche in Dresden\, in homage to a barricade of buses that protected civilians from sniper fire in Aleppo.\n\nVehicles (and most frequently cars) are a repeating theme in Halbouni’s work – whether as a means of escape or as a mobile home. ‘With the car\, a symbol of mobility\, I try to reach a place that I can call home to take root again\,’ he says. Rubble Theatre will bring the theme of displacement to the heart of Glasgow and be a space for emerging artists from refugee and migrant backgrounds and others to meet\, discuss and share their work. \nRubble Theatre will continue Halbouni’s ongoing exploration of belonging and ‘home’\, acting as a catalyst for public discussions central to Refugee Festival Scotland’s theme of ‘Making Art\, Making Home’ – enabling wider dialogue about the pivotal role of art in creating welcoming and inclusive communities. \nJoin us at Rubble Theatre for the launch of Refugee Festival Scotland 2019 on World Refugee Day\, Thursday 20 June. Halbouni will also be in conversation with Counterpoints Arts about his international work as an artist on Monday 24 June. \nRubble Theatre will be open to the public between Thursday 20 – Wednesday 26 June. The installation is outdoors and wheelchair accessible. \nCommissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Refugee Festival Scotland and supported by Creative Scotland. \n\n  \nConversations with Artist \nAs part of Rubble Theatre\, Manaf Halbouni will discuss his way of working and what inspires his practice with other artists and cultural practitioners: including Rachel Disbury\, Alchemy Film; Helen Trew\, Creative Scotland; Leila Sinclair-Bright\, University of Edinburgh; Sara Sharaawi\, Highlight Arts. \n23rd June \n4:00pm: Rubble Theatre\, St Enoch Square \nIn conversation with Rachael Disbury\, Alchemy Film \n24th June \n4:00pm: Rubble Theatre\, St Enoch Square \nIn conversation with Helen Trew\, Creative Scotland \n24th June \n7:00 – 8:00pm: Scottish Youth Theatre\nManaf Halbouni will take part in a public conversation with Kate Gray\, Director of Collective\, Edinburgh at the Scottish Youth Theatre\, Brian Cox Studio Theatre\, The Old Sheriff Court\, 105 Brunswick Street\, Glasgow G1 1TF \n25th June \n3:00pm: Rubble Theatre\, St Enoch Square \nIn conversation with Leila Sinclair-Bright\, University of Edinburgh and Claudia Zeiske\, Deveron Projects \n26th June \n4:00pm: Rubble Theatre\, St Enoch Square \nIn conversation with Sara Sharaawi\, Highlight Arts
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/rubble-theatre/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week at the BFI - Styx
DESCRIPTION:Lone yachtswoman Rieke (Wolff) is sailing to Ascension Island to explore the man-made paradise created by Charles Darwin. En-route she encounters a marooned vessel whose occupants need help. Defying all warnings\, she attempts to follow her conscience and a nightmare begins…This adrenaline-driven thriller boasts stunning cinematography and compelling performances; it’s a film which raises deep questions about the limits of our humanity. \nWith Q&A with Director Wolfgang Fischer (work permitting). \nIn partnership with the British Film Institute.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-bfi-styx/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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SUMMARY:Integration of Refugees within the Creative Industry
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to be working with Strange Beast on a special event for Refugee Week exploring Integration of Refugees within the Creative Industry. We’ll be premiering a new film by Anna Ginsburg and Melissa Kitty Jarram and screening 3 more inspired by refugee stories. Following this will be a panel discussion. \nBooking via Eventbrite \nAll proceeds from ticket sales* will be donated to Counterpoints Arts \nPremiere \n‘Ugly’ by Anna Ginsburg and Melissa Kitty Jarram – an animated narration of the Poem by Warsan Shire \nScreening \n‘Al Hurriya’ by Loup Blaster \n‘Dear Habib’ by Majid Adin \n‘Then I Came By Boat’ by Marleena Forward \nExhibition \nOriginal hand-painted frames from ‘Ugly’ by Melissa Kitty Jarram \nPanel Hosted by Lucy Bourton – Deputy Editor of It’s Nice That: \nTom Green – Counterpoints Arts \nMajid Adin – Artist and Animation Director \nArteh Odjidja – Photographer \nEvent Supported by: \nStrange Beast \nFriendship Adventure Brewery \nThe Trampery \n*Donation total is subject to Eventbrite fees
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/integration-of-refugees-within-the-creative-industry/
CATEGORIES:Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week 2019 Launch at the V&A
DESCRIPTION:Following months of collaboration with the V&A Museum\, we have co-curated a hugely exciting programme that is inspired by this year’s Refugee Week theme “You\, Me and Those Who Came Before“. The programme includes a week of workshops\, music\, spoken word and interactive performances\, starting with the launch on 16th June – details below. Join us and V&A to discover experiences of displacement that are found in our families\, neighbourhoods and history. \n  \nProgramme – 16th June \n  \n‘You\, me and those who came before’ – Photography Commission\, Main Entrance. \nFor this special commission for Refugee Week 2019\, the distinguished photographer Jillian Edelstein created a stunning series of portraits that brings to light a hidden history of refugees enriching our culture and communities for generations. \nA special tour of the V&A with artist Ania Bas and Daniela Nofal – 13:00\, 14:30 and 16:00 from the Main Entrance \nThis unique tour of V&A is curated to combine an exploration of significant objects in the Museum’s Collections with performance and interactive moments from the below programme. Book early! \nAs Far as Isolation Goes\, The john Madejski Garden \n\nA performance by musician and street artist\, Basel Zaraa\, and live artist\, Tania El Khoury\, about the health experiences of refugees. \n\nIn this newly commissioned piece\, Zaraa creates a song inspired by conversations with friends and colleagues who have recently claimed refuge in the UK.  It uses touch\, sound and interactivity to bring the audience in contact with those faced with inhumane detention centres and a mental health system that disregards people’s political and emotional needs. \nSelected workshops by Refugee Week partners – various locations  \nWho came before you is a journey through the Refugee Council’s archive\, through poetry and craft\, and it’s been designed with the University of East London’s Paul Dudman and poet Sonia Quintero; Amnesty International’s What do we have in common‘ explores the history of Britain offering asylum to those seeking refugee with their large colourful map of family journeys; Migrant Help team invite you to create an object for their Time Capsule; ‘ International Organisation for Migration’s Hold on uses virtual reality to have us looking at the significance of holding on to objects and sharing them with the next generation (14 years +); Freedom From Torture return with their Write to Life creative writing group who will share stories in response to objects in the V&A collections. \n20:20\, by Salusbury World\, The Globe  \nSalusbury World is a unique and visionary school-based refugee charity in North West London\, which over the past twenty years has supported refugee children and their families. They bring parts of their storytelling installation created in partnership with the London College of Communication Design School and its students. \n80 Years On\, It’s Our Turn\, by Safe Passage\, Gallery 47c\, Level 0 \nThe Video Installation highlights the parallels between the situation of child refugees fleeing Nazi persecution 80 years ago and those fleeing persecution today and the need to carry forward the Kindertransport legacy. \nDrop-in Design: Under my Umbrella\, by the V&A Families team\, The john Madejski Garden \nWhat objects from the Museum would you like to share with others? Make a parasol decorated with the objects that mean most to you. \nMigrating Skills\, by Shelanu: Women’s Craft Collective from Birmingham\, Raphael\, 48a\, Level 0 \nWhat skills could you take with you if you had to start again in a new place? Make origami birds to carry the skills of ‘You\, me and those who came before’\, using your own experiences\, family stories or the V&A collections as inspiration. \nPlay for Progress\, Lydia and Manfred Gorvy Lecture Theatre\, Level 4\, 12:00\, 13:30 and 15:00 \nJoin a workshop led by unaccompanied young refugees and asylum seekers working with Play for Progress\, a London-based charity that delivers therapeutic and educational music programmes for children impacted by conflict. Explore your own possibilities in music and work with the team. \nShelter from the Storm\, by The Scouts\, Design Studio\, The Sackler Center\, Level 0\, 12:00\, 13:00 and 15:00 \nAn immersive workshop for families\, suitable for ages 6+. \nGrounding Project\, by artist Julie Nelson and the members of the Maudsley Charity’s Grounding Project with UCL\, ceramics Studio\, Gallery 143\, Level 4\, 12:00\, 14:00 and 15:30.  \nCreate your own ceramic bird from clay\, and have it form part of ‘Flock\, a larger installation of migrating birds representing  individual journeys of hope. No previous experience necessary. Free\, booking here \nBerlin to Sarajevo\, by Natasha Davis and Nehra Stella\, Hochhauser Auditorium\, The Sackler Centre\, Level 1\, 15:00 to 17:00 \nDocumentary film connecting personal and political histories of Berlin and Sarajevo through poignant interviews with their citizens and poetic images of the two cities. Q&A with the artists.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-2019-launch-at-the-va-museum/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week at the BFI - Seniors’ Free Archive Matinee: Letter from an Unknown Woman
DESCRIPTION:A big-screen classic\, this romantic drama of obsession and betrayal is set in 1900’s Vienna. Considered true to its source – a story by one of the 20th century’s greatest writers\, Stefan Zweig – the film was directed by Max Ophuls\, a refugee from the Weimar Republic (he escaped first to France\, then settled in the US). The story was adapted by blacklisted Hollywood writer Howard Koch. \nFree for over-60s (booking by phone\, 020 7928 3232\, or in person only)\, otherwise normal matinee price. \nWith extended into from BFI programmer David Somerset. \nIn partnership with the British Film Institute. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-bfi-seniors-free-archive-matinee-letter-from-an-unknown-woman/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week 2019
DESCRIPTION:This June will be the 21st Refugee Week\, taking place across the UK. It’s one of the biggest arts festivals in the country\, a nationwide programme of arts\, cultural and educational events that celebrate the contribution of refugees to the UK\, and encourages a better understanding between communities. There are also international events in Australia\, Europe and beyond. \nCounterpoints Arts co-ordinates Refugee Week\, providing leadership and support\, and working with the national partners. \nWe will also be presenting our own programme of events – more details on those soon! \nFor 2019 the theme is “You\, me and those who came before” – an invitation to discover the experiences of displacement that are found in our families\, neighbourhoods and history. \nCounterpoints Arts is also presenting  a programme of films available to screen at special reduced rates during Refugee Week (17-23 June  2019) via our Moving Worlds website. \nOther initiatives for 2019 include the Refugee Week Leadership Project and Simple Acts. \nCheck out the Refugee Week website for full details\, resources and all the updates. \nBackground \nRefugee Week started in 1998 as a direct reaction to hostility in the media and society in general towards refugees and asylum seekers. An established part of the UK’s cultural calendar\, Refugee Week is now one of the leading national initiatives working to counter this negative climate\, defending the importance of sanctuary and the benefits it can bring to both refugees and host communities. \nLast year there were more than 600 Refugee Week events in the UK\, reaching more than 120\,000 people. And there was a nationwide media campaign with a reach of many millions. \nThe aims of Refugee Week are: \n\nTo encourage a diverse range of events to be held throughout the UK\, which facilitate positive encounters between refugees and the general public in order to encourage greater understanding and overcome hostility\nTo showcase the talent and expertise that refugees bring with them to the UK\nTo explore new and creative ways of addressing the relevant issues and reach beyond the refugee sector\nTo provide information which educates and raises awareness of the reality of refugee experiences\n\nOur ultimate aim is to create better understanding between different communities and to encourage successful integration\, enabling refugees to live in safety and continue making a valuable contribution. \nRefugee Week is an umbrella festival\, with events held by a wide range of arts\, voluntary\, faith and refugee community organisations\, schools\, student groups and more. Past events have included arts festivals\, exhibitions\, film screenings\, theatre and dance performances\, concerts\, football tournaments and public talks\, as well as creative and educational activities in schools. \nThrough Refugee Week we aim to provide an important opportunity for asylum seekers and refugees to be seen\, listened to and valued.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-2019/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Special Refugee Week 2019 Tour of the V&A Collections
DESCRIPTION:A special tour of the V&A and parts of its Collection with artists Ania Bas and Daniela Nofal \nThis unique tour of the V&A Museum is curated to combine an exploration of significant objects in the Museum’s Collections with performance and interactive moments. \nMeet at the Grand Entrance\, next to the Refugee Week Portraits screen\, and visit stops in the Museum’s galleries where you will hear about the connections between migration and displacement with the objects in the Collection. \nThe tours last an hour\, starting at 12:45pm\, 14:15pm and 15:45pm. Book here. \nImage of Play For Progress\, Refugee Week 2018\, by Marcia Chandra. \n  \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/special-refugee-week-2019-tour-of-the-va-collections/
CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Launch at the V&A Museum - Acacusine
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to welcome Danto Aya to our Refugee Week launch event at the V&A. Danto is a Tuareg musician from Ghat in the south of Libya. He is based in London and works as a solo artist\, playing acoustic guitar\, steel-stringed acoustic guitar and all- lectric guitars.  \nType of music Danto’s music is primarily guitar-driven\, in the style known among the Tuareg people as assouf. This kind of music is powerful and almost every Tuareg sings it. Assouf in Tamazight (Tuareg) means nostalgia and loneliness. When he was young he used to listen to the Tuareg band legend\, ‘Tinariwen’. He first met and played with them for the first time in Libya during 1994s.  He also played with a number of Tuareg musical bands\, such Kel Assouf and Terakaft. He has played at various music festivals including Music Port Festival\, Band on the Wall and many others.   \nHis songs always reflect the sufferings of his people the Tuareg\, and their political and environmental conditions\, including marginalization\, discrimination and statelessness; also droughts due to climatic changes that swept the Sahara Desert at the beginning of the 1980s. Prolonged droughts led to the loss of vast numbers of livestock\, as well as deaths of many nomadic Tuaregs. In other words\, he always sings about the suffering that has faced the Tuareg\, particularly in Libya\, reflecting the daily life and hoping that this might inspire people to stand up for their rights. This of course was never allowed under the Gaddafi regime. Danto was put in prison on many occasions as a consequence. He encountered racism wherever he went\, just by being a Tuareg. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-va-museum-acacusine/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Launch at the V&A Museum - Haymanot Tesfa
DESCRIPTION:Haymanot Tesfa will be launching her debut album ‘Loosening of Strings’ with this performance in V&A’s Devonshire Hunting Tapestries room. Haymanot’s music is inspired by the ancient landscapes and meditative social & religious music of her Ethiopian roots. The sound of Haymanot’s voice is fearless and intensely experimental\, and we can’t wait to experience it in this beautiful but haunting gallery. \n“ Ethiopian singer Haymanot Tesfa’s range is extraordinary – at times deep and powerful\, underpinning the rest of the music\, and at times dancing across the top of it. People close their eyes\, the better to listen and pick out the different strands of the music.” Catriona Troth \n“Loosening the Strings” is out beginning of June 2019. \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-launch-at-the-va-museum-haymanot-tesfa/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Launch at the V&A Museum - Songs of Sanctuary with Raghad Hadad and Sam Slatcher
DESCRIPTION:The music programme at The Devonshire Hunting Tapestries Gallery\, V&A Museum\, starts with Songs of Sanctuary\, a fusion of classical Syrian music and contemporary folk songs performed by Raghad Haddad from the National Syrian Orchestra  and folk songwriter Sam Slatcher\, the musicians from the Stories of Sanctuary project.  \nSongs of Sanctuary is a stripped back and intimatearrangement of the Stories of Sanctuary songwriting project that brings together people from different backgrounds – including Syrian refugees and residents of County Durham – through writing originals songs.  \nRaghad Haddad is a highly accomplished viola player from the Higher Institute of Music in Damascus. She was a member of the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra and has performed in the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra conducted by Daniel Barenboim. After seeking refuge from the Syrian civil war in the UK in 2016\, Raghad now performs with the Orchestra of All Saints MAS in Brighton and the London Syrian Ensemble.    \nSam Slatcher is a folk singer-songwriter living in Durham\, North East England. His honest and reflection songwriting\, delivered with a calming and delicate voice captures the warmth of humanity and a longing for peace and justice. To date\, Sam has released a debut EP ‘In Unlikely Places (April 2018) and curated the album Stories of Sanctuary (Nov 2018). Sam frequently performs across Northern England and sings and plays guitar\, piano and bouzouki.  \nPart of our PRS Foundation funded ‘Music for Social Change’ project. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-va-museum-songs-of-sanctuary-with-raghad-hadad-and-sam-slatcher/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week: Jillian Edelstein photography commission
DESCRIPTION:16-23 June\, V&A Museum  \n17-23 June\, Southbank Centre \nFree event \nAs part of  Refugee Week Festival 2019\, we commissioned the celebrated photographer\, Jillian Edelstein to respond to this year’s theme of the festival – ‘You\, me and those who came before’. \nThe result is a stunning series of portraits featuring first and second generation ‘refugees’\, many of whom public figures who we would not commonly associate with displacement. \nFeaturing Jillian’s images and design by our long-standing collaborators\, BCMH\, this project invites us to revisit our understanding of our history and reminds us that people escaping war and persecution have been welcomed by communities in the UK for hundreds of years\, and that their stories and contributions are all around us. From the Jewish refugees of the 1930s to people fleeing Somalia\, Rwanda\, Kosovo and Palestine in the 90’s to people arriving today from Syria and elsewhere; they are part of who we all are. \n‘You\, me and those who came before’ portrait project will be presented on screen at the V&A (Main Entrance – 16th to 23rd June) and Southbank Centre (projected on the side of the building – 17th to 23rd June). The portraits will also be distributed as printed materials to Refugee Week organisers across the country. \n  \n  \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/you-me-and-those-who-came-before-portrait-series-by-jillian-edelstein/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week at the BFI - The Art of Exile: A Filmmaking Masterclass with Koutaiba Al-Janabi
DESCRIPTION:Join this award-winning Iraqi-born cinematographer\, director and photographer for career insights and discussion alongside a screening of his 2018 film\, Stories of Passers Through (67min). Shot over 30 years\, this genre-defying\, richly cinematic work explores memory\, loss and belonging. The afternoon will also consider Al-Janabi’s earlier films such as Leaving Baghdad\, an acclaimed drama following the experiences of Saddam Hussein’s personal photographer\, and will include clips from his recent feature film The Woodman. \nIn partnership with the British Film Institute.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-at-the-bfi-the-art-of-exile-a-filmmaking-masterclass-with-koutaiba-al-janabi/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week @ Mayor's Eid Festival
DESCRIPTION:8 June\, 12-6pm\, Trafalgar Square \nFree event  \nEach year the Mayor of London invites thousands of Londoners and visitors to join the Eid Festival\, an event that celebrates the end of Ramadan. \nThis year Counterpoints Arts have been invited to curate a refugee related strand of the Festival\, providing a taste of the upcoming Refugee Week. The programme will feature spoken word performances (headlined by poet Asma Elbadawi); music by The Damascus Band and Muslim Bilal; Afghan Camera Box Project by Iranian photographer Farhad Berahman\, and more. \nWe hope you will come and join us on the day to discover\, celebrate and learn more about experiences of displacement. \nMAIN STAGE  – MUSIC  \n  \n15:10 The Damascus Band \nThe Damascus Band are a group of exceptional Syrian Classical musicians now based in the UK. Featuring the talents of Hamsa Mounif\, Raghad Haddad\, Taim Saleh and Walid Zaido on vocals\, viola\, qanun and percussion\, their backgrounds are in orchestras including the Syrian National Symphony Orchestra and the Syrian National Orchestra for Arabic Music and they have also performed in the UK with the Africa Express ‘Orchestra of Syrian Musicians’. \n15:50 Muslim Belal \nAshley Chin also known as Muslim Belal is an award winning British actor and screen writer converted to Islam in 2002. Chin  tells his story all over the world in a unique poetic style leaving people inspired and amazed. Recently directed he’s first feature film “Faith” set for nationwide release early 2020 \n  \nMAIN STAGE – SPEAKERS \n14:45   Maurice Wren\, CEO of Refugee Council\, shares his thoughts on the importance of Refugee Week as a national platform for celebrating resilience\, creativity and contributions of refugees to the UK \n14.55   Asma Elbadawi\, a British Sudanese poet\, basketball player and global brand Adidas Ambassador\, shares a couple of poems to give a taste of the programme in the Spoken Word tent (info below) \n  \nNORTH TERRACE \n  \n12:00 – 17:30  Afghan Camera Box  \nAfghan Camera Box is a project by Iranian photographer and artist Farhad Berahman. \nThe Afghan Camera\, or ‘kamra-e-faoree’ is still used as a traditional method of capturing memories by veteran street photographers in Afghanistan and Iran. The hand-made wooden camera acts as both the camera and darkroom\, thus working as a ‘2 in 1’ machine. This enables capturing and instant printing of photographs\, an individual copy handed to visitors upon processing of the image. \nThe visitors are also invited to join Farhad in a hand colouring activity – a technique of treating images which dates back to the early 19th century when artists started to paint over a black and white photograph in order to bring photos to life. \n  \n12:00 – 17:00  Spoken Word Tent  \nLaila Sumpton\, Amir Darwish\, Tice Cin and The Ishami Foundation (12:00 – 17:00) \nLaila Sumpton\, Zahrah Sheikh\, The Ishami Foundation\, Zia Ahmed\, Amir Darwish (13:30 – 14:50). \nLaila Sumpton\, Rakaya Fetuga\, Tice Cin\, Zahrah Sheikh\, Zia Ahmed\, Asma Elbadawi\, Rakaya Fetuga (15:15 – 17:00) \nLaila Sumpton is a poet\, writer\, dance devotee and NGO worker based in London. Her poetry uses imagery and lyricism to tell stories about identity and human rights. She organises events and workshops at universites\, festivals\, heritage sites and various NGOs- using poetry and the arts to campaign for human rights and bring people together. \nAsma Elbadawi is a British Sudanese\, Basketball player\, Creative and Global Brand Adidas Ambassador. Born in Sudan and raised in England. Her dual cultural heritage deeply influences her creativity\, paired with a focus on international development and female empowerment. She is best known for her involvement in the successful Fiba Allow Hijab campaign that urged the Basketball federation FIBA in 2016 to allow Muslim women to wear the Hijab in Professional Basketball. \nAmir Darwish is a British Syrian poet & writer of Kurdish origin who lives in London. Born in Aleppo & came to Britain as an asylum seeker in 2003. He published his work in the UK\, USA\, Pakistan\, India\, Finland\, Turkey\, Canada\, Singapore & Mexico. \nTice Cin is a poet and writer from Tottenham\, North London. An alumnus of the poetry community Barbican Young Poets\, she recently took part in the Barbican’s Art of Change series and is part of the centre’s Design Yourself collective. \nThe Ishami Foundation are a Rwandan survivor’s group that creates poems and stories for the 25th anniversary of the genocide against the Tutsi. \nZahrah Sheikh is a British Pakistani poet from Ilford. Member of Octavia (a women of colour collective lead by Rachel Long) based at Southbank and a Barbican Young Poet Alumnus. Her writing mainly explores prayer\, the self\, the weight of an action and silence. \nZia Ahmed is from North West London. He was on attachment at Paines Plough for 2017\, having been a recipient of the Channel 4 Playwrights’ Scheme bursary. He is a London Laureate and was shortlisted to be the Young Poet Laureate for London 2015/16 and a former Roundhouse Slam winner. \nRakaya Fetuga is a poet and creative writer from London of Ghanaian and Nigerian heritage. Her work joins conversations on overlapping identities\, faith and culture as empowerment. Rakaya won the Spread the Word Poetry Prize in 2017 and the Roundhouse Poetry Slam in 2018.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-mayors-eid-festival/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Who Are We? Project at Tate Exchange
DESCRIPTION:Move across Tate Exchange through commissioned installations\, symposia\, and participatory workshops exploring living archives\, the power of popular culture and crossing borders; migration\, mobility and citizenship; and the politics of cultural policy\, language diversity and translation. \nTake part in Learning Labs focusing on the increasing restrictions on artists’ rights and freedom of expression\, the political potential of the neighbourhood-led co-operative commission\, and the local/global re-building of arts/culture and civic infrastructures. \nThroughout the week\, we’ll choreograph conversations with artists\, cultural activists\, academics and cultural hubs across the UK – with guest partners and participants from Beirut\, Berlin\, Casablanca\, Dublin\, Istanbul and Madrid – to explore the comparative processes of cultural democracy and new models for artistic production and collaborative\, socially engaged practice. \nWe look forward to continuing our collaboration with Tate Neighbours; and partnering with the British Council\, Plymouth College of Art\, English PEN\,  Index on Censorship\, and the design and branding agency\, TEMPLO. \n The programme includes four commissions/installations: \nInstallation: Recognise\, Risk\, Reimagine\, Rebuild\, Redistribute  \n12:00 to 18:00 (Tuesday – Saturday) \nWhat might real social change look like in practice and where are the viable blueprints? Who Are We? invites sixteen artists to make a collective\, collaborative response to re-imagining cultural democracy.  How do we recognise the most urgent issues? What kinds of strategic/creative risk might be involved in owning them? And how might we begin to lay the foundations to rebuild our infrastructures and redistribute power and funding? With visual\, live art\, spoken-word artists and dramaturges: Isabel Lima\, Gil Mualem-Doron\, Selina Nwulu\, Stephen Tiller\, Juan delGado\, Hamdi Khalif\, Natasha Davis\, Richard DeDomenici\, Zia Ahmed\, Bern O’Donoghue\, Farhad Berahman\, Edin Suljić\, Hassan Mahamdallie\, Marcia Chandra\, Shay D and Laila Sumpton. \n  \nInstallation: Li Dû Man (Left behind)  \n12:00 to 18:00 (Tuesday – Saturday) \nWars take away a lot from people. But sometimes they take away the people and leave their belongings behind. As a journalist covering the clashes in Kurdish cities in Turkey\, 2015 – 2016\, Zehra Dogan took the small objects she found in the debris\, as testimony of a war no one was talking about. This installation tells the stories of those who fled\, via what they left behind. It also invites you into a conversation and to participate in the crafting and performance of stories about place and displacement. \n  \nInstallation: SoundShapes \n12:00 to 18:00  (Tuesday – Saturday)  \nSoundShapes invites you to walk through and experience the sounds and shapes of languages. Combining digital content\, sound\, embroidery\, film and photography\, it will take you on a linguistic and cultural journey exploring the everyday realities of diversity and cultural difference. Challenging you to rate different languages depending on how familiar you are with them and whether you ‘like’ their sound or not. The Open University researchers Inma Alvarez\, Carlos Montoro and Mara Fuertes-Gutierrez build upon the AHRC project Language Acts and Worldmaking and ‘A Stitch in Time’ (which was featured at Who Are We? in 2018)\, to collaborate in 2019 with branding and digital agency\, TEMPLO. \n  \nInstallation: As Far As Isolation Goes   \n12:00 to 18:00 (Wednesday – Saturday) \nA performance by musician and street artist\, Basel Zaraa\, and live artist\, Tania El Khoury\, about the health experiences of refugees. This builds upon a previous collaboration As Far As My Fingertips Take Me\, in which El Khoury commissioned Zaraa to record a rap song inspired by the journey his sisters made from Damascus to Sweden. In the newly commissioned As Far As Isolation Goes\, Zaraa creates a song inspired by conversations with friends and colleagues who have recently claimed refuge in the UK.  It uses touch\, sound and interactivity to bring the audience in contact with those faced with inhumane detention centres and a mental health system that disregards people’s political and emotional needs. \n  \n Instagram Series: Tales of Precarity (17 – 25th May) \nAn Instagram based storytelling project ‘Tales of Precarity’ by The Open University researcher\, Tim Butcher\, in conversation with seven artists from Counterpoints Arts’ network. ‘Tales of Precarity’ will run from 19 – 25th May with a ‘story’ a day featuring an artist’s portrait and drawing upon the question ‘How do we create meaningful public dialogue about the precarities of artists who risk?’ Discover these ‘stories’ and the portraits via @whoarewe_tex \n  \nTuesday 21st May \nSymposium Part 1: Migration and Identity  \n13:30 – 18:00 \nSymposium Part 1 – programmed by Umut Erel and Agnes Czajka – brings together a dynamic mix of Open University projects presenting a series of interdisciplinary conversations between the social sciences and the arts: focusing on ‘movement and identity through experiences of migration’; the ‘politics of citizenship’; ‘models of participation in the context of climate change’; ‘creative interventions into citizenship’ and ‘solidarity with refugees across a range of geographical and political landscapes’. \n  \nWednesday 22nd May \nWorkshop: 20:20 – Curating in Public with Salusbury World and Partners  \n12:00 – 18:00 \n‘Salusbury World’ is a truly unique and visionary school-based refugee charity in North West London\, which over the past twenty years has supported refugee children and their families. Salusbury World is about to embark on the co-production of an archive telling the stories of the early years of this school. This workshop will bring together some of these young people and families together with artists\, designers and policymakers to explore the impact of the service and the potential architecture of an archive built upon multi-layered oral histories\, visual artefacts and other intergenerational and cross-sector memorabilia. It is delivered with the project partners at London College of Communication and its students. \n  \n2 Workshops: Polyglots\, Language Teachers and Learners \n13:00 to 15:00 and 16:00 to 17:30 \nLanguage learning appears to be in crisis in the UK. Yet there are plenty of language ‘super-learners’\, a thriving polyglot community and multiple languages being spoken in local communities. Open University researcher\, Tita Beaven\, brings A-level students\, language teachers and polyglots – Richard Simcott\, Lindsay Williams and Olly Richards – into two workshops with live artist\, Natasha Davis\, and poet\, Laila Sumpton. Together they will explore why there’s disconnect between the so-called decline in languages in schools and universities\, in marked contrast to the enthusiasm and dedication of polyglots. If being ‘plurilingual’ changes how you see yourself and the world\, how can we inspire more people to learn more languages? \n  \nThursday 23rd May \nSymposium Part 2: Movement and Identity   \n12:00 – 17:00 \nSymposium Part 2 – programmed by Umut Erel and Agnes Czajka – brings together a rich range of interdisciplinary research projects and creative collaborations from The Open University: including themes about ‘movement and immobility’; ‘Catalan political prisoners and exiles’; ‘desire lines – a dialogue on movement\, belonging and the law’; ‘tales of precarity’; ‘home on the move – the changing notions of ‘home’ through poetry\, translation and film art’. \n  \nWorkshop: Building the ‘City of Refuge’ Archive \n14.30–16.30 \nDigital makings of the City of Refuge is a comparative project exploring the ways in which urban communities – established and new – mobilise and manage change in the city after refugee and migrant arrivals. Building upon photographic footage and ethnographic stories across three neighbourhoods of Athens\, Berlin and London\, this workshop will explore the ways in which field research might be translated\, transformed and re-narrated in a digital format for a public archive. City of refuge researchers\, filmmakers and visual practitioners will join the branding and digital agency\, TEMPLO\, in this conversation. Digital makings of the City of Refuge is led by the Department of Media and Communications\, LSE\, in collaboration with the Department of Sociology at the LSE\, and with Proboscis and Counterpoints Arts; it is funded by the Rockefeller Foundation ‘Resilient Cities Programme’. \n  \nFriday 24th May \n Learning Lab 1: Cultural Democracy and New Models of Art Commissioning  \n12:00 – 17:00 \nJoin us for a conversation about how we might shift the axis of power within the decision-making and shaping of public art commissions and influence cultural policy. How might we ground the commissioning and curation process more deliberately within the diverse yet explicit needs of our neighbourhoods and in new communities of place and interest? What might this mean in practice?  Can active collaboration and co-creation between artists and citizens generate work that has the potential to be truly transformative: culturally and socially? With comparative case studies from Concomitentes\, Madrid\, coculture\, Berlin\, Ettijahat\, Beirut\, Create\, Dublin\, Platforma\, UK and more. This conversation takes place as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Learning Lab Programme. \n  \nWorkshop: Popular Culture and the Black Archive  \n15:00 – 17:00 \nBlack music – from Jazz\, the Blues\, Reggae\, Hip Hop through to Grime – has dominated popular music and culture for the last century. But do we know what’s in the UK’s archive collections about Black popular culture?  Who’s responsible for collecting this material\, framing it and what are its sources? Where are the gaps and the buried and lost artefacts\, and is this a fundamentally devalued and fragmented archive?  Who has the right to collect\, shape and re-frame the Black archive for the past\, the present and the future? Why is this an urgent question for communities\, artists and activists\, and national and regional cultural organisations? What role can digital media play in making archives more accessible and to whom? This conversation takes place as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Pop Culture and Social Change Strand. \n  \nSaturday 25th May \nLearning Lab 2: Artists who Risk and Artists at Risk \n12:00 – 16:00 \n There is a very fine line between artists who risk and artists at risk. This line is increasingly blurred as artists repeatedly step into risky territories in their practice\, becoming political actors\, activists\, agitators and cultural agents. With artistic freedom threatened and restrictions on freedom of expression and state censorship on the rise\, what ethical responsibility do art and civic organizations – large\, medium and small – have in defending and protecting the rights of artists they have commissioned? Especially those working with more vulnerable communities. Where are the local and global lines of solidarity between artists\, arts organisations\, advocacy\, audiences\, cultural policy\, funders and grassroots communities?  A number of international artists and organisations whose work has involved them in different kinds of risk will be joined in person and via Skype by a range of actors working in this field: English PEN\, Index on Censorship\, International Rights and Arts Advisors and Artists at Risk Connection.  This conversation takes place as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Learning Lab Programme in partnership with Tate Exchange.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/who-are-we-project-at-tate-exchange/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Platforma 5 network & planning
DESCRIPTION:Huguenot Museum\, 95 High St\, Rochester ME1 1LX \nFree museum tour: 12.30 \nPlatforma 5 network & planning: 13.30-15.30 \nJoin us at the Huguenot Museum for a networking event leading up to Platforma 5\, the fifth Platforma Festival\, taking place across Kent and Medway in October 2019. \nThe event is open to all and will feature updates on plans so far for performances\, exhibitions\, workshops\, seminars\, commissions and screenings. There will be time to network\, discuss new ideas and request partners or support. \nTo reserve a free place at the event on 29th April\, or for more information\, contact Tom Green: tom@counterpoints.org.uk \nPlease share this invitation with colleagues\, contacts and networks. \nThe biennial Platforma Festival brings together artists\, organisations\, funders and others for discussions\, workshops and the chance to share practice and showcase new work. Platforma 1 took place in London (2011)\, followed by Manchester (2013)\, Leicester (2015) & Newcastle and the North East (2017). \nPlatforma arts and refugee network supports and develops arts by\, about and with refugees and migrants from marginalised communities. It brings together groups and artists / performers of any background or political status (e.g. refugees and non-refugees). Platforma is run by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with organisations across the country.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-5-network-planning/
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home: Stand-Up Comedy
DESCRIPTION:Since autumn 2018 Camden People’s Theatre\, Counterpoints Arts and award-winning comedian Tom Parry (Pappy’s; Badults; The Lost Disc) have been running the No Direction Home stand-up programme – a unique new course for aspiring comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds. \nAfter the smash-hit success of the gigs so far\, featuring guest headliners Nish Kumar\, Joel Dommett and Lous Sanders join us for more laughs from our talented team. \nNext Performance (7pm): Sun 26th June \nInterested in joining the free workshops? No experience necessary. Contact tom@counterpoints.org.uk \nfacebook.com/nodirectionhomeuk \n \n \n \nNDH photos: José Farinha
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-stand-up-comedy/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Refugees of Rap - Speaking Truth to Power
DESCRIPTION:The brothers\, Yaser and Mohamed Jamous\, practiced their art in the Palestinian Yarmouk camp in Damascus until 2013. Their lyrics boldly speak out against the Syrian regime and other forms of repression. Faced with having to leave because of the war\, they currently live in Paris having received refugee status. Their third and most recent album is produced in collaboration with veteran French producer\, Limotef. \nJoin us for a conversation with Yaser and Mohamed on what it means to be a displaced artist – ‘who both risks and is at risk’. How the brothers have navigated the excesses of State censorship. We’ll also talk about the power of words to challenge repression\, and the potential of rap and pop culture to transform pain into cultural production – to create personal and social change. \nCounterpoints Arts invites London based artists\, with lived experiences of displacement and/or music making as an act of speaking to and challenging ‘power’ to join this conversation\, including: \nShay D – Raised on a diet of Garage\, Grime and Hip Hop\, North London Hip Hop artist Shay D carries a fiery young woman’s persona. Influences of Persian poetry through to 90s rap can be heard in her content and delivery and she’s an authentically underground artist who tells it like it is. Her journey of gritty music and philanthropy can be heard in her music with social commentaries of growing up in the city and a passion for encouraging a positive mentality in her message to her listeners. Shay D is currently on her UK tour. \nMohammed Yahya – Mohammed Yahya is an award winning Mozambican born bilingual Rapper\, Spoken-Word artist\, Workshop Facilitator and Event Organiser.  Born in Mozambique in 1980 during the civil war\, Mohammed Yahya was forced to flee his country at the age of 2 and take refuge in Lisbon\, Portugal where he experienced a lot of racism. These experiences inspired him to start writing poetry which eventually turned into rap.  Mohammed is an Interfaith Programming officer regularly curating a variety of educational\, social action and arts events to remove stereotypes and encourage community cohesion. \nHodan Yusuf – Hudan Yusuf is a poet and writer. She is also a mediator and trainer in conflict resolution. Hodan has spoken at and read her poetry at many events and festivals including Oxford University\, IHRC\, York University\, University of East London\, Muslim Institute\, BareLit Festival\, Parliament for International Women’s Day 2018\, British Library\, Amnesty International and others.  Hodan is currently working on her debut collection of poetry. \nConversation chaired by Sashwati Mira Sengupta\, Counterpoints Arts Music Curator. \nThis event is organised in partnership with Plymouth College of Art as part of Counterpoints Arts’ #MusicforSocialChange PRSF funded project\, and Plymouth’s Tate Exchange. The recorded version of this conversation will be available via Counterpoints Arts and Plymouth University websites and social media channels.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugees-of-rap-speaking-truth-to-power/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Conferences 2019
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the dates for TWO Refugee Week Conferences in 2019! \nDue to the long waiting lists Refugee Week Conference has had in recent years\, we’ve decided to double the seats on offer by holding two conferences in February 2019. \nWe’re thrilled that the new conference will be held at Coventry Cathedral\, in partnership with Positive Youth Foundation and other partners in Coventry\, which will be European City of Sport in 2019 and UK’s City of Culture in 2021. \nAs usual the London Conference will be at Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre in Shoreditch\, thanks to our national partners Amnesty International. \nThe dates for your diary are: \nRefugee Week Conference COVENTRY (Coventry Cathedral): Monday 11 February\, 10am – 5pm \nRefugee Week Conference LONDON (Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre): Friday 15 February\, 10am – 5pm \nThe two conferences will have the same core programme\, so you only need to attend one! \nThe Refugee Week Conference is a day of inspiration\, learning and networking in preparation for Refugee Week\, the UK’s largest festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees (17-23 June 2019). Whether you’re a Refugee Week veteran or interested in getting involved for the first time\, all are welcome. \nProgramme and booking details will be released soon. \nWe’d love to hear from you about the workshop or discussion topics you’d most like to see at the conference. Is there a particular tool or skill that would really benefit your Refugee Week activities? A relevant issue you’d like to explore with others? Let us know via this quick Google form. \nHope to see you in February! \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-conferences-2019/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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SUMMARY:Platforma 5 networking event
DESCRIPTION:Join us at The Quarterhouse in Folkestone for a networking event leading up to Platforma 5\,  taking place across Kent and Medway in October 2019.The event is open to all and will feature updates on plans so far for the 5th Platforma festival\, including performances\, exhibitions\, workshops\, seminars\, commissions and screenings. There will be time to network\, discuss new ideas and request partners and support.To reserve a free place at the event on 21st January\, or for more information\, contact Tom Green tom@counterpoints.org.uk \nPlease share this invitation with colleagues\, contacts and networks. \nThe biennial Platforma Festival brings together artists\, organisations\, funders and others for discussions\, workshops and the chance to share practice and showcase new work. Platforma 1 took place in London (2011)\, followed by Manchester (2013)\, Leicester (2015) & Newcastle and the North East (2017). \nPlatforma arts and refugee network supports and develops arts by\, about and with refugees and migrants from marginalised communities. It brings together groups and artists / performers of any background or political status (e.g. refugees and non-refugees). Platforma is run by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with organisations across the country.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-5-networking-event/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Learning Lab: Dead Reckoning with artist Bern o'Donoghue
DESCRIPTION:On 20th November drop in and participate with artist Bern O’Donoghue and Counterpoints Arts in the making of Dead Reckoning\, an immersive installation bearing witness to the huge loss of life along the Libya/Italy and Greece/Turkey migratory routes. O’Donoghue turns data collected by the International Organisation for Migration into human centred affective content. Participants are encouraged through a collaborative process and through conversations to consider not only the experience of migrants and refugees\, but also to think about how those of us living more secure lives might engage supportively with refugees. \nDead Reckoning engages visitors at Tate Exchange\, inviting them into the process of making the artwork: each tiny artifact transforms the abstract statistics and data into something embodied and human. The co-production of this work is dependent on encounters facilitated by O’Donoghue asking questions\, exchanging stories\, dispelling myths – literally bringing the media and policy narratives into shared ground through collective action. \nThis participant-based installation draws upon Tania Bruguera’s Hyundai Commission 2019\, a community-driven response to the global migration crisis and is in conversation with the Lost in Europe project. \nJoin us for a day of participation\, debate\, feedback and collective reflection. \nOn 21st November we will also curate a Counterpoints Arts Learning Lab focusing on the installation and participatory visual arts practice of the artist. This Lab will explore O’Donoghue’s unique methodology and her ‘artivist’ work as both facilitator and educator. As O’Donoghue puts it: It is in the small and the simple where human scale may be found\, where one mind is changed\, and we begin to change the world.  \nLearning Lab will include a presentation by O’Donoghue followed by a conversation between invited artists\, activists\, curators\, producers and academics together with participants from the Tate Neighbours’ programme. \nImage by Marcia Chandra. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/learning-lab-dead-reckoning-with-artist-bern-odonoghue/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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SUMMARY:Learning Lab with Open University
DESCRIPTION:Please join us for a Learning Lab focusing on the theme ‘Who are We?’. The Learning Lab will draw on the collaborative work between the Open University and Counterpoints Arts as part of Tate Exchange. The UK-wide ESRC Festival aims to open up social science research to new audiences by showing how such research has an influence on our everyday lives. \nWhat contribution can art make to how we think about identity\, belonging\, migration and citizenship? Come along to our Learning Lab where we will look at how participatory arts can raise public awareness of issues such as migration\, displacement\, placemaking\, citizenship and the production of social democracy. \nThe workshop will look in particular at how the art and activism of migrants and refugees are challenging notions of democratic citizenship. Artists are audaciously inserting themselves into\, and pushing the boundaries of controversial political debates\, challenging dominant interpretations of the parameters of citizenship and belonging. \nThe Learning Lab will draw on the collaborative work done between The Open University and Counterpoints Arts as part of the Tate Exchange. Counterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation in the field of arts\, migration and social change\, supporting and producing art by and about migrants and refugees\, seeking to ensure that their contributions are recognised and welcomed within British arts\, history and culture. The Learning Lab will enable participants to explore some of these interventions\, and the contribution they make to creatively and radically reimagining the map of democratic citizenship in the UK. \nVenue\nThe MAC Belfast\n10 Exchange Street West\nBelfast\nBT1 2NJ
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/learning-lab-with-open-university/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home - Standup
DESCRIPTION:Camden People’s Theatre (CPT) and Counterpoints Arts present an evening of standup comedy written and performed by people from refugee backgrounds. \nFeaturing a lineup of first-time comedians coached for this special event by Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee\, veteran of the sketch group Pappy’s and acclaimed director Tom Parry\, this one-off night of unexpected laughter has been created uniquely for CPT’s ‘No Direction Home’ festival. \nLine-up: \nArashk Farahani \nTewodros Aregawe \nMajid Adin \nNur-ani Sisserian \nBREAK \nUsman Khalid \nLucie Benk \nMajid Zarei \nMohand Hasbo \n\nWe were so proud of our hilarious actor Tewedros performing his first stand up set last night @CamdenPT! All the acts were brilliant\, what a great evening. Thanks @CounterArts and @tomosp! pic.twitter.com/iuaRuqFiwn \n— Phosphoros Theatre (@WeArePhosphoros) November 5\, 2018
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-standup/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Travelling Tales
DESCRIPTION:Join us this half term during Southbank Centre’s London Literature Festival for an exciting afternoon of performance\, literature and spoken word on the Clore Ballroom for primary school aged children. \n‘Queen of the Qanun’ Maya Youssef will perform The Seven Gates of Damascus\, a participatory musical theatre piece which will take you for a magical through distant lands. Inspired by the journeys taken by Syrian children looking for a new place to call home\, the universal themes of travel\, mystery and belonging resonate with all young audiences. Whether you’ve heard a qanun before or not\, The Seven Gates of Damascus will leave you with a sense of wonder\, empathy and magic. \nIn between these performances\, the collective Literary Natives will keep your little ones entertained with riveting stories of adventure\, exploration and discovery. See below for the full programme\, please note that times are subject to change. \nCounterpoints Arts believes in the power of shifting how we see displacement and migration through the arts. Our curation of Travelling Tales is part of our longstanding collaboration with Southbank Centre in using the arts as a vehicle for social change. \n11.15 – THE SEVEN GATES OF DAMASCUS \nThis exciting participatory theatre piece will transport you to a vibrant Damascus through rich storytelling and Maya Yousef’s soothing qanun\, a traditional Middle Eastern string instrument. Go on a seven part magical journey that will lead children and guardians alike to a place of peace and wonder \n  \n  \n12.15 –  THE CURIOUS MR GAHDZOOKS AND HIS CAUTIONARY TALES FOR NAUGHTY CHILDREN \nCome and listen to the wonderful actor and author Julian Anthony Vessel bring to life Mr Gahdzooks\, a mischievous figure who feeds off the naughtiness of children across the globe. This modern tale will have your children gripped and ready to mind their Ps and Qs. \n \n  \n12.30 – GIRLS LIKE ME\nWriter Hanna Jama recites her powerful poem Girls Like Me\, for all the girls (and boys) who’ve crossed oceans and deserts to find home in London \n  \n13.15 – THE SEVEN GATES OF DAMASCUS\n‘Queen of the qanun’ Maya Youssef returns for a second performance \n  \n14.15 – THE CURIOUS MR GAHDZOOKS AND HIS CAUTIONARY TALES FOR NAUGHTY CHILDREN \nIf you missed the riveting tale the first time round\, join us for another reading from Julian \n  \n14.30 – GIRLS LIKE ME\nHanna Jama returns for a final reading of her uplifting poem. \n  \n14.45 – THE SEVEN GATES OF DAMASCUS \nCatch this last theatrical performance of the magical journey. \n  \n15.45 –  BEDTIME STORY: HANDA’S SURPRISE \nListen to writer and producer Salma read from her favourite childhood book\, Handa’s Surprise by Eileen Browne. There’s a surprising adventure that awaits Handa as she takes seven pieces of delicious fruit to her friend Akeyo in a neighbouring village. With the cheeky animals she encounters along the way\, will she have anything left for Akeyo? \n  \n \n  \nTHROUGHOUT THE DAY – STIMELA! \nA fantastic compilation of music donated to Counterpoints Arts by some of the most sought after musicians\, artists who have been forcibly displaced from their homelands and other musicians who support refugees and human rights. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/travelling-tales/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Global Significance
DESCRIPTION:Join us at Tate Modern (Level 5) for a day of hip-hop\, poetry\, and spoken Word at Tate Exchange with Tania Bruguera\, Tate Neighbours and Counterpoints Arts \nGlobal Significance is an invitation to write collectively – and intergenerationally – in response to Tania Bruguera’s Turbine Hall Commission and the ‘terms and conditions’ written by the Tate Neighbours. \nA single large table will run across Tate Exchange and be covered with paper. Anyone can write anything. The space will be filled with poetry and prose picking up on the themes chosen by Tate Neighbours: migration\, creativity\, homelessness\, the planet and vulnerable communities. \nFacilitated by Abdul Karim Abdullah and several Tate Neighbours\, plus a range of spoken word performers and activists\, an open learning session will explore the traditions of Hip-Hop\, poetry and spoken word to articulate personal feelings\, empathy\, understanding and calls to action in relation to art\, migration and activism. \nThere will also be an invitation to use different languages and to consider how languages and political passions evolve and intersect. \nA microphone will be available at all times for invited performers as well as anyone who wants to step forward. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/global-significance/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Pop Culture and Social Change Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts is bringing together a select\, invited group of around 50 individuals from the worlds of the visual and performing arts\, broadcast media\, entertainment\, advertising\, fashion\, social media\, philanthropy\, charity and policy sectors. \nPopular culture is a potent catalyst for social change\, especially in times when people feel increasingly less connected. We are creating this reflective space in order to facilitate new cross-sector collaborations and to explore ways of representing the lived concerns and experiences of diverse audiences through the prism of pop culture. \nArtists\, creatives and activists are engaging with the field of popular culture to imaginatively re-shape narratives around migration and global displacement. Recent examples of this include: The Good Immigrant by Nikesh Shukla; Michelle and Barack Obama setting up a new production house in partnership with Netflix; Warsan Shire featuring on Beyoncé’s album Lemonade; and a former Counterpoints Arts’ artist in residence\, Kayo Chingonyi\, recently receiving the Dylan Thomas award – all pointing to increasing forms of popular crossover and social justice genre-mixing. \nThis year we are delighted to welcome Bridgit Antoinette Evans\, Executive Director of the recently launched Pop Culture Collaborative in the US\, to share learning and successes from their influential grant-making programme. \nOver the two and a half days we will present a programme of inspiring work by a range of artists and cultural producers\, short inspirations and provocations\, organised walks\, workshops\, public events (film screening and a hiphop gig) and plenty of informal networking and shared meals.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/pop-culture-and-social-change-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:Tania Bruguera in residency at Tate Exchange
DESCRIPTION:As part of the Hyundai Turbine Hall Commission\, Tania Bruguera will be in residency at Tate Exchange for the month of October. Bruguera is also Tate Exchange’s Lead Artist for its 2018-19 activity year\, which is inspired by the theme of ‘movement’. Her residency at Tate Exchange addresses not just the physical movement of people\, but the emotional journey from the far away and unknown ‘other’ to the close-by neighbour. We have worked closely with Bruguera in the development of the programme. \n  \nAbout Tania Bruguera \nBest known for her politically-engaged projects and activism\, Bruguera makes work that addresses institutional power\, borders and migration. She has established a unique concept for her political approach to art – Arte Util (useful art) – one that has continued to be developed during her Hyundai Commission and will continue with Tate Exchange. \n  \nOver the past 20 years\, Bruguera has become renowned for creating art that addresses major political concerns\, often taking the form of a political or social action. Her work questions the nature of power structures\, behaviours and values. She has consistently argued for art’s role as a useful agent of real change in the world\, while using the museum as an active forum for public debate. \n  \nBruguera’s previous projects have included the Cátedra Arte de Conducta (Behaviour Art School)\, an institution that existed in Havana from 2003 to 2009\, and the recently opened Hannah Arendt International Institute for Artivism in Havana. Her work Tatlin’s Whisper #5\, 2008\, which involves two mounted police officers performing crowd-control exercises inside the museum\, is one of the major performance works in Tate’s collection. In 2012 Bruguera was also in residence at Tate Modern with her ongoing project Immigrant Movement International\, in which visitors were required to line up and pass a lie detector test based on questions from the UK immigration form before being granted access to the Tanks. \n  \nPlease check on the Tate Website for a detailed schedule and accurate timings.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/tania-bruguera-in-residency-at-tate-exchange/
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Eid Festival 2018
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts is delighted to be partnering with the London Mayor and London Assembly to bring a special Refugee Week programme to the Eid Festival 2018 in Trafalgar Square. \nJoin us for performances and artists including:\nMaya Youssef & Urnina Women’s ensemble \nCalled after Urnina\, goddess of music in Mesopotamia and ancient Syria\, our ensemble is leading a revival in the tradition of female music-making by women in the Arab world. In the courts of Baghdad\, Cordoba\, and Medina women were highly trained in musical composition and performance\, as well as in poetry composition and recitation\, dance\, calligraphy and shadow-puppetry. Despite being slaves\, these sophisticated women – known as qiyān – had courtly privileges\, and were vital curators of the arts from the 8th to the 13th centuries.  \nIn revitalising this women’s tradition we will recover neglected Arab repertoires\, jewels of the classical heritage that have been forgotten. We offer hope to counter the turbulence of the contemporary Arab world\, manifesting the collaborative strength of women’s creativity\, and recuperating an artistic heritage that deserves celebration. \n  \n \n  \nAwate \nAwate is a rapper and producer from Maiden Lane Estate in Camden. He learned from mentors such as Poisonous Poets rappers\, Stylah and Lowkey\, BBC 1Xtra’s DJ Semtex and one of his heroes\, Yasiin Bey. As a refugee from Eritrea via Saudi Arabia\, Awate’s lyrics are a complex train of thought on subjects like self-esteem\, racism\, pride and class.\nPoetry from:\nZia Ahmed – a London Laureate and was shortlisted to be the Young Poet Laureate for London 2015/16 + a former Roundhouse Slam winner. \n‘Bards Without Borders’ are a refugee and migrant poetry collective formed in 2015 to respond to the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare. Featuring: Fatima Diriye – a Somali London-based poet\, who explores the realms of vulnerability\, identity and personal reflections; Hamdi Khalif – a writer from London who was born in Mogadishu and is currently studying an MA in Creative Writing while also working on two publications; Laila Sumpton – a member of the Keats House Poets since 2010 and an Associate Writer at Spread the Word\nSuhaama Elmi – a passionate writer who expresses herself through poetry inspired by her Somali heritage.\nHanna Ali – a writer\, poet\, project lead\, teaching fellow and PhD candidate at SOAS\, University of London where she specialises in Afro-Arab identity.\nWhite City Youth Theatre \nChildren aged 9-10 years old have been creating a piece of theatre called ‘Abu Kassem’s Slippers’ inspired by their Arab World Project where they have been learning about Arab culture and stories. They have worked with storyteller Alia Alzougbi from the Shubbak Festival and this diverse theatre group from White City are excited to share their new performance with you in Trafalgar Square.\nFarhad Berahman – Afghan Camera \nIranian photographer and artist Farhad Berahman is based in the UK. The Afghan Camera\, or ‘kamra-e-faoree’\, is still used as a traditional method of capturing memories by veteran street photographers in Afghanistan and Iran. The hand-made wooden camera acts as both the camera and darkroom\, thus working as a ‘2 in 1’ machine. This enables capturing and instant printing of photographs\, an individual copy handed to visitors upon processing of the image.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/eid-festival-2018/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Moving stories: a Refugee Week special event
DESCRIPTION:We return to the British Museum for another collaboration event\, this year celebrating Refugee Week 20th birthday. \nThe programme will include artists installations and workshops\, performances and film. The Great Court will be the place to share a song with a variety of the most wonderful London choirs. \nAll activities free. \nLots more detail to come soon. \nImage by Marcia Chandra.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/moving-stories-a-refugee-week-special-event/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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