BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Counterpoints - ECPv6.15.18//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Counterpoints X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Counterpoints REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Europe/London BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20200329T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20201025T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20210328T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20211031T010000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0100 TZNAME:BST DTSTART:20220327T010000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:+0100 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:GMT DTSTART:20221030T010000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211030 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210726T142420Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000162-1633046400-1635551999@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Autumn School - Create and Counterpoints Arts DESCRIPTION:Participants at the 2018 Summer School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice\, held in Carlingford\, Co. Louth. Photo: Aoife Herrity\n  \nCreate and Counterpoints Arts are pleased to announce the 2021 School on Cultural Diversity and Collaborative Practice for up to 12 artists. Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions and social distancing\, we will host the 2021 School virtually over five days: 1\, 8\, 1\, 22\, 29 October. The Autumn School is an initiative of The Arts Council of Ireland’s Artist in the Community (AIC) Scheme\, managed by Create. \nAbout the Autumn School \nThe virtual Autumn School is shaped by global and translocal practices. It is fundamentally informed by the diverse life experiences and creative practices of participants\, and the work and mentoring of visiting facilitators. The focus of learning in the School is enabled by an exploration of the critical space between the lived realities of cultural diversity and the connective methodologies and collective actions underpinning collaborative practice. \nThe School is interdisciplinary in its curriculum and composition of participants\, presenters and facilitators. Together we will explore what cultural diversity means in practice – in people’s intimate lives\, in neighbourhoods and within communities of place and interest. Lines of inquiry include the following questions\, among others: \n\nThe concept of cultural diversity is often narrowly (sometimes stereotypically) read through the lens of policy\, but how does the practice of cultural diversity resonate as an intersectional and dynamic part of everyday life? And by extension how might the language around cultural diversity be challenged and repositioned?\nHow might the experience of cultural diversity be enacted in the context of collaborative arts practice and vice versa?\nHow can cultural diversity and working cooperatively form an intrinsic part of the artistic\, socially engaged process\, acting as a powerful driver for social change in both local communities and within arts organisations?\nHow to understand the critical intersection of cultural diversity and collaborative arts practice in the context of decolonisation and the urgency of global racial justice movements?\n\nThe 2021 School will take the form of a five-day virtual residency enabling a ‘think and do’ collaborative approach\, utilizing creative workshops\, critical and comparative case studies\, a creative group challenge\, one-to-one mentoring\, international guest artists including curators\, policymakers and activists. \nThe deadline for submission to be part of the School is the 30 August 2021\, 5pm. You will find guidelines and an online application form linked on this page: Autumn School \nDirected by: Dr Áine O’Brien – Curator of Learning and Research and Co-Founder\, Counterpoints Arts \nCo-Facilitator \nIsabel Lima\, Independent Artist and Director of The Gresham Horse project \nVisiting artists and facilitators include: \nDana Olărescu\, Independent Artist and Cultural Activist \nIsmail Einashe\, Investigative Journalist and Cultural Activist \nNike Jonah\, Executive Director of PACE (Pan-African Creative Exchange) \nDominik Czechowski\, International Curator\, Researcher and Writer \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/autumn-school-create-and-counterpoints-arts/ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning,Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/SSCD_WEB_COL_0640-640x480-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20211001 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211002 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210524T135312Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000188-1633046400-1633132799@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Adrian Paci : Athens DESCRIPTION:Artists Adrian Paci has been commissioned by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Victoria Square Project (VSP) in Athens to produce new public work as part of our Across Borders programme. Born in Albania and now living in Italy\, Adrian is an artist whose work has been exhibited internationally including at the Venice Biennale His commission will engage with the neighbourhood of Victoria Square\, leading to a public installation/intervention in the Square itself in Autumn 2021. It will form part of VSP’s ongoing enquiry: Who Is The Contemporary Athenian? with an associated residency programme for emerging artists. \n\nCommissioning partner Victoria Square Project (VSP) is an evolving social sculpture. It was created by the artists Rick Lowe and Maria Papadimitriou in the framework of documenta 14\, in Athens\, in 2017. It now operates as a contemporary art space focused on the empowerment and inspiration of the residents of Victoria. VSP aims to be a catalyst for highlighting the importance of culture\, art and creativity in order to build a more humane society. \n\n\n\nThe commission will be part of VSP’s programme: Who Is The Contemporary Athenian? This question is posed as an attempt to identify concretely the elements that define an inclusive Athenian society today beyond labels like immigrant\, refugee\, first or second generation\, Greek etc\, but under the common ground of the neighbours and co-citizens. \n\n\n\nA residency programme\, Station One\, will also form part of this programme\, with Counterpoints as one of the partners. Focusing on socially engaged artistic practices\, Station One Residency for emerging artists aims to promote the dialogue amongst the Greek artistic scene on a wide range of community engaged practices. \n\n\n\nA range of other partners across the arts and NGO sectors will also be involved in the programme including Solidarity Now\, who will be leading a photography project with young people in Athens. Image by Adrian Paci : Centro di Permanenza Temporanea (2007) URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/adrian-paci-athens/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/image003.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210928T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210928T183000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210914T151142Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000156-1632846600-1632853800@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Stand-Up Comedy and the Critical Conversation DESCRIPTION:Join Counterpoints Arts for the next event in our PopChange Salon Series featuring a live recording of our new podcast “But Is It Funny?” which puts comedy criticism in the spotlight. \nPanellists Suchandrika Chakrabarti (comic and writer)\, Jamal Khadar (writer and researcher) and Brian Logan (comedy critic for The Guardian) will be discussing current issues in stand-up and highlighting upcoming gigs and events. \nFollowing the recording\, PopChange Salon Series host\, K Biswas\, will lead a reflective discussion where you can have your say on what topics you think future episodes should be covering. The aim  is to extend and diversify comedy criticism\, bringing a wider range of insights into mainstream and emerging work. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nAbout the “But Is It Funny?” Podcast: \nLaunching in September 2021\, this weekly podcast features Suchandrika Chakrabarti (comic and writer)\, Jamal Khadar (writer and researcher) and Brian Logan (comedy critic for The Guardian) discussing issues and highlights of the stand-up comedy scene in the UK. \nBuilding on Counterpoints Arts’ No Direction Home comedy project — which trains a new generation of stand-up comedians with migrant and refugee backgrounds — and its recent PopChange Retreat\, “But Is It Funny?” recognises that more diverse critical conversations can have a significant role in opening access and broadening audiences. For example\, is improv discriminatory? Do Middle Eastern performers only make jokes about terrorists? Can refugees ever be funny? \nWhile comedy has soared in popularity across the UK and internationally\, critical conversations have continued to be less prominent than for other artforms. “But Is It Funny?”\, the first regular podcast to focus on comedy criticism\, will help address that shortcoming. \nHosted by Counterpoints Arts‘ PopChange Initiative\, this is the second of five PopChange Salons in 2021 exploring the opportunities for real change presented within the New Brave world Report (2021)\, hosted by K Biswas. The Salon Series will explore racial justice\, comedy\, TV\, gaming and narrative change. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/stand-up-comedy-and-the-critical-conversation/ CATEGORIES:Comedy,Learning,Pop Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/SQ-But-is-it-funny-Group-insta-graphic-1-448x448-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210918T213000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210825T151233Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000160-1631995200-1632000600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Comedy at the Museum of the Home DESCRIPTION:As part of the Festival of Home enjoy a night of laughter from the brilliant No Direction Home\, hosted by Mo Omar\, with guest headliner Fatiha El-Ghorri and Yasin Moradi\, Selam Amare and Loraine Mponela. \nFull information and booking \nNo Direction Home is a comedy collective produced by Counterpoints Arts featuring new stand-ups from refugee and migrant backgrounds. They’ve performed sell-out gigs around the country including at London’s Southbank Centre and the Edinburgh Fringe. \nHost Mo Omar is a rising star of the comedy circuit who has appeared on Harry Hill’s Club Nite (ITV) and Stand Up for Live Comedy (BBC). \nGuest headliner Fatiha El-Ghorri is a London-based comedian who performs around the country and internationally. Her most recent TV appearance was on the Jonathan Ross Comedy Club (ITV). \n“The No Direction Home comedians are a veryexciting\, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny!”\nNish Kumar URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/comedy-at-the-museum-of-the-home/ CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Fatiha-El-Ghorri-small.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210916 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211126 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210608T140520Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145007Z UID:10000175-1631750400-1637884799@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:taking pArt - A COLLABORATION BETWEEN COUNTERPOINTS ARTS AND ART REFUGE DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts and Art Refuge return with the online art project\, taking pArt\, running every Thursday\, 1-2.30pm (BST) on Zoom. Through a series of participatory art workshops we welcome you to take part in playful art-making activities & games around The Community Table. \nThis project is a response to requests from our networks for a regular\, safe\, welcoming art making space for creativity and wellbeing. \nFor a mixed group of people aged 18 and over with lived experience as refugees\, people seeking asylum\, support workers\, foster-carers\, friends\, neighbours\, charity workers – all welcome. We also invite artists & cultural workers who would like to experience ‘making’ with others and as part of an Art Refuge series of workshops. \nWe will use easily accessible materials and domestic objects\, and groups are welcome to join together. You can use a computer or a phone to join in. \nThe workshops will be led by Art Refuge with guest artists from Counterpoints Arts. For further information and/or the Zoom link please email Dijana Rakovic\, Counterpoints’ Producer – dijana@counterpoints.org.uk with taking pArt in the subject line. \nArt Refuge uses socially engaged art and art therapy to support the mental health and wellbeing of people displaced due to conflict\, persecution and poverty\, in the UK and internationally\, alongside training\, education\, exhibitions and research. Its freelance team of artists and art therapists includes a growing number of artists with lived experience as refugees. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/taking-part-a-collaboration-between-counterpoints-arts-and-art-refuge/ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Digital ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/taking-pArt.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210915 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20211122 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210915T074015Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145007Z UID:10000154-1631664000-1637539199@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Mobilistan DESCRIPTION:As part of our Across Borders programme\, Counterpoints Arts is delighted to be supporting the documentation of a new an art project by Manaf Halbouni & Christian Manss: Mobilistan\, the first mobile state in the limited space of a vehicle. \nMobilistan will be established on the area of a stretch limousine or state limousine\, thus forming the territory that can be entered or exited through the doors of the vehicle. Mobilistan has its own flag\, hymn and passport. There are four permanent residents of Mobilistan\, playing simultaneously several roles like State President\, Foreign Secretary\, Minister of Finance\, Interior Minister etc. The four permanent residents are: Barbara Repe\, Anne Manss\, Manaf Halbouni and Christian Manss. They will determine the fortunes of Mobilistan: who is allowed to become a citizen\, who gets a visa or where is the temporary location of Mobilistan. \nOn the trip from Berlin to Istanbul to the Mahalla Festival\, the state leaders are planning state visits to Dresden\, Prague\, Vienna\, Zagreb and Sofia. Of course\, the duration of the trip depends on the pandemic conditions in the respective countries. . \nA film documenting the work will be available later this year. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mobilistan/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Mobilistan-Manaf-Halbouni-Christian-Manss.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210910 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210913 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210906T054623Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000159-1631232000-1631491199@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Station One AIR | exhibition | First Part DESCRIPTION:Victoria Square Project (VSP) presents: \nVisual artists Gülşah Aykaç\, Thomas Diafas\, Kostantza Kapsali and Maria Louizou\npresent the works they created within the 1st cycle of the Station One AIR residency\nprogram under the subject “Hippodamia in Context”. \nAs part of a 3-year research question “Who is the Contemporary Athenian?”  in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts and the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Public Humanities Initiative (SNFPHI) at Columbia University\, VSP implemented the Station One AIR residency program for emerging artists. \nDuring the 1st cycle of the program\, Greek and oversea artists were hosted in Athens\, engaged with the local community and the art scene of Athens and worked collectively on alternative “contextualizations” of the statue “Theseus Saves Hippodameia” at Victoria Square. \nIn the final action of the Program\, the creations of the artists will be exhibited in Victoria Square next to the statue aiming to lively interact with the residents and visitors of our neighborhood. \nFor Counterpoints Arts\, this work forms part of our Across Borders programme in the UK\, Greece and Germany supported by Comic Relief. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/station-one-air-exhibition-first-part/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/station-1.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210901 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210906 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210824T073709Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000161-1630454400-1630886399@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Across Borders: Body & Self DESCRIPTION:Group exhibition with Arin Ismail\, Azadeh Kiankhah\, Isadora Canela\, Michael(a) Daoud\, Minna Etein and Paula Muhr. \nOpening: 1.9.2021\, 6:00 – 9:00 pm \nOpen daily 2.9. – 5.9.2021\, 12:00 – 6:00 pm \nSymposium: 4.9.2021\, 1:00 – 6:00 pm \nThe exhibition Across Borders: Body & Self is a collaboration between Counterpoints Arts and coculture Berlin inspired by Mojisola Adebayo’s Leaves from Family Tree commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and performed in the summer of 2021 at ZK/U Berlin. \nThe six artists were selected from an open call to submit existing work that explores the themes of body & self in the context of migration and displacement. \nMojisola’s performance explored environmental justice and migration via the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks\, an African American tobacco farmer descended from enslaved people. Henrietta had her body cells taken without her knowledge for medical research and seventy years later\, even after her death\, they are still multiplying and continue to be used in laboratories all over the world\, without her permission. Millions of us benefit from it today\, even though most of us have never heard her name. By talking about her story today\, we place her body and her(self) on the map of contemporary Berlin. \nUsing a variety of media the artists in this exhibition add their own personal and political discursive angles – be it feminist\, migrant\, queer or medical – to the exploration of memory and identity in the context of the body & self. Whether this happens via a relationship between the body and an object\, by turning toward our inner skins and senses\, by connecting historical events across the 20th and 21st centuries using the body\, by testing the limits of their own bodies through durational rituals or repetitive habitual acts – they ask us to question the logic of the subjectivity and materiality of crossing borders. \nOn Saturday 4th September at 1 – 6pm\, there will be a symposium with Mojisola Adebayo and five other artists talking about their work and how they explore the issues around the body & self. The full programme along with the name of the artists will be announced on 25th August. You can book a free place at the symposium via Eventrbrite. \nCo-curated with coculture by Natasha Davis for Counterpoints Arts . For any further questions please contact Natasha Davis via hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nThe exhibition is part of the three-year programme Across Borders by Counterpoints Arts in the UK\, Germany and Greece\, in collaboration with local partners\, developing arts and pop culture projects that help normalise and diversify representations of migrants and people seeking refuge. The programme is supported by Comic Relief. \nCounterpoints Arts works in the UK and internationally on the arts\, migration and cultural change. \ncoculture is a Berlin-based non-profit cultural organisation founded by conceptual artist Khaled Barakeh as a response to the challenges faced by displaced cultural producers. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/across-borders-body-self/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Across-Borders-Body-Self.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210813 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210815 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210713T150227Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000163-1628812800-1628985599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Leaves from Family Tree by Mojisola Adebayo DESCRIPTION:A new performance telling the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks\, whose cells were used for medical research without her consent. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nIn 1951 Henrietta Lacks\, an African American tobacco farmer descended from enslaved people\, had cells taken without her knowledge for medical research. Seventy years later\, even after her death\, they are still multiplying and continue to be used in laboratories all over the world. \nThis new performance by Mojisola Adebayo\, developed for the outdoors space with the ZK/U Berlin and directed by Matthew Xia\, explores this incredible story. \nHenrietta Lacks’ life\, body and legacy have affected millions of us\, yet most have never heard her name. The performance seeks to draw a map on which her name is placed. \nAn accompanying workshop with Mojisola Adebayo and Nicole Wolf at ZK/U will engage with questions of climate justice\, environmental racism and migration. The trans-Atlantic slavery is a story of mass forced migration and its Diasporic afterlives continue that migration story. The slave trade was environmental\, slavery was agricultural and the legacies can be seen in climate injustice today.
 \nMojisola Adebayo is a Black British Berlin-based theatre artist who has worked on theatre and performance projects internationally from Antarctica to Zimbabwe. She is a playwright\, performer\, director\, producer\, workshop facilitator and lecturer. Over the past 25 years she has performed in over 50 productions\, writing\, devising and directing over 30 plays. Her own plays include Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey\, Muhammad Ali and Me\, and I Stand Corrected. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, she is currently on a research fellowship exploring theatre\, literature\, environmental racism and climate justice at University of Potsdam\, just outside Berlin. \nProduced by Natasha Davis for Counterpoints Arts in connection to a project commissioned by Actors Touring Company (ATC) and the Young Vic. \n

For any further questions please contact Natasha Davis via hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nThe work is part of the three-year programme Across Borders by Counterpoints Arts in the UK\, Germany and Greece\, in collaboration with local partners\, developing a series of arts and pop culture projects that help normalise and diversify representations of refugees in mainstream media\, arts & culture. \nImage by Paul Woodward. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/leaves-from-family-tree-by-mojisola-adebayo/ CATEGORIES:Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Leaves-from-Family-Tree.image-by-Paul-Woodward-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210722T200000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210722T211500 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210712T102414Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000164-1626984000-1626988500@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:No Direction Home x LIMBO DESCRIPTION:Live stand-up comedy online\, marking the release of critically acclaimed film LIMBO\, hosted by MUBI and Counterpoints Arts. \nBefore the critically acclaimed film LIMBO hits cinemas on 30 July\, enjoy a night of stand-up comedy with No Direction Home comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Along with your host Mo Omar\, the night will be introduced by Vikash Bhai\, star of LIMBO\, Ben Sharrock’s new film following a group of asylum seekers on a fictional remote Scotitish island. \nPlus performances from No Direction Home stand-ups Abdul Tahhan\, Selam Amare\, Loraine Mponela and Krzysia Balinska! \nLIMBO is a wry\, funny and poignant cross-cultural comedy-drama that sews together the hardship and hope of the refugee experience. Exploring themes spanning guilt\, regret and grief that come with leaving one life behind to embark on another\, this deadpan comedy-drama from a bold new voice in British film shines a light on the hearts and lives of those at the centre of a crisis that is mostly only experienced through headlines. \nLIMBO comes to cinemas on July 30 and exclusively to curated streaming platform MUBI later in the year. \nFree: booking required URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-x-limbo/ CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Limbo_Still09-small.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210714T173000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210714T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210709T125536Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000165-1626283800-1626291000@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:POPCHANGE SALON SERIES: RACIAL JUSTICE\, POP CULTURE AND SOCIAL STRUGGLE DESCRIPTION:K Biswas\, Leah Cowan\, and Selina Nwulu discuss popular culture in Britain and its potential role in accelerating social change and highlighting structural inequality. \nYouth led movements – against racism and sexism\, for LGBTQ+ and disability rights or environmental sustainability ‐ feel locked out of elite political and economic circles\, and see culture as their site of expression. A new wave of radical pop-cultural expression\, dormant for much of the 21st century\, may have emerged in film & television\, music & fashion\, gaming and social media campaigns. Under discussion will be Britain’s belated public reckoning with racism in the wake of George Floyd’s murder\, and the emerging counter-reaction crystallised in a new Culture War. \n//  \nHosted by Counterpoints Arts‘ PopChange Initiative\, this is the first of five PopChange Salons in 2021 exploring the opportunities for real change presented within the New Brave world Report (2021). The Salon Series will explore racial justice\, comedy\, TV\, gaming and narrative change. \n// \nRecommended background reading\n— New Brave World a new report by Alice Sachrajda and Marzena Zukowska that explores the power\, opportunities and potential of pop culture for social change in the UK. The report is supported by Unbound Philanthropy and builds on Riding the Waves\, a scoping study on the same theme published in 2017. \n— \, a journal for research and best practice in how to make UK media more representative of all sections of society\, edited by K Biswas. The recently published issue features articles by Lenny Henry and director Amma Asante talking about sharing power on-screen & being allowed to fail; Gary Younge on working as a Black journalist at The Guardian and Afua Hirsch’s experiences starting out at The Voice newspaper\, amongst others.\nJOINING US ON AIRMEET\nWe’re thrilled to be welcoming such an exciting range of participants and speakers\, and invite you to join us in using the Airmeet platform to make new connections during the networking\, sessions. Airmeet is best experienced on a Chrome browser (version 79 or higher)\, on a laptop or a desktop. You can download the latest version here. \nIf you’d like to familiarise yourself with Airmeet before the session\, you can do so via this link. \nFILMING\nSome sections of the programme will be live streamed\, but only participants who choose to go ‘on stage’ will be visible. Presentations by speakers (but not the Q&A sections) will also be filmed and shared online. \nSOCIAL MEDIA\nWe’d love you to join the conversation online using the hashtag #popxchange or via our social media channels: Twitter // Instagram // Facebook URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/popchange-salon-series-racial-justice-pop-culture-and-social-struggle/ CATEGORIES:Learning,Pop Culture ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/PopChange-Salon-general-Eventbrite-1.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210709 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210713 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210524T135327Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000187-1625788800-1626134399@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Mojisola Adebayo : Family Tree DESCRIPTION:Mojisola Adebayo presents work in Berlin connected to a project commissioned by Actors Touring Company (ATC) and the Young Vic. Produced by Counterpoints Arts as part of our Across Borders programme\, supported by Comic Relief. \n\n\n\nBlack British Berlin-based theatre artist Dr Mojisola Adebayo\, who has worked on theatre and performance projects internationally from Antarctica to Zimbabwe\, will be undertaking research and development and presenting work connected to a commission from ATC and Young Vic\, alongside discussions and a four-day workshop with Dr Nicole Wolf\, for and with artists of refugee background\, located in a community garden in Berlin. The work connects to the subject of migration\, environmental racism and climate justice\, through a female African Diasporic lens. It makes the connection between extraction from the land and the Black female body as a site of extraction. \n\nMojisola Adebayo is a playwright\, performer\, director\, producer\, workshop facilitator and lecturer. Over the past 25 years she has performed in over 50 productions\, writing\, devising and directing over 30 plays. Her own plays include Moj of the Antarctic: An African Odyssey\, Muhammad Ali and Me\, and I Stand Corrected. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature\, she is currently on a research fellowship exploring theatre\, literature\, environmental racism and climate justice at University of Potsdam\, just outside Berlin. \n\n\n\nThe scenes Mojisola will present in a public garden in Berlin\, directed by Matthew Xia\, are inspired by Henrietta Lacks\, an African American tobacco farmer descended from enslaved people\, whose extraordinary everlasting cells were taken without her knowledge in 1951\, are still multiplying after her death and continue to be used in medical research all over the world today. Scenes will also feature Anarcha\, Betsey and Lucy\, three enslaved African American women who were operated on without consent or anaesthetic and are the forgotten ‘mothers’ of modern gynaecology. \n\n\n\nThe scenes focus on these Black women\, whose lives\, bodies and legacies have affected every European family and individual today\, yet most have never heard their names. The work seeks to draw a map on which their names are placed. The trans-Atlantic slave is a story of mass forced migration and its Diasporic afterlives continue that migration story. The slave trade was environmental\, slavery was agricultural and the legacies can be seen in climate injustice today. Accompanying workshops and discussions will engage with questions of climate justice\, environmental racism and migration. \n\n\n\nThe producer for Counterpoints Arts in Germany is Natasha Davis. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mojisola-adebayo-family-tree/ CATEGORIES:Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/mojisola.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210621 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210718 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210504T143645Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000190-1624233600-1626566399@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Return of Danton - Collective Ma'louba - Video on Demand DESCRIPTION:By Collective Ma’louba \nSuitable for ages 16+ \nTickets: £0\, £5\, £15 (plus option to donate £5). Performed in Arabic with English subtitles \nPart of Shubbak Festival 2021. Co-presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of this year’s Refugee Week programme. \nA  collective of German-based Syrian actors is rehearsing a contemporary adaptation of Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death. A shattering\, political drama\, at its centre is a conflict between two giant figures of the French Revolution\, Danton and Robespierre. \nIt is considered to be one of the greatest revolutionary works of European theatre. It is also terribly complex and convoluted\, and the translation into Arabic from the German isn’t particularly good. \nThe company’s director believes this adaptation of a German classic will secure them funding. But the playwright turned dramaturg was more keen on writing a new play about the everyday lives of Syrian refugees living abroad. \nAs the company wrestles with Büchner’s manically intense play\, life mirrors art as the two lead actors are caught up in the arguments between the writer and director. \nBetween catastrophic line runs and overlong cigarette breaks\, the four lock horns about their conflicted views on the Syrian revolution and their roles as artists in exile. \nRehearsals progress and the tensions and disagreements grow as the company – almost unknowingly – engage more deeply with the themes of the play: What is a revolution? When does it end? Ten years after the Syrian revolution\, do they really understand what happened and how they can tell their story? \nReturn of Danton is a new play by Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi and directed by Omar Elerian. Written and performed in Arabic\, the play is a contemporary exploration of how the dynamics of political revolutions – from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring – can be reflected within the politics of the rehearsal room. \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. \nCo-presented by Shubbak Festival\, Counterpoint Arts\, The Lowry & Ettijahat Independent Culture. In cooperation with Maxim Gorki Theatre\, Berlin. A co-production of Theater an der Ruhr and Shubbak Festival. Funded by The German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. \n#ReturnOfDanton  #Shubbak  #ShubbakFestival  #ArabCulture  #ArabFestival  #ContemporaryArabCulture \n  \nImportant information about the event\n\nPlease note that this event listing is for the Video on Demand option. The video on demand content will be made available from the specified event date. After you’ve bought a ticket\, you will have 3 days to finish watching the content from when you first press play.\nThe video on demand option will be without the panel discussion.\nIf you would like to buy a ticket for the livestream on June 20th you can buy them from here.\nThe production will have English subtitles.\n\n  \nARTIST BIOGRAPHIES \n Collective Ma’louba \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. Further artistic projects of thematic relevance such as installations\, exhibitions\, concerts and workshop accompany the theatre productions. They work in NRW\, Germany and across the world\, thus creating transnational meeting places. Follow the Collective’s via Facebook  and Instagram. \nMudar Alhaggi (Author) \nMudar Alhaggi (*1981) studied theatre studies at The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damaskus. Alhaggi works as an author and dramaturge\, he writes for the radio and TV\, pens scripts and leads writing workshops for refugees. He staged “Footfalls” by Samuel Beckett and the production “One Thousand and One Tents”\, which was developed in a workshop with refugees in Lebanon. In 2013 the production “Now T-Here“\, in which he was involved as author and director (in collaboration with Stella Cristofolini) was presented in Oberhausen and Berlin. Since 2015 he manages “Future Stages. A Creative Programme for Emerging Syrian Writers” in Lebanon together with Erik Altorfer. In 2015 and 2016 he developed “41 Stunden” with Kopp / Nauer / Praxmarer / Vittinghoff\, a coproduction with Schlachthaus Theater Bern. With Erik Altorfer\, he presented another work with adolescent refugees and young people from Graz at Schauspielhaus Graz. Mudar Alhaggi lives in Berlin since summer 2015. Since 2017 he is the artistic director of COLLECTIVE MA’LOUBA. \nOmar Elerian (Director) \nOmar Elerian is a freelance theatre director\, writer and dramaturg. Of Italian/Palestinian descent\, Omar trained in Italy and then graduated from Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris in 2005. He’s based in London since 2009. He was the resident Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2012 to 2019\, where he commissioned and directed some of the theatre’s most successful shows. As sole director for the Bush\, his credits include smash-hit Misty by Arinzé Kene (Bush and West End)\, NASSIM by Nassim Soleimanpour (Bush\, Traverse Theatre and world tour)\, Going Through by Estelle Savasta and Islands by Caroline Horton. As Associate Director working alongside Madani Younis\, his credits include The Royale by Marco Ramirez\, Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock and Perseverance Drive by Robin Soans. Outside the Bush\, he directed Olivier nominated show You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton and co-created acclaimed sitespecific show The Mill: City of Dreams with Madani Younis for Freedom Studios. In 2020 he co-created Autoreverse with Florencia Cordeu\, which opened the Going Global season at Battersea Arts Centre in February. Omar is currently developing projects with the Almeida\, National Theatre\, Manchester HOME\, Staatstheater Mainz\, Collective Ma’louba and The Shed in New York. \n  \nShubbak Festival is the UK’s premier festival of contemporary Arab arts and culture. \nThis year’s ambitious programme connects you to the very best contemporary Arab artists. Dive into marathon DJ sets\, watch Hip Hop\, rap and trap legends\, enjoy re-imagined classics\, installations in iconic settings\, and listen as audio guided tours take you to an imaginary city. \nShubbak is live in London\, online and broadcasting from Beirut\, Gaza\, Marrakech\, Slemani\, Riyadh\, Khartoum and Doha. Join artists\, audiences and communities locally and globally through a festival programme that has been conceived especially for this year’s exceptional conditions. \nWitness the extraordinary creativity\, responsiveness and imaginative power of Arab artists to speak of our times. Join the Festival from 20th June – 17th July\, 2021! Follow the action via @shubbakfestival. \n  \n \n  \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/return-of-danton-collective-malouba-video-on-demand/ CATEGORIES:Digital,Film and Photography,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/THE-RETURN-OF-DANTON-_-Image_Molter-Sartor-01-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210620T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210620T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210504T110112Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000191-1624215600-1624215600@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Return of Danton - Collective Ma'louba - Livestream + Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:By Collective Ma’louba \nDuration: 90 minutes (includes post show talk)\, 16+ \nTickets: £0\, £5\, £15 (plus option to donate £5). Performed in Arabic with English subtitles \nBooking for livestream 19.00 (UK time) on 20 June  \nPart of Shubbak Festival 2021. Co-presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of this year’s Refugee Week programme. \nA  collective of German-based Syrian actors is rehearsing a contemporary adaptation of Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death. A shattering\, political drama\, at its centre is a conflict between two giant figures of the French Revolution\, Danton and Robespierre. \nIt is considered to be one of the greatest revolutionary works of European theatre. It is also terribly complex and convoluted\, and the translation into Arabic from the German isn’t particularly good. \nThe company’s director believes this adaptation of a German classic will secure them funding. But the playwright turned dramaturg was more keen on writing a new play about the everyday lives of Syrian refugees living abroad. \nAs the company wrestles with Büchner’s manically intense play\, life mirrors art as the two lead actors are caught up in the arguments between the writer and director. \nBetween catastrophic line runs and overlong cigarette breaks\, the four lock horns about their conflicted views on the Syrian revolution and their roles as artists in exile. \nRehearsals progress and the tensions and disagreements grow as the company – almost unknowingly – engage more deeply with the themes of the play: What is a revolution? When does it end? Ten years after the Syrian revolution\, do they really understand what happened and how they can tell their story? \nReturn of Danton is a new play by Syrian playwright Mudar Alhaggi and directed by Omar Elerian. Written and performed in Arabic\, the play is a contemporary exploration of how the dynamics of political revolutions – from the French Revolution to the Arab Spring – can be reflected within the politics of the rehearsal room. \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. \nCo-presented by Shubbak Festival\, Counterpoint Arts\, The Lowry & Ettijahat Independent Culture. In cooperation with Maxim Gorki Theatre\, Berlin. A co-production of Theater an der Ruhr and Shubbak Festival. Funded by The German Federal Cultural Foundation and the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia. \n#ReturnOfDanton  #Shubbak  #ShubbakFestival  #ArabCulture  #ArabFestival  #ContemporaryArabCulture \n  \nImportant information about the event\n\nPlease note that this event listing is for the livestream option and you will need to watch the content on the specified event date/time.\nIf you miss the livestream\, you will need to purchase a video on demand ticket if you would like to watch it back.\nIf you would like to buy a ticket for the video on demand option you can buy them from here.\nPlease note that the video on demand option will be without the panel discussion.\nThe production will have English subtitles and the discussion will have BSL interpretation.\n\n  \nARTIST BIOGRAPHIES \nCollective Ma’louba \nCollective Ma’louba is an intercultural theatre lab currently in residence at the Theater an der Ruhr in Mülheim. In its theatre productions\, Collective Ma’louba questions the political and social conditions of the Arab world against the background of recent rebellions and penetrates the taboos of Arab and European society. Further artistic projects of thematic relevance such as installations\, exhibitions\, concerts and workshop accompany the theatre productions. They work in NRW\, Germany and across the world\, thus creating transnational meeting places. Follow the Collective’s via Facebook  and Instagram. \nMudar Alhaggi (Author) \nMudar Alhaggi (*1981) studied theatre studies at The Higher Institute of Dramatic Arts in Damaskus. Alhaggi works as an author and dramaturge\, he writes for the radio and TV\, pens scripts and leads writing workshops for refugees. He staged “Footfalls” by Samuel Beckett and the production “One Thousand and One Tents”\, which was developed in a workshop with refugees in Lebanon. In 2013 the production “Now T-Here“\, in which he was involved as author and director (in collaboration with Stella Cristofolini) was presented in Oberhausen and Berlin. Since 2015 he manages “Future Stages. A Creative Programme for Emerging Syrian Writers” in Lebanon together with Erik Altorfer. In 2015 and 2016 he developed “41 Stunden” with Kopp / Nauer / Praxmarer / Vittinghoff\, a coproduction with Schlachthaus Theater Bern. With Erik Altorfer\, he presented another work with adolescent refugees and young people from Graz at Schauspielhaus Graz. Mudar Alhaggi lives in Berlin since summer 2015. Since 2017 he is the artistic director of COLLECTIVE MA’LOUBA. \nOmar Elerian (Director) \nOmar Elerian is a freelance theatre director\, writer and dramaturg. Of Italian/Palestinian descent\, Omar trained in Italy and then graduated from Lecoq International Theatre School in Paris in 2005. He’s based in London since 2009. He was the resident Associate Director at the Bush Theatre from 2012 to 2019\, where he commissioned and directed some of the theatre’s most successful shows. As sole director for the Bush\, his credits include smash-hit Misty by Arinzé Kene (Bush and West End)\, NASSIM by Nassim Soleimanpour (Bush\, Traverse Theatre and world tour)\, Going Through by Estelle Savasta and Islands by Caroline Horton. As Associate Director working alongside Madani Younis\, his credits include The Royale by Marco Ramirez\, Leave Taking by Winsome Pinnock and Perseverance Drive by Robin Soans. Outside the Bush\, he directed Olivier nominated show You’re Not Like The Other Girls Chrissy by Caroline Horton and co-created acclaimed sitespecific show The Mill: City of Dreams with Madani Younis for Freedom Studios. In 2020 he co-created Autoreverse with Florencia Cordeu\, which opened the Going Global season at Battersea Arts Centre in February. Omar is currently developing projects with the Almeida\, National Theatre\, Manchester HOME\, Staatstheater Mainz\, Collective Ma’louba and The Shed in New York. \n  \nShubbak Festival is the UK’s premier festival of contemporary Arab arts and culture. \nThis year’s ambitious programme connects you to the very best contemporary Arab artists. Dive into marathon DJ sets\, watch Hip Hop\, rap and trap legends\, enjoy re-imagined classics\, installations in iconic settings\, and listen as audio guided tours take you to an imaginary city. \nShubbak is live in London\, online and broadcasting from Beirut\, Gaza\, Marrakech\, Slemani\, Riyadh\, Khartoum and Doha. Join artists\, audiences and communities locally and globally through a festival programme that has been conceived especially for this year’s exceptional conditions. \nWitness the extraordinary creativity\, responsiveness and imaginative power of Arab artists to speak of our times. Join the Festival from 20th June – 17th July\, 2021! Follow the action via @shubbakfestival. \n\n \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/return-of-danton-world-premiere/ CATEGORIES:Digital,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/THE-RETURN-OF-DANTON-_-Image_Molter-Sartor-01-2-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210620T120000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210620T120000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210618T125104Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000166-1624190400-1624190400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:The Body As Data : Uninvited DESCRIPTION:Live performance by Tom Tegento at Margate beach. Created by Sidonie Carie-Green and Tom Tegento. \nThis site specific performance follows the shifting identity of a refugee living in Kent – exploring his embodied practice as an uninvited guest into loaded political and coastal spaces. \nThis performance will begin at the Nayland Rock Shelter\, moving across the beach and finally up to the Turner Contemporary. \nThere will also be a livestream. See: https://www.thebodyasdataproject.com/events-2 URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-body-as-data-uninvited/ CATEGORIES:Performance & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screen-Shot-2021-06-18-at-14.46.27.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210619T190000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210619T190000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210604T155325Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000177-1624129200-1624129200@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:I See My Ghost Coming From Afar DESCRIPTION:An online theatre performance via http://www.seenaryo.org/refugee-week-2021/ \nTaking its name from the poem by Palestinian writer Mahmoud Darwish\, I See My Ghost Coming From Afar is a physical theatre production devised by young Palestinian & Lebanese actors. \nThis show was developed by Seenaryo in partnership with Goethe Institut Libanon. \nThe performance is being streamed in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts as part of Refugee Week. \nFollowing the performance\, the cast will be speaking to a group of young people in Germany\, exploring themes around gender and sexuality. Tune in to watch their conversation. \nThis conversation is hosted by Seenaryo in collaboration with Bund Deutscher Amateurtheater as part of their TheaterWelten digital festival. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/i-see-my-ghost-coming-from-afar/ CATEGORIES:Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/A63I8132-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210619T143000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210619T170000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210528T050926Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000181-1624113000-1624122000@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Uprootedness & Hybridity DESCRIPTION:Uprootedness & Hybridity: Researching Eastern-European intergenerational trauma in the arts and theatre \nOnline seminar initiated by Monika Dorniak \nProduced by Counterpoints Arts as part of Refugee Week 2021 \n19 June\, 15.30h (CET) 14.30h (UK) -18.00h (CET) \nFull details and free booking via Eventbrite \nA Zoom link will be sent to registrants on the day of the event. \nWith contributions by: Monika Dorniak & Susanna Rydz\, Olesya Khromeychuk\, Nina Mdivani\, Jessica Ostrowicz\, Red Zenith Collective \nImage courtesy of Monika Dorniak \nOur bodies store memories that far exceed our lifetimes\, and the global increase in migrations and forced displacements leads us to new reflections on our belonging and identity. In the past decades\, artists\, scientists and historians have become increasingly interested in the research of intergenerational trauma\, and the impact of our ancestors traumatic experiences on our present identities. Wars do not only deconstruct landscapes and bodies\, but destroy cultural archives and artefacts\, which leave descendants with no less than fragmented images of their bygone ‘realities’. \nThis seminar will introduce artistic quests across Eastern European history from four different perspectives. While sharing our personal and intimate reflections\, we are unravelling the complexity of intergenerational trauma collectively\, and allow space for different questions that may lead us to new answers. \nTransmission of trauma is not limited to genes only\, but could also be experienced through its reenactment in the arts and theatre. \nIn our seminar\, Ukrainian historian and theatre maker Olesya Khromeychuk describes the ongoing war in Donbas\, and introduces three documentary plays\, based on war testimonies of witnesses or participants. \nThe traumatic events of the Shoah and their impact on the Jewish culture are a major theme for British artist Jessica Ostrowicz\, whose sculptural works introduce healing rituals and repetitions. \nIn their lecture performance German-Polish artists Monika Dorniak and Susanna Rydz analyse hybridity\, othering\, and their ancestors experience of oppression. \nNew York-based curator Nina Mdivani will talk about the impact of the multiple Russian invasions of Georgia in the 20th century on cultural and artistic processes\, and questions how art can reflect historical meaning-making and victimhood by bridging fiction and reality. \nThe lectures conclude with a group discussion that is open to the audience. \nThe seminar will end with a healing workshop by The Red Zenith Collective. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/uprootedness-hybridity/ CATEGORIES:Learning ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MonikaDorniak_Untitled_2018-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210621 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210611T160942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145009Z UID:10000168-1623974400-1624233599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:A departure with no return DESCRIPTION:‘A departure with no return’ is a touring mural which was commissioned by Counterpoints Arts for Refugee Week 2021. \nIt launches on Friday 18th June\, at Southbank Centre’s Riverside Terrace. (Please note opening times may have changed due to adverse weather this weekend.) \nMigrant culture is mostly represented through those who have concluded their journeys – those who have arrived\, survived\, and settled. The culture testifies the struggles of accepting a new home in a foreign land. And affirms the distance of a homeland\, mounting the notion of “origin” as the central piece to the migrant’s spirituality. However\, there is a great deal of spirituality and imagination that entails a migrant’s journey – after their departure and before their arrival – that we believe is strongly underrepresented. \nThe BLKBRD collective desires to pay homage to the labour behind their migrations. Their spiritual imagination which has moulded their impossible journeys. \nBLKBRD is a South London based collective of artists. They seek to champion stories and experiences of people who have been sidelined from popular culture. The Collective is concerned with honouring the sacrifices of migrants to Britain today and through out time. From the transatlantic slave trade\, to the contemporary\nrefugee crisis\, the Windrush scandal\, to the disproportionate BAME death toll for COVID-19. Their aim is to explore the traditionally underrepresented legacies of migration to the UK\, and firmly believe that art and community are inseparable. During the COVID-19 lockdown\, The Collective created a series of 20+ self-funded murals across a depressed and boarded-up London. The murals form the “Stay Strong!” route\, transmit messages of resilience for frontline workers such as paramedics\, nurses\, transport operators\, market staff and the public at large. Following the self-funded mural project\, the Collective have delivered public art installations for the National Maritime Museum\, New Covent Garden Market and the Royal Drawing School. \nBLKBRD are this year’s Counterpoints commissioned artists\, as part of our ‘To love\, care\, breathe… as acts of justice’ commissioning project. \nWith thanks to our Southbank Centre colleagues for support and collaboration. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/a-departure-with-no-return/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/meridian-2-up.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210618 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210620 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210527T135422Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000183-1623974400-1624147199@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:DJs on Southbank Centre's Riverside Terrace DESCRIPTION:Mark Refugee Week and celebrate this year’s theme ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’ with two days of performances from incredible DJs\, in collaboration with Southbank Centre. \nFriday 18th June \n17:00 to 19:00 – Erica Mckoy  \n19:00 to 20:30 – Raheel Khan \n20:30 to 22:00 – Sahila \nSaturday 19th June \n14:00 to 16:00 – KMT Freedom Teacher  \n16:00 to 18:00 – Kensaye  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/djs-on-southbank-centres-riverside-terrace/ CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Dynamic-4babe5b8-4399-547b-9504-8765e67dd5b3.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T163000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210617T163000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210606T131218Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000176-1623947400-1623947400@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Refugee Week Family Event: Michael Rosen and Sita Brahmachari DESCRIPTION:Join authors Michael Rosen and Sita Brahmachari in conversation with Sanchita Basu De Sarkar at this free online event for Refugee Week\, recommended for children aged nine and over. \nThe two authors will share stories and poems inspired by people on the move and answer questions from audience members of all ages. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMuch-loved author Michael Rosen writes with frankness and heart about some of humanity’s most difficult experiences\, including in ‘Many Different Kinds of Love’\, written after his near-death experience with Covid-19\, and ‘The Missing’\, a study of the fate of his father’s uncles in World War Two. \nHis children’s books about migration include ‘On the Move’\, a deeply personal poetry collection about migration and displacement. Rosen features in the ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’ portrait series\, shot by acclaimed photographer Misan Harriman for Refugee Week 2021. \nSita Brahmachari’s upcoming book ‘Swallow’s Kiss’ is an uplifting story that explores the common threads that connect our communities\, inspired by Barhmachari’s experience as artist-in-residence at the Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants\, along with the book’s illustrator Jane Ray. Swallow’s Kiss is published by Pop Up on 24 June. \nSanchita Basu De Sarkar is the owner of the Children’s Bookshop in Muswell Hill. \nThis event is hosted by Counterpoints Arts and Schools of Sanctuary\, with support from BookTrust. \nIt will be held on Zoom and only the speakers will be visible. A link will be sent out shortly before the event. \nWe recommend that children are accompanied by an adult. \nAbout the hosts: \nCounterpoints Arts is a leading national organisation in the field of arts\, migration and cultural change. It supports and produces the arts by and about migrants and refugees\, seeking to ensure that their contributions are recognised and welcomed. Counterpoints Arts coordinates Refugee Week in the UK\, an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees\, 14-20 June. \nSchools of Sanctuary is a growing network of more than 300 primary and secondary schools committed to supporting the thousands of young people seeking sanctuary in the UK. Schools of Sanctuary is part of City of Sanctuary UK. \nBookTrust is the UK’s largest reading charity and reaches millions of children every year with books\, resources and support to help develop a love of reading. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-family-event-michael-rosen-and-sita-brahmachari/ CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/RW_Rosen_Brahmachari_fb_twitter.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210617 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210621 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210527T124619Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000184-1623888000-1624233599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Out Of The Woods: New plays from the Balkans DESCRIPTION:Presented by Tamasha\, Intent New Theatre and Miran Hadžić – a podcast series from writers in Europe’s newest countries. \nFrom a history of turbulence and civil war\, the Balkans is a region waking up to the opportunities of independence\, with youthful and creative populations creating a vibrant present. Travel restrictions have limited the possibilities for citizens in the region to live and work in the rest of Europe. But art and cultural festivals are flourishing and Balkan writers have tales to tell about the past\, present and future. \nOut Of The Woods is the latest development\, riding the wave of the podcast revolution to bring Balkan stories to a wider audience\, online. These fresh\, funny and provocative new audio dramas showcase a new generation of writers from a region carving out its own identity\, and eager to tell its own stories. \nOut Of The Woods premieres as part of Counterpoints Arts’ Refugee Week programme as a series of ‘gathered listening’ events via Zoom. These plays represent the first tranche of an ongoing initiative to use independent audio drama to bring contemporary Kosovan and Balkan stories to the world. \nLink to booking the three events. \nHere is a fantastic trailer\, a taster of the new audio dramas: \nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Out-of-the-Woods-Trailer-Out-in-June.mp3 \n  \nOn Kosovo Field  by Fin Kennedy (Thurs 17 June 7pm-9pm) \nThis 75-minute drama tells the story of two Kosovan-born\, Manchester-raised siblings\, Dardan and Rebeka\, who fled their homeland as unaccompanied child refugees in the 1990s. When a mass grave is uncovered close to their old village\, they return to the country for the first time as young adults\, to see if they can finally solve the mystery of what happened to their parents. Originally broadcast on BBC Radio 4\, On Kosovo Field features original songs by PJ Harvey\, whose travels and notebooks from time spent in Kosovo inspired writer Fin Kennedy to follow in her footsteps. Kennedy donated his fee from the project to fund new work by new writers from the region\, which directly led to the Out Of The Woods audio dramas. \nFifth Dimension  by Miran Hadžić (Sat 19 June 7pm-8.30pm) \nTom is a one-time popular musician who is now making radio jingles for a living. He wants to join his German wife and daughter\, who have left the UK after it has become a hostile environment for non-English people. But when Tom is commissioned by the government to write a new national anthem\, he becomes trapped between two worlds and has to find a way out… \nWriter Miran Hadžić was born in Sarajevo\, Bosnia-Herzegovina but was raised in London. He visited Kosovo to work with acclaimed composer Trimor Dhomi on this 45-minute dark satire on a dystopian UK. \nWhere is Mr President?  by Agnesa Mehanolli (Sun 20 June 5pm-6.30pm) \nWhen the President of Kosovo fails to appear at a large Independence Day rally\, his senior officials go into overdrive to try to locate him. As time ticks on\, a power vacuum emerges which neither the Prime Minister nor Head of Parliament are prepared to fill. Instead\, to prevent widespread unrest\, they appoint the most unlikely of candidates… A hilarious new satire from Pristina-based new writer Agnesa Mehanolli. \nNude  by Ulpiana Maloku (Sun 20 June 5pm-6.30pm) \nA proud middle-aged mother takes her best friend to a landmark exhibition by her artist son Guri\, whose painting career is starting to take off. Kosovo’s latest art sensation specialises in contemporary nudes\, but neither woman is prepared for what they find when they finally see Guri’s paintings for themselves… A quirky comedy from Pristina-based writer Ulpiana Maloku. \nOut Of The Woods premieres at Counterpoint Arts’ Refugee Week (14-19 June 2021) as a series of ‘gathered listening’ events via Zoom. These plays represent the first tranche of an ongoing initiative to use independent audio drama to bring contemporary Kosovan and Balkan stories to the world. \nCounterpoints Arts is proud and delighted to be working with this exciting partnership\, and to support the ‘gathered listening’ series this Refugee Week. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/out-of-the-woods-new-plays-from-the-balkans/ CATEGORIES:Digital,Theatre ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/Out-Of-The-Woods_Artwork_FINAL_NO-TEXT_2500x1600-1.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T180000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210616T193000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210529T052759Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000179-1623866400-1623871800@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Together\, We Care - an evening of sharing & storytelling\, led by the Giant Dolls' house Project DESCRIPTION:A box made by a member of the Giant Dolls’ house community. Credit: Dolls’ house Project. \n  \nAn event produced in collaboration between SCAN\, SBSBE*\, the Giant Dolls’ House Project and Oxfam GB \nAn evening sharing stories contributed through the Giant Dolls’ House Project\, stories of hope\, community\, and family told by Syrian playwright Anan Tello. Members of SCAN also made dolls’ houses reflecting on their Syrian heritage. \nFollow this link to book your ticket to the event. \nThis event showcase the Giant Dolls’ House Together\, We Care exhibition and the stories that created it. By asking refugee and non-refugee families to make a doll house that tells their stories of home\, community and belonging\, the project attempts to create solidarity and understanding across the political and socio-economic divide. \nMake your contribution to the Giant Dolls’ house exhibition ahead of the event. \nThis event is part of Refugee Week and the London Festival of Architecture. \n*SBSBE: Syrian British Society of the Built Environment \nAbout the Giant Dolls’ House Project \nThe Giant Dolls’ House Project is an inter­na­tion­al col­lab­o­ra­tive arts project. It engages local com­mu­ni­ties and rais­es aware­ness for home­less­ness and refugees. The aim of the project is to make peo­ple aware of the impor­tance of a home and com­mu­ni­ty for all and to cel­e­brate a unit­ed diversity. \nSince its start in Octo­ber 2014 the project has been to Dubai\, North Car­oli­na\, Goa\, Jor­dan\, Bournemouth and has been part of the Lon­don Fes­ti­val of Archi­tec­ture for five con­sec­u­tive years. The instal­la­tions cre­at­ed can be used as con­ver­sa­tion pieces\, to tell sto­ries\, or just to look at. Each instal­la­tion is very depen­dent on the dif­fer­ent col­lab­o­ra­tors over the years and demon­strates the diver­si­ty of groups involved in the project. We found that the dolls’ house can be used to explore ideas of iden­ti­ty\, both shared as well as per­son­al\, and that the dolls’ house project is always a good reflec­tion of the dif­fer­ent peo­ple who have cre­at­ed it. \nFur­ther­more\, the idea of ​‘just mak­ing’ has been a great suc­cess. What could be called casu­al craft; find­ing out by mak­ing\, tin­ker­ing\, using your hands and every­day mate­ri­als\, has been an impor­tant theme in the dif­fer­ent instal­la­tions. Think­ing through craft and mak­ing has res­onat­ed with the wide range of par­tic­i­pants who have par­tic­i­pat­ed in the project. \nThe project is the ini­tia­tive of Cat­ja de Haas who has con­duct­ed research into minia­ture and the home as part of her PhD by design. The project is run as part of her archi­tec­tur­al practice. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/together-we-care/ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Craft & Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/example-2.1-VGDH21_11AnanBL.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210615T183000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210615T200000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210525T133504Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000185-1623781800-1623787200@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Listen to the World DESCRIPTION:‘Listen to the World’ open mic nights at St Ethelburga’s Centre for Reconciliation and Peace are a place where the musical traditions and talents of migrants\, refugees and asylum seekers find a home among local artists. Counterpoints Arts is supporting this launch event\, taking place during Refugee Week. \nCome and join us\, as either a listener or performer\, everyone is welcome; British locals\, as well as those who have settled here more recently. We will be celebrating this year’s Refugee Week theme – We Cannot Walk Alone. \n‘Listen to the World’ Open Mic night is a live hybrid show where anyone in the audience\, professional or first-timer can come and sing or play an instrument\, online or in person (see more below).   \n  \nTickets\, for both in-person and online events – are here.\n\n  \nFeatured Artists\nBumi Thomas \nBumi is a contemporary Scottish Nigerian singer-songwriter whose ethereal voice stokes the soul transcendentally. Her acoustic and evocative style is inspired by her multicultural heritage expressed visually and sonically as invocations of non-linear identity. ‘I tell stories about movement\, migration\, displacement\, joy and humanity. \nHer cinematic sound combines jazz\, high-life rhythms\, palmwine grooves\, reggae and blues\, infused with folk and delivered with soul. Her musicality is rich in texture\, stimulating lyrics\, haunting melodies and raw emotion. BUMI earned her stripes on the live circuit and has shared the stage with many musical greats\, including Tony Allen\, Ginger Baker\, Keziah Jones\, Shingai Shoniwa\, Ayanna Witter Johnson\, Melody Gardot\, Rhiannon Giddens\, Laura Mvula\,  Les Amazones des Afrique\, Andrew Ashong and more. Playing sold out shows in  venues such as the London Jazz Cafe\, Roundhouse\, Somerset House\, Ronnie Scotts\,  Royal Festival Hall\,WOW (Women of the World) Festival\, Frieze Art Fair\,  eARTh\, Houses of Parliament\, Tate Modern  Autograph\, New Art Exchange\, Royal Opera House  London Palladium and the Royal Albert Hall. \nHer latest Ep ‘Broken Silence’ released June 2020 has been described as ‘Timely and visceral’ by the Sunday Times and ‘Strikingly Original ‘ by London Jazz News. The lead Single ‘Black Child’ was featured  LIVE on BBC Radio 4 Loose Ends  and  Edinburgh International Festival. ou can find Bumi on twitter\, instagram and facebook. \n  \nIbrahim Fanous \nIbrahim is a vocalist and kerar player\, composer and music producer based in London.  Born in Kassala\, a state in eastern Sudan\, Ibrahim began his vocal training at a young age in three different languages – Arabic\, Tigrinya and Amharic.  After successfully recording with the music ensemble\, AfriCairo in Egypt\, Ibrahim joined and performed with the acclaimed Nile Project in 2017\, touring north Africa\, US\, Europe and the UK\, including at the Barbican\, London.  In 2020 we were excited to welcome Ibrahim as a performer ‘in residence’ for St Ethelburga’s music and poetry open mic programme\, Presence.  Ibrahim’s YouTube account. \n  \nWhat happens at an open mic event?\nAlongside featured artists\, members of the audience can sign up to perform too.  You can respond to the theme of the evening\, ‘We cannot walk alone’ or with whatever is on your heart.  This is a fun\, relaxing evening where anyone; professional or first-timer\, can perform to an appreciative audience. Or you can simply come and listen.  You sign up for an Open Mic slot when you arrive at the event (online or in-person).  There are six slots and each slot is for one or two songs/ for 3-5mins. \nHybrid event – how to attend\nYou can attend Listen to the World online\, or in person at St Ethelburga’s.  Both Bumi Thomas and Ibrahim Fanous will be performing from St Ethelburga’s\, broadcasting live to guests online as well as to an in-person audience. \nAttending on zoom\, you will need: \n\nA zoom account (you can download a free Zoom account here to your computer\, or phone).  New to Zoom?  Watch this video to learn how to join a zoom event.\nReasonable wifi.\n\nIf you are attending in person\, St Ethelburga’s operate a COVID secure environment which includes the following conditions: \n\nTest and trace sign in using the NHS app and QR code\, or manually.\nA maximum of 30 people in the venue\, with seating set out 2m apart.  You can see the venue (Nave) here.\nGuests are requested to keep a 2m physical distance from others at all times\, unless attending with members of one other household\, or with members of their support bubble.\nGuests to wear masks at all times.\nPlease contact jo.winsloe@stethelburgas.org if you have any questions about attending in person.\n\nCo-ordinator: For all questions about the Open Mic event or to be added to the mailing list\, please contact Jo Winsloe Slater at  jo.winsloe@stethelburgas.org. \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/listen-to-the-world/ CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/BUMI-THOMAS_PRESS-SHOT-2.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210701 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210611T120933Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000170-1623628800-1625097599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:A Creeper\, Me & A Dead Bird DESCRIPTION:A Creeper\, Me & A Dead Bird is a meditation on freedom\, repression\, and hope. \nA new performance piece by artist Kajoli Iloyak. \nWhen the Ivy does not find its tower. When the delicate creeper does not find a strong wall. Do we know how parasite plants can grow but can’t prosper? \nA woman should never be insecure. Should never be struggling financially\, spiritually\, emotionally. Should never rely on others. \nA dead bird doesn’t necessarily portend physical death\, but metaphorical death. This dead bird marks the end of your search and struggle. A new beginning is just around the corner. More specifically\, it symbolizes the end of something and the start of something else. \nTo watch the performance head to Counterpoints Arts Vimeo. Launch 10am on 14th June\, the start of Refugee Week. It will be available to watch to the end of the month. \nFilmed and produced by Manuel Vason. \nFor ages 16+ URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/a-creeper-me-a-dead-bird/ CATEGORIES:Film and Photography,Performance & Dance ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Screenshot-255.png END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210609T160052Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000174-1623628800-1624838399@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:No Direction Home in Coventry DESCRIPTION:As part of Coventry Welcomes\, Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 is producing a series of in-person and online gigs in partnership with Counterpoints Arts and our No Direction Home comedy project. \nGuest headliners include Shappi Khorsandi\, Nish Kumar\, Kai Samra and Rosie Jones. \nGigs will be hosted by Stella Graham. \nFull details here: https://coventry2021.co.uk/what-s-on/no-direction-home/ \nAnd here: https://coventry2021.co.uk/what-s-on/no-direction-home-coventry-showcase-online/ URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-in-coventry/ CATEGORIES:Comedy ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/nish.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210621 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210612T155351Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000167-1623628800-1624233599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Ayanna Witter-Johnson: live performance at the V&A DESCRIPTION:Image: Nick Howe. \n  \nA stunning live performance by Ayanna Witter-Johnson\, from the V&A’s Ancient Silver and Stained Glass Gallery. \nJoin us at Refugee Week Facebook page – Thursday 17th June @ 4pm –  for this very special screening of three tracks\, by the award winning musician of incredible talent. \nLook out for Ayanna’s portrait\, taken by Misan Harriman\, as part of this year’s We Cannot Walk Alone Refugee Week commission. \n  \nMore about the artist: \nSinger\, songwriter\, cellist Ayanna Witter-Johnson is a rare exception to the rule that classical and alternative r&b music cannot successfully coexist. \nGraduating with a first from both Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and the Manhattan School of Music\, Ayanna was a participant in the London Symphony Orchestra’s Panufnik Young Composers Scheme and became an Emerging Artist in Residence at London’s Southbank Centre. She was a featured artist with Courtney Pine’s Afropeans: Jazz Warriors and became the only non-American to win Amateur Night Live at the legendary Apollo Theatre in Harlem\, NYC. \nAs a composer she has been commissioned by the London Symphony Orchestra\, Güerzenich Orchester\, Ligeti Quartet\, Kronos Quartet\, The Hip-Hop Shakespeare Company and as an arranger/orchestrator for the London Symphony Orchestra (Hugh Masekela\, Belief!) and the BBC Symphony Orchestra (Urban Classic). \nSince releasing her EP’s (‘Truthfully’\, ‘Black Panther’ & ‘Ella\, Reuben & Ay’) and her debut album ‘Road Runner’ via her own record label (Hill and Gully Records) working with producers Marc Mac (4Hero)\, James Yarde (Terri Walker\, Jamelia\, Eric Benet) and featuring artists including pianist Robert Mitchell and rapper Akala. Ayanna has collaborated with several artists including Anoushka Shankar and Nitin Sawhney\, extensively toured the UK and several countries in Europe\, whilst gaining a MOBO nomination\, receiving airplay on stations including BBC Radio 1\, 1xtra\, 2\, 3\, 4\, 6\, BBC London\, BBC Manchester\, Jazz FM and Scala Radio\, TV features on BBC One London News and London Live and producing three commercial music videos via her YouTube channel. \nA performer of extraordinary versatility her live shows are intimate journeys that chronicle her experience as a female artist in the 21st century. Because of her musical prowess\, mesmerising vocals\, non-compromising lyrics and ability to deftly reinterpret songs on the cello\, Ayanna is able to straddle both the classical and urban worlds effortlessly. She is the definition of eclectic soul. \nCurrently working on her sophomore album Ayanna has recently appeared on Channel 4 (Sing It Loud) and Later…with Jools Holland (BBC1) and is preparing to return to the live arena whilst working on a number of commissions for ensembles and orchestras in UK and Europe. \n \nSoundcloud  Twitter  Instagram  Youtube \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/ayanna-witter-johnson-live-performance-at-the-va/ CATEGORIES:Music ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/NH_AYANNAWJ17__1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210614 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210621 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210426T140940Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000192-1623628800-1624233599@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Moving Worlds 2021 DESCRIPTION:Moving Worlds is a programme of films available to watch at home during Refugee Week\, a UK-wide festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees (14-20 June 2021) \nResponding to this year’s Refugee Week theme ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’\, the programme is a curated programme of features and shorts exploring personal experiences of forced displacement\, stories of unexpected alliances\, unlikely friendships and stories that celebrate difference\, while inviting us to focus on how we can walk alongside one another. \nMoving Worlds UK is curated and programmed by Nelli Stavropoulou for Counterpoints Arts. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/moving-worlds-2021/ CATEGORIES:Film and Photography ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/moving-worlds.jpeg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20210612T103000 DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20210612T120000 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210528T162747Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145414Z UID:10000180-1623493800-1623499200@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Giant Dolls’ house project: Together\, we care. Dolls’ house making workshop with Archimake DESCRIPTION:A dolls’ house making workshop with Archimake for the 2021 Virtual Giant Dolls’ House installation ‘Together we care.’ We invite you to engage creatively with your experiences of this last year\, or of those close to you\, in solidarity and together with the 79.5 million displaced people\, through creating of your own dolls’ house. We will assemble all dolls’ houses into a Giant Dolls’ house. The larger the final installation\, the more we show that ​‘together we care’. The installation is in collaboration with Oxfam. \nBook your place for this making collective workshop via Eventbrite. \nThe deadline is June 14th and you can submit a picture of your dolls’ house anytime through the Giant Dolls’ House website. \nThe Giant Dolls’ House project is a social arts project that asks participants of all ages to make a dolls’ house in a shoe­box to engage them with their personal experiences and shows that all people are equally idiosyncratic. \nArchimake runs educational architecture and design workshops for young people encouraging creative\, independent thinkers and positive communicators. \nSee also the event of sharing stories contributed through the Giant Dolls’ House Project. – event link. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/giant-dolls-house-project-together-we-care-dolls-house-making-workshop-with-archimake/ CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Craft & Design ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/VGDH-Installation20-Thank-You-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210628 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210527T154616Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145008Z UID:10000182-1623196800-1624838399@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:Refugee Week 2021 at the V&A: We cannot walk alone DESCRIPTION:Image: As Far As Isolation Goes\, by Tania El-Khoury and Basel Zaraa. Credit: Marcia Chandra. \n  \nWe’ll shortly be announcing the final exciting elements of our collaboration with the V&A. \nJoin us for a week long programme of online activities and in-person projects \nThe programme includes: \n  \nMisan Harriman: We Cannot Walk Alone \nat V&A’s Dome\, Main Entrance \nA new portrait series by acclaimed photographer Misan Harriman captures eight artistic and cultural figures sharing the message ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’ for Refugee Week 2021. The figures\, who range from children’s author Michael Rosen to aspiring pilot and UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Maya Ghazal\, are people who have chosen to ‘walk alongside others’ in a range of creative ways\, showing that all of us have a role to play in creating a world where everyone is welcomed\, included and valued. \n\nFigures include:\n\nMichael Rosen\, Children’s Author and Poet \nYasmin Khan\, Author\, Broadcaster and Cook \nIkram Abdi Omar\, Model \nMaya Ghazal\, Pilot\, UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador and Syrian refugee \nBishop Jonathan Clark\, Bishop of Croydon \nHossam Fazulla\, Filmmaker and Producer \nAyanna Witter-Johnson\, Cellist and Singer \nMaria Igwebuike\, Sustainable Lingerie Designer \n  \nOnline Workshop: Shemza Islamic Digital Painting. Supported by Art Jameel. \nOnline\, 12th June\, 10:30 to 12:30 \nCreate your own digital paintings inspired by the work of artist Anwar Jalal Shemza and objects from the V&A collection. Led by renowned multimedia artist Aphra Shemza\, develop your digital art skills while learning about the place of migrant voices within British Art History. \nBook your place here. \nThis workshop is centred around the shemza.digital project\, a collaboration with computer artist Stuart Batchelor and the Estate of Anwar Jalal Shemza. Shemza.digital is based on the work of Aphra’s grandfather\, British/Pakistani painter Anwar Jalal Shemza. \nNo previous experience needed. This event will take place through Zoom. For this workshop you will be use a free online digital painting tool that requires access to a desktop computer\, laptop or tablet. This workshop is for adults 18+ \n  \nOnline Workshops: This Home In My Hand with Samak Bilab Bi Delo. Supported by Art Jameel. \nOnline\, 14th June\, 18:30 to 20:30 \nWherever you call home\, this two part workshop invites you to explore the intersection of local industry\, heritage craft\, and material composition. How might these connections inspire regeneration and foster community? Hear about the work of Samak Bilab Bi Delo in Palestine and Jordan\, and take inspiration from the V&A collection to think about how objects from the past might inform contemporary design and change society. Participants will be invited to develop and share design ideas connected to their region. \nHosted by the founders of Samak Bilab Bi Delo\, a multi-national artist collective that combines art education\, heritage Palestinian craft and textile production\, and Jordanian artisanal dyeing. \nPart 1: The Museum in My Home – Redefining material; find a new perspective of personal possessions through an exploration of objects from the V&A collection \nPart 2: Hands on! How objects can inform contemporary design and change society \nBook your place. \nThis event will take place through Zoom. For this workshop you will need access to a desktop computer\, laptop or tablet.\nThis workshop is for adults 18+ \nwww.samakbilabbidelo.com\nwww.instagram.com/samakbilabbidelo \n  \nOnline Talk: LGBTQ/Refugee Week \nOnline\, 16th June\, 13:00 to 14:00 \nJoin the V&A’s award-winning LGBTQ+ guides for this special online tour created especially for Refugee Week. Celebrating the 2021 theme ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’\, this talk will share the remarkable stories of LGBTQ+ refugees who were trailblazers in their field of art or performance and paved the way for others. \nBook your place here. \nThis talk will take place over Zoom: you will require access to a desktop computer\, laptop or tablet. For adults 18+ \n  \nOnline Workshop: Shemza Digital Islamic Painting (13-15 Years). Supported by Art Jameel. \nOnline\, 22 June\, 17:00 to 18:00 \nCreate your own digital paintings inspired by the work of artist Anwar Jalal Shemza and objects from the V&A collection. Led by renowned multimedia artist Aphra Shemza\, develop your digital art skills while learning about the place of migrant voices within British Art History. Please note this online workshop is for young people aged 13-15. \nBook your place. \nParent/Guardian consent form. \nThis workshop is centred around the shemza.digital project\, a collaboration with computer artist Stuart Batchelor and the Estate of Anwar Jalal Shemza. Shemza.digital is based on the work of Aphra’s grandfather\, British/Pakistani painter Anwar Jalal Shemza. \nNo previous experience needed. Please get a parent or guardian to complete the consent form and email it to us ahead of the event.\nThis event will take place through Zoom. For this workshop you will be use a free online digital painting tool that requires access to a desktop computer\, laptop or tablet. \n  \n  URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-2021-at-the-va/ CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/MCH041_RefugeeWeek2019_VA-1-scaled.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210609 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210610 DTSTAMP:20260430T021334 CREATED:20210524T135347Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240709T145415Z UID:10000186-1623196800-1623283199@counterpoints.org.uk SUMMARY:The Great British Fish & Chips DESCRIPTION:The new project from reportage artist Olivier Kugler & writer Andrew Humphreys explores the history and present-day reality of Fish & Chip shops in the UK. \nCommissioned by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Turner Contemporary and Canterbury Cathedral\, the work explores everyday stories of migration connected to Kent’s most celebrated high street food. \nPictures from around Kent\, telling stories of Fish & Chip shops owners and customers\, are beinge displayed on the exterior walls at Turner Contemporary from June 2021 as part of the Across Borders programme funded by Comic Relief. \nThere will also be an exhibition at Canterbury Cathedral. \nFish & Chips can be traced back to Huguenot and Jewish arrivals in the UK and people from all over the world continue to be central to the farming and fishing industries and the high street shops. \nAn associated schools project is running with Kent schools\, with work due to be displayed later this year. \nExhibition information: https://turnercontemporary.org/whats-on/great-british-fish-and-chips/ \nSome of the fish & chip shop owners featured in the work are pictured below at the exhibition launch. URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-kent-fish-chips-project/ CATEGORIES:Visual Arts ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/fishandchips-copy.jpeg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR