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SUMMARY:Pop Culture meets Social Change Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints Arts and OKRE are delighted to be organising our first online ‘Pop Culture meets Social Change Retreat.’ \nTaking place over three days\, the retreat will bring together a range of selected individuals from the worlds of comedy\, video gaming\, broadcast\, visual and performing arts\, digital and news media\, the charity sector together with the fields of policy\, activism and philanthropy. \nThe primary aim of bringing different people and sectors to this retreat is to lay the ground for new cross-sector exchanges\, ideas and collaborations\, with a view to finding better ways to represent the lived experiences of diverse communities and audiences within pop culture. We hope to create a space to nurture and connect a growing body of artists and change-makers operating in the dynamic intersection of popular culture and social change. The timing of this retreat is shaped by a series of significant intersecting social and cultural events\, including COVID-19\, Black Lives Matter and the MeToo movement alongside escalating environmental crises. These have further exposed deep inequalities in our society\, further amplified by perceived ‘culture wars’ over history\, culture and identity. \nRead more about the retreat \nThe retreat is by invite only\, but we will be live streaming a number of sessions to Facebook and Youtube. Full schedule: \nOur conversations on Day One will kick off with a keynote provocation by Marcus Ryder\, a leading diversity champion and co-author (alongside Sir Lenny Henry) of the hugely influential book: Access All Areas: The Diversity Manifesto for TV and Beyond.  The day will also feature the launch of a new report: New Brave World: The power\, opportunities and potential of pop culture for social change in the UK by Alice Sachrajda\, Marzena Zukowska and K Biswas. This report sketches a map of an emerging pop culture for social change ecosystem in the UK\, drawing from the insights of many commissioned practitioners and pointing to the opportunities to both influence and invest in what is still a nascent nonetheless immensely vibrant creative space. \nDay Two will explore questions surrounding pop culture and social change through the lens of comedy. It will feature conversations and workshops with top comedians including Britain’s Got Talent superstar Nabil Abdulrashid about how comedy engages\, provokes and activates public conversations about migration. Writers\, including Brian Logan and Momtaza Mehri\, will reflect on how we might expand and embed a critical discussion about comedy across both analogue and social media. The day ends with a ticketed comedy gig hosted by the brilliant Mo Omar and headlined by Fatiha El-Ghorri and Nabil Abdulrashid. \nThe discussions and workshops continue on Day Three with a focus on the immersive world of video games. Ubisoft’s Kurston Timothy\, Code Coven’s Tara Mustapha and actor August Aiden Black from hit game Tell Me Why are among the speakers exploring representation and the opportunities and impact of bringing diverse perspectives into game design. Get involved in the lunchtime Let’s Play session and join workshops on writing\, real world impact and more with hosts including narrative designer Corey Brotherson\, UN Live’s Nikolaj Møller and award-winning studio ustwo’s Maria Sayans. Then join us over on Twitch with Black Girl Gamers as they livestream a ‘play and chat’ on the games that most inspire. \nThe popular culture for social change ecosystem in the UK is ripe with potential\, but there is much to be done in the context of building new relationships and brokering trust and connections across and between practitioners and industries. We hope that this retreat will bring us together as artists\, creative producers\, policymakers\, activists and funders for what promises to be a lively three days of talk\, collaboration and the imagining of future action.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/pop-culture-meets-social-change-retreat/
CATEGORIES:Pop Culture
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20210204
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210312
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week 'Slow' Conference
DESCRIPTION:A series of free online workshops exploring arts and culture for change ahead of Refugee Week 2021 \nJoin us to gain new skills\, grow your networks and reflect on our work and practice\, in preparation for Refugee Week 2021 (14-20 June). \nWhether you’re involved in arts and culture\, sports\, education\, comms\, community organising\, a faith community\, social enterprise (or something else!) or are just interested in finding out more\, everyone is welcome! \nSee the full Slow Conference programme here\, and click ‘register’ to sign up to your choice of workshops. \nThe Slow Conference will kick off with a launch event on Thursday 04 February sharing everything you need to know to get take part in Refugee Week 2021. Sign up for the launch event here. \nRefugee Week is an annual festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees\, in which anyone is welcome to hold an event or activity. Refugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June\, and the theme is ‘We Cannot Walk Alone’. \nWhether you are new to Refugee Week\, or an experienced organiser\, this event will help you understand the theme\, learn about existing plans\, get inspired and make new connections. \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-slow-conference/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201217T121500
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SUMMARY:شاركوا معنا في مهرجان أسبوع اللاجئ ٢٠٢
DESCRIPTION:لقاء باللغة العربية عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nهل أنتم مهتمون بالمبادرات الفنية والثقافية للجمع بين الناس ولزيادة الوعي عن تجارب اللاجئين؟ \nانضموا إلى لقائنا باللغة العربية من خلال تطبيق زووم لمعرفة المزيد عن أسبوع اللاجئ وكيف يمكنكم المشاركة. إن كنت فنان/ة ،ناشط/ة، مؤسس/ة لمشاريع أو فقط تريد أن تعرف المزيد فمرحباً بكم أينما كنتم. \nأسبوع اللاجئ هو مهرجان سنوي يحتفل بمساهمات اللاجئين، ويزيد من الوعي عن أسباب البحث عن ملاذ. \nهو دعوة مفتوحة لجميع المهتمين بتأسيس نشاط أو فعالية من خلاله. \nأسبوع اللاجئ ٢٠٢١ يبدأ من ١٤ حتى ٢٠ يونيو، وموضوع هذا العام سيكون (لا نستطيع أن نمشي وحدنا) \nاحجزوا تذاكركم المجانية هنا وسنرسل لكم رابط زووم للاجتماع عبر البريد الإلكتروني. \nمؤسسة Counterpoints Arts تنسق أسبوع اللاجئ في المملكه المتحده. \nAre you interested in how the arts\, culture and community initiatives can bring people together and help encourage understanding of refugee experiences? \nJoin us for an online session in Arabic to find out more about Refugee Week and how you can get involved. Whether you are an artist\, entrepreneur\, community activist or just interested in finding out more\, everyone is welcome\, wherever you are in the world. \nRefugee Week is an annual festival celebrating the contributions of refugees and promoting understanding of why people seek sanctuary. \nAnyone can take part by running their own event or activity. \nRefugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June\, and the theme is ‘We cannot walk alone’. \nImage (c) Joana Saramago
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/%d8%b4%d8%a7%d8%b1%d9%83%d9%88%d8%a7-%d9%85%d8%b9%d9%86%d8%a7-%d9%81%d9%8a-%d9%85%d9%87%d8%b1%d8%ac%d8%a7%d9%86-%d8%a3%d8%b3%d8%a8%d9%88%d8%b9-%d8%a7%d9%84%d9%84%d8%a7%d8%ac%d8%a6-%d9%a2%d9%a0%d9%a2/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201203T110000
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SUMMARY:#MonthlyMeet: Ask a Fundraiser with Miriam Sherwood
DESCRIPTION:Your fundraising questions answered at the December Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meet \nWhether you want to know more about where to find funding opportunities\, how to write a convincing application or are just wondering how to get started\, this Q&A session is a chance to put your question to straight to a fundraiser. \nMiriam is theatre-maker and arts fundraiser specialising in grant-writing and applications to Trusts\, Foundations and statutory organisations. Let us know your question via the sign-up form for this event\, and we’ll do our best to answer it! \nThis workshop is aimed at anyone working in the arts\, cultural or charity sectors\, and everyone is welcome. \nWe aim to make these sessions accessible to everyone who would like to take part – if you have any access requirements\, please let us know when you sign up. \nBook your fee place via Eventbrite
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/monthlymeet-ask-a-fundraiser-with-miriam-sherwood/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201105T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201105T121500
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SUMMARY:Beyond Zoom: Offline and ‘hybrid’ approaches to creative projects
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the first in a series of Refugee Week & Platforma Monthly Meets! \nThis first session will explore ways of doing creative work with communities at the current time that doesn’t rely entirely on working online. You will have the chance to hear from practitioners about different approaches \, ask questions and share your own experiences and ideas. \nFull details and free booking \nDetails of speakers to follow. \nRefugee Week and Platforma are holding friendly\, free online meet-ups on the first Thursday of every month\, for people interested in arts\, culture and social change to share learning and expand their networks. Everyone is welcome (and yes\, they are on Zoom )! \nWe aim to make these sessions accessible to everyone who would like to take part – if you have any access requirements\, please let us know by answering the question about access when you sign up for your ticket. \nPlatforma is a national network that supports and develops arts by\, about and with refugees and migrants\, and Refugee Week is a festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees (Refugee Week 2021 is 14-20 June). Platforma and Refugee Week are run/ coordinated by Counterpoints Arts. \nImage (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/beyond-zoom-offline-and-hybrid-approaches-to-creative-projects/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201030T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201030T190000
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SUMMARY:Bumi Thomas | Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:Bumi Thomas graces our Instagram this Black History Month with a very special performance of her songs\, accompanied by stories of her own Black heroes and heroines\, and also of identity\, migration and belonging. \nThe pre-recorded set\, in London’s iconic Oval House Theatre\, will be streamed at 7pm\, closing our ‘Black Heroes & Sheroes’ programme. This will be a poignant performance by the singer who experienced first hand the Government’s cruel hostile environment policies. Despite being born and living in this country for twenty years Bumi had to fight off a deportation order last year. She has turned those experiences into powerful body of work. \nAdding to her performance\, Bumi asks us to reflect on the story of Funmilayo Ransome Kuti\,  the Nigerian educator\, Suffragette and women’s rights activist\, and mother of  Fela Kuti\, the legendary socio-political leader and activist\, and father of Afrobeat. \nBumi will be performing with musicians Max Rad\, on ngoni\, and Oluwaseun Adeshino\, on acoustic bass. \nHead over to Bumi’s profile on our website to find more about this accomplished singer and artist. We see you on Friday! \nThe performance is filmed by Hossam Fazulla. \nCo-produced with the support of Longreel Records. \nImage credit: the Artist.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bumi-thomas-black-history-month/
CATEGORIES:Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201028T193000
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SUMMARY:Lucky Moyo | Black History Month
DESCRIPTION:We are incredibly proud to be highlighting the work of Lucky Moyo this Black History Month. Lucky has been a part of our Platforma Arts network for many years\, performing and collaborating as part of Festivals and participatory workshops. He is also one of the key artists in our work in the region of Kent. \nLucky will be performing a live music and storytelling set on our Facebook\, reflecting on his cultural and music heritage\, with stories that come across the borders. Tune in this Wednesday from 7:30pm. Lucky will be accompanied by musician Kenny Moyo. \nLucky’s artists profile is published on our Traces Project\, head over there to find our more about this versatile and experienced artist. \nA little more about Lucky: \nApart from being a singer and storyteller he is also a drummer\, dancer  and arts facilitator working with participants of all ages but often focusing on work in schools.\n\nLucky has truly international experiences\, having lived and worked in well over 45 countries. He’s played his music around the world in venues such as the Opera de Paris\, JF Kennedy Centre in Washington DC to wide audiences including people like the late global icon Nelson Mandela and Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.\n\nLucky a passion though has always been in doing work in small rural schools\, village community halls\, prisons\, school and immigration centres where he says the arts make a difference.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/lucky-moyo-black-history-month/
CATEGORIES:Music,Performance & Dance
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201028T180000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201028T193000
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SUMMARY:Launch: Digital City of Refuge
DESCRIPTION:A panel discussion on the digital representation of the city and its actors’ voices in the context of migration. \nJoin us for the launch of Digital City of Refuge: a collection of visual stories mapping the city of refuge as experienced and imagined by its actors in Athens\, Berlin and London. \nBooking via Eventbrite \nPanellists: \nMyria Georgiou (Professor\, Media@LSE)\nMarcia Chandra (Photographer\, Counterpoints Arts)\nDeena Dajani (Researcher\, IIED)\nRenée Ghammashi Abul-Ella (Founder and director at Al-Dar\, Berlin)\nAbdulrahman\, (Presenter of Beit-UK\, a video series supporting refugees\, London)\nMuhammad Ali Madanieh\, (Teacher\, husband\, father\, Syrian\, Athens)\nNatasa Vourna (Teacher\, activist\, Athens) \nThis visual storytelling project is associated with the project Resilient communities\, resilient cities? Digital makings of the city of refuge\, led by LSE in creative partnership with Counterpoints Arts and Proboscis. \nThe research project focuses on three urban neighbourhoods that received newcomers following the 2015-16 “migration crisis”: Athens (Downtown)\, Berlin (Neukölln) and London (Haringey). Through conversations\, focussed workshops and ethnographic storytelling walks\, the research explored the role of digital technologies and connectivities in mediating and managing the city of refuge by exploring three critical questions: \n— How are welcoming and inclusive cities constituted and communicated? \n— What are the obstacles to the city of refuge and how is it denied to those who need and desire it? \n— How is the city of refuge imagined and communicated as a sustainable\, and hopeful project? This event will launch the website\, digitalcityofrefuge.com\, which forms part of the wider research project Resilient communities\, resilient cities? Digital makings of the city of refuge. The project was funded through the LSE’s Institute of Global Affairs (IGA) as part of the Rockefeller Resilience Programme. \n‘Digital City of Refuge’ is produced by The Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and Counterpoints Arts with photographer Marcia Chandra. \nRead more about the project’s research methodology\, results and publications.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/launch-digital-city-of-refuge/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography,Learning
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20201027
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201031
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SUMMARY:Black Heroes & Sheroes
DESCRIPTION:This Black History Month we celebrate some of the black artists we work with\, who have either experienced displacement and/or make work that speaks of the interconnected themes of migration and racial justice. We’ve invited the artists to tell their stories through their work\, and tell stories of their own heroes and sheroes\, of contributions and histories that are an integral part of the culture and history of this country. \nOur Traces Project has two new profiles published to mark the Month. Mohammed Yahya is a Mozambican rapper who has performed internationally and has a socially engaged practice using music to build and inspire young people. Read Mohammed’s profile here. \nLucky Moyo\, musician\, dancer and storyteller has his own profile published on the Traces Project timeline\, and he also performs a vibrant Facebook live set on Wednesday 28th October\, at 7:30pm. \nThe final performance is by the brilliant British-Nigerian singer songwriter Bumi Thomas. At 6pm on Friday 30th October Bumi will present a set of her own songs and those of her heroes\, recorded in the iconic London Oval Theatre. Head over to our Instagram for this very special performance. Performance filmed by Hossam Fazulla. \nImage: Bumi Thomas. Credit: the Artist. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/black-heroes-sheroes/
CATEGORIES:Learning,Multi-Art Form,Music
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20201023T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201023T201500
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SUMMARY:RE:seeding\, in correspondence Performance to Camera by Jade Montserrat
DESCRIPTION:Online Premiere of Performance to Camera Commission + Q&A \nPart of performingbordersLIVE20 \nFriday 23 October / 7pm- 8.15pm \nFree tickets & English live captions: click here \nRE:seeding\, in correspondence is a new performance to camera suggesting that there is a connection between ourselves and the earth and that this line\, or connection\, like our communications with one another\, is drawing. \nDeveloped with film-makers Webb-Ellis\, Jade seeks to visualise these exchanges of energy\, the lines\, the communications\, and with that\, consider\, maybe on a global scale\, stewarding of our spaces. \nRE:seeding\, in correspondence documents processes of making virtual connections with a local community of people who have refugee status or are seeking asylum. Jade’s research topics on ownership\, body and land\, explored through a workshop with participants from MAFWA Theatre – an organisation in Leeds who make theatre with sanctuary seekers in Burmantofts\, Lincoln Green and Mabgate – included an exchange of materials: charcoal\, a sketchbook\, herb seeds and materials to grow them in with the intention of locating commonality through shared connection to earth\, soil\, and growth. \nA development of ‘Drawing as Contagion’\, a text and workshop devised in response to exhibition Instituting Care (Bluecoat; Humber Street Gallery) RE:seeding\, in correspondence extends Jade’s central idea that drawing is a mode of being or a mode of operating\, allowing further exploration of the question: What does it mean to survey and reclaim ‘environments’\, our relationship to space\, and where are potentials for reclamation or belongings? \nPerformance to Camera Collage by Jade Montserrat and Webb-Ellis \nEngagement and Project Management by Helen Moore \nThe online screening will be followed by a conversation between Jade Montserrat and Chandra Frank and a Q&A. \nCommissioned by performingborders\, East Street Arts and Counterpoint Arts for performingbordersLIVE20. Supported by Live Art Development Agency\, with funding from Arts Council England. \nBios \nJade Montserrat is an artist based in Scarborough\, England. She is the recipient of the Stuart Hall Foundation Scholarship which supports her PhD (via MPhil) at IBAR\, UCLan\, and the development of her work from her black diasporic perspective in the North of England. Jade works through performance\, drawing\, painting\, film\, installation\, sculpture\, print and text. Jade Montserrat is the recipient of the Stuart Hall Foundation Scholarship which supports her PhD (via MPhil) at IBAR\, UCLan\, (Race and Representation in Northern Britain in the context of the Black Atlantic: A Creative Practice Project) and the development of her work from her black diasporic perspective in the North of England. She was also awarded one of two Jerwood Student Drawing Prizes in 2017 for No Need for Clothing\, a documentary photograph of a drawing installation at Cooper Gallery DJCAD by Jacquetta Clark. Jade’s Rainbow Tribe project – a combination of historical and contemporary manifestations of Black Culture from the perspective of the Black Diaspora is central to the ways she is producing a body of work\, including No Need For Clothing and its iterations\, as well as her performance work Revue. Jade was commissioned to present Revue as a 24 hour live performance at SPILL Festival of Performance\, October 2018\, a solo exhibition at The Bluecoat\, Liverpool\, (Nov – 10 Mar 2019) which toured to Humber Street Gallery ( July-sept 2019) and was commissioned by Art on the Underground to create the 2018 Winter Night Tube cover. Iniva and Manchester Art Gallery have commissioned Jade as the first artist for the Future Collect project (2020). \nChandra Frank is a feminist researcher and independent curator who works on the intersections of archives\, waterways\, gender\, sexuality and race. Her curatorial practice explores the politics of care\, experimental forms of narration\, and the colonial grammar embedded within display and exhibition arrangements. Chandra earned a PhD in Media\, Communications and Cultural Studies from Goldsmiths\, University of London. She has published in peer-reviewed journals and exhibition catalogues\, including Feminist Review\, the Small Axe VLOSA catalogue\, The Place is Here publication and the collection Tongues. She recently co-edited a special issue on Archives for Feminist Review. Her curated exhibitions include Re(as)sistingNarratives(Amsterdam/Cape Town)\, Fugitive Desires(London)\, and Proclamation 73 (Durban) (co-curated with Zara Julius). Chandra curated the 2016 Archives Matter Conference at the Centre for Feminist Research at Goldsmiths. Currently\, Chandra is a Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Charles Phelps Taft Research Centre at the University of Cincinnati. chandrafrank.com \nFeatured image credits: Screen shot courtesy of Jade Montserrat. \nUPDATE \nWatch the performance online  \nWatch the post-performance discussion between Jade Montserrat and Chandra Frank
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/reseeding-in-correspondence-performance-to-camera-by-jade-montserrat/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Multi-Art Form
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SUMMARY:Arts Council Project Grants - information sessions
DESCRIPTION:Hear the latest from Arts Council England about Project Grants. Presented by the Network for Arts and Social Outcomes. Book now for one of two free sessions: \nSession 1: 2-3pm \nSession 2: 3.15-4.15pm \nArts Council England (ACE) recently announced that it is reopening applications for its National Lottery Project Grants. \nACE has pledged to make the new fund more responsive to the needs of smaller independent organisations and individual practitioners during Covid-19. \nThe Network for Arts and Social Outcomes is delighted to be joined by: \n\nRichard Ings\, the NCJAA’s Relationship Manager at ACE and the London Area champion for Arts in Health\, Wellbeing & Criminal Justice.\nJohn McMahon\, ACE lead for Arts and Health.\n\nPlease join us if you are interested in learning more about Project Grants and the overall ACE Let’s Create strategy. \nThis event is intended for indviduals and non-NPO organisations. A separate event for NPOs will be announced shortly. \nIf you have a question for ACE (or any questions about the event) please email: hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nLive captions will be available. \nSpaces at this event are limited\, so please sign up to one of the sessions via Eventbrite if you would like to attend. After registering\, you will receive a confirmation email containing a link to the Zoom address for the event. Please do not share this Zoom link – anyone attending will need to register on Eventbrite. \nSession 1: 2-3pm \nSession 2: 3.15-4.15pm \nThe event is being presented by a new network of “hub” organisations working across Arts and Social Outcomes including Arts & Homelessness International \, National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance\, LENS (Lived Experience Network)\, Music in Detention\, Counterpoint Arts/Platforma\, Culture Health and Wellbeing Alliance \, Graeae\, Age of Creativity \nPhoto: Marcia Chandra/Counterpoints Arts \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/arts-council-project-grants-information-sessions/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20201003T123000
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SUMMARY:Over The Line : Compass Collective
DESCRIPTION:Compass Collective present a new online exhibition ‘Over-The-Line’. \nIn the past few months Compass Collective has been working with talented young refugees and asylum seekers to deliver an interactive website showcasing the immense talent these young people posses. \nThey have been meeting weekly on Zoom\, offering young people the option of joining music\, acting or writing breakout rooms. \nNow these rooms are being opened up and you are invited to  watch\, listen\, experience their fantastic work. \nCounterpoints Arts will be hosting the online launch\, so join us at 12pm on Sat 3rd Oct for the live launch and to hear directly from some of our young people as well as some of the coders involved in the project.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/over-the-line-compass-collective/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Digital
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200901
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20210101
DTSTAMP:20260430T025448
CREATED:20200924T065809Z
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SUMMARY:Go Tell The Bees
DESCRIPTION:Planet Earth is in crisis. Digitally\, we are more plugged in than ever before\, yet so many of us talk of an increasing sense of disconnect from others and the natural world around us… \nThe idea of sharing important community and family news with bees is rooted across the folklore and mythological traditions of Wales and across the world. The story goes that\, whenever we fail to do so\, the bees will leave their hives and disappear from our area… \nOver the last four years the National Theatre of Wales TEAM has been embedded in the communities of Pembrokeshire\, exploring the key things that matter most for the people of the county. \nHaving decided on climate change and the environment as the most urgent issue\, Go Tell The Bees is the community’s co-created response – a bold new work that redefines the way in which theatre is made while telling a universal story of our human connection to nature and to each other. \nAlmir Koldzic\, Counterpoints Arts Director\, has been working with NTW as an Associate Artist and CO-Creator on the GO Tell The Bees project\, including helping to design a special Simple Acts programme – see the video below.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/go-tell-the-bees/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200821T190000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200821T203000
DTSTAMP:20260430T025448
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home featuring Sindhu Vee
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Just Festival\, Edinburgh \nRegister with Eventbrite (free\, donations welcome) \nLive\, online laughter from our brilliant No Direction Home comedy collective\, with Pepa Duarte\, Selam Mengistu\, Krishna Vytelingum\, Meron Abera and Tewodros Aregawe plus special guest headliner Sindhu Vee. \nNo Direction Home\, created by Counterpoints Arts\, Camden People’s Theatre and Tom Parry was founded in 2018. We run free workshops for emerging comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds and have staged gigs across the country including at the Gulbenkian (Canterbury) and South Bank Centre (London). Since March this year the group have been rehearsing and performing online. \nRead more about No Direction Home in The Guardian \nJust Festival has been part of the Edinburgh Festival Fringe for 20 years\, and in 2020 are running an online programme of events. If you have any access requirements please email director@just-festival.org to discuss. \nAbout Sindhu Vee \nSince swapping a career in investment banking for one in comedy\, Sindhu has fast become one of the most exciting and sought-after talents on the UK circuit. Having previously been a finalist in both the coveted BBC New Comedy Award and New Act Of The Year competitions\, 2018 saw Sindhu take her eagerly-anticipated debut hour\, Sandhog\, to the Edinburgh Fringe. A hit with critics and audiences alike\, the show sold out its entire run (including multiple extra dates) and was nominated for the prestigious Edinburgh Comedy Award for Best Newcomer.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-featuring-sindhu-vee/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20200821
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20201116
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home (virtual) tour 2020
DESCRIPTION:Following the huge success of our summer Zoom gigs\, and an online performance in Edinburgh\, No Direction Home is taking to the (online) road for a series of stand-up comedy performances this autumn. \nAll gigs will have live captions unless otherwise stated. \nThe virtual tour will visit: \nEdinburgh (21 August) – tour preview featuring Sindhu Vee\, with Just Festivals \nCamden (12 September) – featuring Mo Omar\, with Camden People’s Theatre > Full details and booking \nBristol (27 September) – featuring Fatiha El-Ghorri\, with Bristol Refugee Festival and Bristol Student Action for Refugees (STAR) > Full details and booking \nLeicester (4 October) – guest headliner Dane Baptiste\, with Journeys Festival International & Big Difference  > Full details and booking  \nCoventry (18 October) – in partnership with Coventry UK City of Culture 2021 > Full details and free booking \nBirmingham (25 October) – in partnership with Celebrating Sanctuary Birmingham > Full details and free booking \nBradford (29 October) – in partnership with Biasan as part of the Intercultured Festival > Full details and free booking \nGravesend (16 November) – in partnership with Cohesion Plus\, with guest headliner Geoff Norcott > Full details and booking \nSouthbank Centre\, London (22 November) > In partnership with Southbank Centre\, with guest headliner Rosie Jones > Full details and booking \nFollow the No Direction Home Facebook page for further updates. \nAbout No Direction Home \nNo Direction Home is a pioneering project featuring stand-up comedians from refugee and migrant backgrounds\, mentored by award winning comedian Tom Parry. \nCounterpoints Arts runs No Direction Home as part of our Pop Culture and Social Change (PopChange) programme. Created in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre\, it’s an ongoing project of workshops\, mentoring and performance for new comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds. Since 2018 they have performed more than 15 gigs around the country\, including at the Southbank Centre in London. \nGuest headliners including Romesh Ranganathan\, Nish Kumar\, Sindhu Vee\, Joel Dommett and Suzi Ruffell have also spent time with the group and shared tips and advice. Media coverage has included BBC News and BBC World Service. \nNish Kumar says: “The No Direction Home comedians are a very exciting\, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny! The material is really good.” \nIn 2020 No Direction Home has been running new groups online and staging our very first gigs on Zoom. We’re confident that working digitally will help us to reach more people than ever. \nFor Refugee Week 2020 we produced three online gigs with different partners\, reaching a total online audience of more than 800 people. In autumn 2020 we will be running a No Direction Home virtual tour\, kicking off online in Edinburgh. \nMedia coverage \nFeature article by Brian Logan in The Guardian\n“Coached by Tom Parry\, the comedy collective No Direction Home are bucking stereotypes about refugees and migrants – and thriving online during lockdown” \nFeature article in Red Pepper magazine\n“With casual xenophobia a comedy circuit blight\, No Direction Home is a welcome tonic.” \nGravesend Messenger \nWatch Tom Parry chatting with Nish Kumar about No Direction Home on Facebook Live \n \n \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-virtual-tour-2020/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200710T120000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200710T120000
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SUMMARY:Caroline Bergvall: Night & Refuge
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to share this film of Caroline Bergvall’s Night & Refuge event\, a public collaborative writing event between five UK-based poets\, which took place over Zoom during the Covid-19 lockdown. \nThis unique event happened online on 20 May 2020\, from 6-9pm BST\, and spanned many  time-zones. The short film presented here\, edited in a visually and sonically startling way\, shows the five poets exchanging thoughts and processes while developing the shared poem. Curator and host-poet Caroline Bergvall had set a brief loosely inspired by the tradition of Renga – an ancient and strict rule-bound Japanese form of collective writing. The motifs to be explored followed the phases of the night and asked: what is the night\, what is refuge\, how does one seek refuge during this pandemic confinement? \nMany other writers started joining in spontaneously with comments and lines on Twitter at #nightandrefuge. They slowly became part of the event. The writing in progress was made visible to the poets and audiences alike through a Digital Writing Desk developed with visual artist Mays Albeik. \nFilmed and edited by Andrew Delaney. \nSound design by Jamie Hamilton. \nProduced by C. Bergvall. \nA Sonic Atlas Project. \n \nThe Poets: \nVahni Capildeo is a Trinidadian Scottish writer working on their eighth full-length book (their fourth from Carcanet Press). Recent collaborations include Light Site Poetry with Andre Bagoo\, linked to Capildeo’s Light Site (Periplum\, forthcoming 2020). Capildeo is Writer in Residence at the University of York and a Seamus Heaney Centre fellow at Queen’s University\, Belfast. \nWill Harris is a poet and critic from London. He has had work published in The Guardian\, The White Review\, the TLS\, and the LRB. He was the co-editor of the Spring 2020 issue of The Poetry Review. His debut collection RENDANG (Granta) is the Poetry Book Society Choice for Spring. \nLeo Boix is a Latinx bilingual poet born in Argentina who lives and works in the UK. Boix has been included in many anthologies\, such as Ten: Poets of the New Generation (Bloodaxe) and Un Nuevo Sol: British Latinx Writers (flipped eye). He is a fellow of The Complete Works Program and the recipient of the Keats-Shelley Prize 2019. Boix debut collection will be published by Chatto & Windus (Penguin/Random House) in 2021. \nNisha Ramayya grew up in Glasgow and is currently based in London. Her debut collection States of the Body Produced by Love (2019) is published by Ignota Books. Other publications include ‘Notes on a Means without End’ (2020) in Poetry Review; In Me the Juncture (2019) published by Sad Press; Threads (2018)\, a critical-creative pamphlet co-authored with Sandeep Parmar and Bhanu Kapil\, published by clinic. \n* \nMays Albaik is an artist whose interdisciplinary visual practice has literary writing at its heart and includes performance\, video\, and spatial installations. Holds an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design; a B.Arch from the American University of Sharjah. She has participated in exhibitions including Qala 0.8900 (Darat Al Funun\, Jordan); Glass Triennial (Woods Gerry Gallery\, USA); Sawt 2a (Grey Noise\, Dubai); Mind the Gap (Tashkeel\, Dubai)\, and Change Coordinates + Someone Else (1971 Design Space\, Sharjah). \n* \nCaroline Bergvall – Initiator and Host-poet of the event. Writer\, artist\, and performer who works across art-forms\, media and languages. The recipient of many international commissions\, she is a noted exponent of writing and performance methods adapted to contemporary audiovisual and contextual situations\, as well as multilingual identities and translocal exchange. Awarded the Heidsieck Art Literary Prize\, Centre Pompidou\, Paris (2017). Cholmondeley Award for Poetry for her book and project Drift (2017). Latest book Alisoun Sings (2019). Ongoing cycle of live works\, Sonic Atlas (2016-). \nNight & Refuge is a project within Bergvall’s ongoing cycle of interdisciplinary perfomances Sonic Atlas\, which explores languages in movement and in transformation through speech\, sounds\, songwork in a range of performative situations. It began with Ragadawn (2016)\, staged at daybreak in locations as diverse as Marseille and the Isle of Skye\, and continued with Conference of the Birds (2018) a discussion soundwork first presented at the Whitstable Biennale. \nYou can find out more about the project\, including the many twitter contributions\, on Caroline Bergvall’s website here: http://carolinebergvall.com/work/night-refuge/ \nHosted by event partners Cement Fields & Counterpoints Arts. Co-hosted by Festival of Hope\, Versopolis. \nThis event was made possible with funding from Arts Council England and support from Cement Fields and Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/caroline-bergvall-night-refuge/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word,Multi-Art Form
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200621T211500
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SUMMARY:No Direction (at) Home - featuring Nish Kumar
DESCRIPTION:Live\, online laughter from the brilliant No Direction Home comedy collective\, \nJoin us for a Refugee Week special event\, in partnership with Southbank Centre : live online comedy via Zoom with the unique No Direction Home comedy collective\, hosted by Tom Parry\, with special guest headliner Nish Kumar. \nAlso featuring Délia Remy\, Edin Suljic\, Nour-ani Sisserian\, Yasmeen Gharwi & Selam Mengistu. \nAge 16+ \nTickets are pay what you can afford (suggested £5-10) \nBooking via Eventbrite \nSome guest list places available for low/zero income – email hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nNish Kumar says: “The No Direction Home comedians are a very exciting\, interesting and creative bunch of people to be around. And they are very funny! The material is really good.” \nNo Direction Home\, created by Counterpoints Arts\, Camden People’s Theatre and Tom Parry was founded in 2018. We run free workshops and have staged gigs across the country\, and since March this year have been working entirely online. \nFor Refugee Week we have teamed up with our friends at the Southbank Centre for our biggest Zoom gig ever. \nRead an article about No Direction Home in The Guardian \nWatch Nish Kumar and Tom Parry talk about lockdown\, online gigging and No Direction Home on Facebook \n \nIn 2019 No Direction Home played at the Southbank Centre for Refugee Week\, with guest headliner Romesh Ranganthan \nNish Kumar photo: Jose Farinha \nPost-event notes \nAttendance: 300 \nFeedback and evaluation via Auidence Finder \nPlus\, from Yasmeen (performer)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-standup-comedy/
CATEGORIES:Comedy,Pop Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200619T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200619T211500
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SUMMARY:No Direction (at) Home featuring Mo Omar
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Sanctuary on Sea\, Counterpoints Arts presents No Direction Home live on Zoom for Refugee Week with guest headliner Mo Omar. \nBooking via Eventbrite \nAge 16+ \nSomali-born\, Cardiff-raised and London-based\, Mo Omar is a fast-rising talent with a unique perspective on culture\, faith and love. Recently making his TV debut on Harry Hills Clubnite on Channel 4\, Mo was also selected to perform in The Pleasance Comedy Reserve show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019\, and was a finalist in the BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award. \nThis live online gig\, hosted by Edinburgh-award winning stand-up Tom Parry\, will also feature No Direction Home comedians Edin Suljic\, Krzysia Balinska\, Krishna Vytelingum\, Majid Adin & Pepa Duarte. \nNo Direction Home\, created by Counterpoints Arts\, Camden People’s Theatre and Tom Parry was founded in 2018. We run free workshops and have staged gigs across the country\, and since March this year have been working entirely online. \nPrevious gigs have featured guest headliners including Nish Kumar\, Lou Sanders and Romesh Ranganathan. \nRead an article about No Direction Home in The Guardian \n \n \nPost-event notes \nTicket sales 86 \nFeedback/evaluation: Audience Finder \nComments:
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-at-home-featuring-mo-omar/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200619T173000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200619T193000
DTSTAMP:20260430T025448
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SUMMARY:The Positive Power of Football Chants: New Fan Song with Lady Leshurr
DESCRIPTION:Lady Leshurr — the multi-talented rapper\, songwriter and co-host of ITV2’s ‘Don’t Hate the Playaz’ —  launches a specially commissioned football song and music video celebrating the diversity of football at Refugee Week 2020. \nThe song was commissioned by PopChange — an initiative led by Counterpoints Arts — and produced together with football fans to celebrate the contributions that migration has made to this popular sport. \nThe launch will be followed by a discussion bringing together former players\, fans and artists. Topics will include: \n\nWhat are the positive impacts of migration on football in Britain?\nHow have supporters’ groups\, players and clubs challenged the negative portrayal of migrants in the media and wider society in general?\nWhy is football often negatively represented in cultural spaces?\nHow can musicians\, artists\, filmmakers\, poets and influencers address these stereotypes?\n\nSPEAKERS \nChaired by Michael Eboda – CEO of Powerful Media/sports journalist \n\nLady Leshurr – Rapper / Songwriter\nMathew Barrett – CEO\, Goal Click\nMark Doidge – Senior Research Fellow\, University of Brighton\nNilesh J. Chauhan – Aston Villa FC “Villains Together” initiative\nSalma Mahamoud – Brentford WFC footballer / Kick It Out “Game Changer”\nHannah McCabe – Musician / Fellow of Creative and Professional Practice\nTim Samuels – Podcaster / Co-host\, Non-Stop Content\nTasneem Tamil – Women’s Football Officer / Amnesty International UK\nPhil Vasili –  Author / Rearcher / Activist / Walter Tull Project\n\nFollow the conversation on Twitter #popXchange \nFor more information about PopChange and this special commission visit our website: popchange.co.uk \n\nHOW TO PARTICIPATE \n1. To be part of the live audience on Zoom\, you must register via Eventbrite.  All the info to join the Zoom discussion will be emailed to you the evening before.  \n2. You can also watch the live streams on Facebook without registering. To receive a reminder just before the event starts\, you can register and select “Receive a reminder” or RSVP on the Facebook event page. \nPopChange (Pop Culture & Social Change) is a pioneering initiative led by Counterpoints Arts exploring how the power of pop culture can be harnessed for social change in order to shift the way we talk\, think and feel about migration and displacement in the UK. www.popchange.co.uk \nFacebook Live link
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/new-fan-song-lady-leshurr/
CATEGORIES:Music,Pop Culture
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200618T200000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200618T200000
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SUMMARY:MC Tardast: Mirrors
DESCRIPTION:Image credit: Mirrors\, MC Tardast \n20:00\, 18th June @ Refugee Week Facebook Live and Southbank Centre Facebook Live. \nWe have been developing a connection with the Iranian grime artist MC Tardast and are proud to announce  a unique performance for this Refugee Week. \nOur first meeting with this talented and ambitious young MC was as part of our M.I.A.’s Meltdown collaboration with Southbank Centre in 2017. Tardast and his collaborator Farhood delivered a brilliant grime set on the Riverside Terrace stage. \nThe two friends and collaborators had founded Manteq\, a UK based record label which promotes creativity\, collaborations and music by young artists and MCswith experiences of displacement. \nTardast left Iran as a teenager and arrived in the UK in 2014 to seek asylum. Since he has been based in Liverpool. He lives in his studio\, a house shared by some other artists in the now Manteq collective. \nThe performance Tardast is working on for Refugee Week will feature previous and popular tracks as well as a few new collaborations. Details of the digital platforms hosting the performance will be published shortly. \nLook out for Pål Hansen’s portrait of MC Tardast\, produced as part of Refugee Week’s commissioned ‘Imagine’  portraits series. \n\nFacebook Live
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mc-tardast/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Nyaruach - singing resilience
DESCRIPTION:19:00 on 18th June @ Refugee Week Facebook Live and also Southbank Centre Facebook Live. \nWe have been following the career of this talented singer for a long time and are delighted to be announcing this special event for Refugee Week 2020. \nNyaruach is the sister of the internationally acclaimed hip hop artist\, Emmanuel Jal\, who will be joining her for a conversation and to share their music. We will get a taste of Nyaruach’s music\, including her collaborations with her superstar brother. She makes music influenced by the traditional sounds of her home\, her own life and lives of women around her. \nNyaruach recently arrived here\, she is currently seeking asylum in this country. Don’t miss this\, her first Refugee Week event\, by the artist who is here to stay. \nWe thank the Musicians’ Union for their support in producing the recording of the event. \n  \nGatluak by Nyaruach\, from the 2nd release off the joint album NAATH with Emmanuel Jal. \n\n  \nMore about Nyaruach’s background: \nNyaruach was born around 1983 in Southern Sudan\, at the time of the civil war. She lost her mother and was separated from the rest of her immediate family\, including Jal\, at the age of 4. As years went on\, the war intensified\, and the orphaned girl was forced to run around with her relatives. She witnessed her family members killed\, houses burned and was raped by government officials. Her brother meanwhile was recruited as a child soldier. \nThere was little hope in her life until she reunited with Jal in 2004 in Nairobi. The two recorded a song together called Gua\, which stands for “peace” in their native Nuer tongue. The track was broadcast by BBC across Africa and became a No. 1 hit in Kenya in 2005. It was also Jal’s breakthrough to the international market\, earning him a spot on Bob Geldof’s “Live 8″ concert in the UK. \nNyaruach kept her past to herself for a long time\, but in 2008 she stepped over her personal pain and revealed her shocking story in War Child\, an award winning documentary on Emmanuel Jal’s life. \nThrough her story Nyaruach wanted to emphasize the importance of educating girls in particular and children overall. She believes that the future of her native Sudan and Africa as a whole can be enhanced by education. She believes education is the only way to a free Africa. She joined the campaign to help her brother build a school in Southern Sudan. She made a commitment to stop eating breakfast until the money for the school was raised. This took 2 years\, and 2 schools now have been refurbished in South Sudan. \nNyaruach said being in the studio and recording music became the happiest time in her life. \nIn 2013\, Nyaruach travelled to Aswan\, Egypt to take part in The Nile Project; a 2 week workshop and residency to represent South Sudan among some of the best musicians from across the Nile region. The residency accumulated in a large concert held in Cairo on January 31st. \nUnfortunately due to renewed violence in South Sudan and threats upon her life\, Nyaruach has been forced to live in Kakuma Refugee Camp\, Kenya where she has an uncertain future. \nDespite immense obstacles\, Emmanuel and Nyaruach have finalised their first album together with the release of their single Ti-Chuong on World Refugee Day 2018. “NAATH” is a stunning joint collaboration with Emmanuel. The album is a vivacious\, Afrobeat infused album with Emmanuel and Nyaruach drawing strongly on the unique sounds of their country; interweaving traditional folklore and love songs – alongside infectious dance tunes. NAATH is the ancient word for the land and language surrounding the glorious Kingdom of Kush. Carefully choosing this theme – Jal and Nyaruach’s music is often at odds with the image of war and poverty that has blighted South Sudan. Instead\, both artists choose to reflect upon the resilience and rich culture of their identity through their vibrant tones and messaging. \n“South Sudan is still suffering from years of war and oppression\, we feel it is our cultural responsibility to bring out the music and voices from our country. As siblings we were forced apart in our childhood through extreme circumstances\, so we are excited to be united on this project to bring the sounds of our village to the mainstream.” \nNyaruach has been recently touring the UK and Europe with her brother Emmanuel Jal – appearing at Womad\, Boomtown\, Pohoda and many others. \nFacebook Live
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/nyaruach-singing-resilience/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:Thristian: Global Roots Radio for Refugee Week 2020
DESCRIPTION:14:00\, 18th June @ Refugee Week Facebook Live and Global Roots and WorldWideFM platforms. \nWe’re excited to invite you to this special Global Roots Radio session with their renowned host DJ Thristian. During the two hours of amazing music\, a selection inspired by the Refugee Week theme of Imagine\, Thristian will chat with another artist from the Refugee Week programme. \nTwo brilliantly talented dancers from our network are joining in with commissioned\, pre-recorded dance segments – Sung Im Her and Shane Ishimwa Muhimanyi. \nWherever you’ll be listening to this\, have a bit of space around you. Thristian will get you dancing. \nWe’d love to hear from you during the session\, so don’t be shy with your comments. \nAbout Thristian \nGlobal Roots is the brainchild of Thristian\, an unrivalled selector with a deeply rooted presence in the global music scene. This visionary tastemaker has spent the past decade carving out an international reputation amongst fans\, producers and DJs as a champion of eclecticism. He ventures across borders both musical and geographical with selections that shine a light on the underground\, the unknown and the unexplored. \nWidely known for co-founding Boiler Room\, a pioneering online broadcasting platform that was years ahead of its time\, Thristian has a wide-ranging creative résumé. It spans NTS\, Channel 4\, Sounds of the Universe and most recently\, creating Worldwide FM with mentor and now collaborator Gilles Peterson. As part of his work with Worldwide\, Thristian has developed his latest creation: Global Roots. \nMore about Global Roots \nStarting out as a club night at London’s legendary Plastic People\, Global Roots has evolved into a multi-platform brand. It encompasses radio shows\, pop-up exhibitions\, film screenings\, festival partnerships with the likes of Dimensions\, Bahidora and Worldwide Festival – as well as events and parties that have travelled as far as Ethiopia\, Mexico\, Havana and Seoul. \nExploring music and sound from all corners of the globe while championing independent and underground arts and culture\, Global Roots takes advantage of close relationships with local artists and collectives worldwide\, while working with respected institutions such as London’s Tate Modern and The British Council in South Africa. \nEach  event is unique. It responds to its environment\, drawing on local talent and culture while showcasing multi-media installations\, film screenings\, contemporary art and live performances\, alongside unmissable DJ sets from Thristian and a cast of eminent friends and collaborators. Offering cross-promotion via Thris’s internationally popular Worldwide FM show and expertly curated line-ups that draw from his wide-reaching creative circle\, Global Roots is more than just a party. It’s a universal celebration of global music\, arts and culture.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/thristian-global-roots-radio-for-refugee-week-2020/
CATEGORIES:Music
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SUMMARY:How do we challenge hostile environments in the arts?
DESCRIPTION:Roundtable Discussion: How do we challenge hostile environments in the arts? \nPhosphoros Theatre\, supported by Counterpoints Arts\, brings together artists and practitioners working with groups currently underserved by the arts to discuss\, “How can we challenge hostile environments in the arts?” \nGuest speakers will share thoughts on their current practice\, how COVID-19 has impacted their work and how we can work collaboratively in the future. After each presentation the floor will be opened to a discussion around the speaker’s headline topic. \nWe’re particularly keen to welcome participation from refugee and migrant artists and practitioners \nBook your place on this Zoom session via Eventbrite \nGuest Speakers: \nPhosphoros Theatre (Kate Duffy and Syed Haleem Najibi) \nKate Scarlett Duffy is Co-Artistic Director of Phosphoros Theatre. She founded the company in 2015 after working for several years in a grassroots Afghan refugee charity in London\, working predominantly with unaccompanied minors through housing\, advocacy and wellbeing projects. She leads Phosphoros Theatre’s Participation work\, including workshops and training for refugee youth\, schools and universities\, as well as Phosphoros Young Company for refugee teenagers. \nKate has an MA in Migration and Diaspora Studies from SOAS. She is currently doing a practice based PhD looking at refugee identity\, care and solidarity at the Royal Central School of Speech and Drama\, where she is also a visiting lecturer focussing on Applied Theatre\, performance and migration. \nSyed Haleem Najibi is an actor\, activist and facilitator\, having performed in all of Phosphoros Theatre’s shows. He regularly leads workshops and trainings with groups around the country and is one of the leaders of Phosphoros Young Company at the Unicorn Theatre. He is Phosphoros Theatre’s lead spokesman and has spoken at many high profile events and taken part in multiple radio\, TV and print interviews including Sky News\, i Newspaper\, The Stage\, ITN News\, BBC and many more. \nIn April 2018 he co-presented an academic paper with Kate at the Storytelling For Refuge / Storytelling As Refuge conference at University of South Wales called In my chicken shop people look at me like I’m nothing\, but these people pay to hear my story. Syed is studying to be an engineer and is passionate about environmentally friendly energy. He started his degree in Sustainable Energy Engineering at Queen Mary University of London in 2019\, after being awarded the Article 26 Scholarship for people seeking asylum or with discretionary leave to remain. \nDr Aqeel Abdulla \nAqeel Abdulla is a theatre academic and practitioner\, and the founding director of Yalla Arts\, a community arts company based in Exeter\, Devon. He has a PhD in Drama from the University of Exeter. He is originally from Syria\, and has been living in the UK for nearly 11 years. Aqeel will be speaking on the topic of ‘Meaning Well Isn’t Enough.’ \nMohammed Yahya \nMohammed Yahya is a London-based award winning bilingual Rapper\, Poet\, Educator and events organiser. He has performed extensively across the Europe\, United States\, Mexico\, Sudan\, Morocco\, Mozambique\, Ivory Coast\, sharing his experience as a refugee and encouraging different communities to build bridges of peace and understanding. \nMohammed Yahya recently received the 21-4-21 award in U.K. which recognised him for being one of 21 young leaders in the 21st century who is working to increase dialogue and break down barriers between different communities. He is also an Interfaith Programming officer regularly curating a variety of educational\, social action and artistic events to disintegrate stereotypes and encourage more community cohesion between different faiths. \nHis work has been featured on ITV News\, Al Jazeera\, British Muslim TV\, BBC Asian Network\, BBC London\, Islam Channel\, just to name a few. \nTobi Kyeremateng \nTobi Kyeremateng is an award-winning cultural producer and social entrepreneur with a focus on creating rich cultural experiences and sustainable social change through film\, live public events\, and community-led programmes. \nWith 9 years’ experience in cultural production\, strategy\, consultancy and project management\, Tobi has worked with organisations such as AFROPUNK\, Goldsmiths University\, Nike\, Oxford University and Samsung\, and has won awards including: ‘Inspiration of the Year’ (Stylist Magazine’s Remarkable Women Awards 2019)\, ‘Best Producer’ (Black British Theatre Awards 2019)\, the ‘Arts & Culture’ Award (Women Of The Future Awards 2019) and ‘Special Award: Producer’ (OffWestEnd Theatre Awards 2020). \nShe is currently Creative Civic Producer at Brixton House (formerly known as Ovalhouse) project managing Let’s Build – an offsite community project working with twenty Brixton-based primary school children and architects MATT+FIONA to co-design and self-build a temporary community space in Brixton. \nTobi is the founder of the award-winning initiative Black Ticket Project. \nPost-event notes \nAttendance: 54
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/how-do-we-challenge-hostile-environments-in-the-arts/
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SUMMARY:Imagine Anthology Q&A
DESCRIPTION:Writers around the globe are uniting this Refugee Week to imagine a brave new world in a new digital collaboration: the Imagine Anthology. \nJoin us for a Q&A with authors featured in the Imagine Anthology including Dina Nayeri\, Vesna Maric and Tim Finch. Chaired by Erica Wagner. \nAbout the Imagine Anthology \nThe Anthology\, commissioned by Counterpoints Arts\, features a compilation of non-fiction\, flash fiction\, poetry and essays written by writers such as Mohsin Hamid\, Edmund de Waal\, Dina Nayeri\, Rupi Kaur\, Vesna Maric and Tim Finch. \nTogether\, they conjure up progressive visions of a brave new world where both the biggest and smallest of things could be life-changing. Authors have been asked to explore one thing they would most like to change about our future\, to consider making the invisible visible. Themes address big global issues like open borders\, hunger\, power and shame\, as well as reflecting on how everyday things such as taekwondo\, beekeeping or a front door key can be life-changing. \nAt a time where the world is contending with uncertainty and unrest around major global issues of Covid-19\, racism\, the climate crisis and ongoing conflict\, the message of this collection could not be more timely. There has never been a better time to challenge the status quo\, and artists have always been the first to do so. \nThe Imagine Anthology is a publishing collaboration between Counterpoints Arts and Visual Editions. Introduction by Erica Wagner\, Edited by Jessica Jackson. Designed by Nina Jua Klein Studio \nwww.imagineanthology.com \nPost-event notes \nAttendance: 50 \nFeedback and evaluation via Auidence Finder \nFacebook Live (545 views)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/imagine-anthology-qa/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Global Storytelling
DESCRIPTION:Join us for our first ever collaboration with Refugee Week Australia! \nFour brilliant storytellers from around the world – now living in Canada\, Europe\, Hong Kong and Australia – will be sharing stories  based on this year’s Refugee Week theme. \nThe event will be MC’d by Mariam Issa \nThe storytellers are: \nMuzna Dureid \nEdin Suljic \nDarius Agbeko Kokou Dzadu \nYasmeen Gharwi \nThe event is a partnership between Counterpoints Arts and Australian Refugee Council. \nUPDATE:
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/global-storytelling/
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home featuring Mo Omar
DESCRIPTION:In partnership with Student Action for Refugees (STAR)\, Counterpoints Arts presents No Direction Home live on Zoom for Refugee Week with guest headliner Mo Omar. \nBooking via Eventbrite \nAge 16+ \nSomali-born\, Cardiff-raised and London-based\, Mo Omar is a fast-rising talent with a unique perspective on culture\, faith and love. Recently making his TV debut on Harry Hills Clubnite on Channel 4\, Mo was also selected to perform in The Pleasance Comedy Reserve show at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival 2019\, and was a finalist in the BBC Introducing Radio 4 Comedy Award. \nThis live online gig\, hosted by Edinburgh-award winning stand-up Tom Parry\, will also feature No Direction Home comedians Selam Mengistu\, Yasin Moradi and Pepa Duarte. \nNo Direction Home\, created by Counterpoints Arts\, Camden People’s Theatre and Tom Parry was founded in 2018. We run free workshops and have staged gigs across the country\, and since March this year have been working entirely online. \nPrevious gigs have featured guest headliners including Nish Kumar\, Lou Sanders and Romesh Ranganathan. \nSTAR is the national network of student groups working to improve the lives of refugees across the UK. It is made up of 50 groups at universities and colleges across the UK and a national team which co-ordinates and supports the groups. STAR groups are students’ union societies which are affiliated to the charity.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-featuring-mo-omar/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Tag It Right: Challenge the Online Narrative
DESCRIPTION:If you type ‘United Kingdom’ into google images what do you get? A map\, the flag and a picture of Westminster. How about ‘Australia’? A map\, flag and tourist icon. Now try ‘Yemen’. The images are of war\, cities in rubble and young men with rifles.\nWe rely on large tech organisations like Google and Facebook for a huge portion of our information. However\, these companies do not equally or fairly represent migrants or the countries they come from. This exposes a structural racism that homogenised and dilutes the narrative of particular regions and cultures. \n‘Tag It Right’ is a youth-led campaign from PopChange challenging how Internet content such as images and news are tagged\, filtered and presented in social media platforms and search engines\, reproducing biases and stereotypes in how we see migrants and refugees.\nThis event will launch the project at Refugee Week 2020 with a discussion about the biases within our media\, from how we tag our own photos online to the Western-centric algorithms within major companies like Google. It will aim to bring together varied perspectives through a diverse panel to talk about the impact online content has on our view of the world. \nHOW TO PARTICIPATE\n1. To be part of the live audience on Zoom\, you must register via Eventbrite. The link to Zoom will be emailed to you two hours before the event.\n2. You can also watch the live streams on Facebook without registering. To receive a reminder just before the event starts\, you can register and select “Receive a reminder” or RSVP on the Facebook event page. \nPopChange (Pop Culture & Social Change) is a pioneering initiative led by Counterpoints Arts exploring how the power of pop culture can be harnessed for social change in order to shift the way we talk\, think and feel about migration and displacement in the UK. www.popchange.co.uk
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/tag-it-right-challenge-the-online-narrative/
CATEGORIES:Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Art Refuge and Aida Silvestri : online workshop
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a free online workshop led by Bobby Lloyd and Miriam Usiskin from Art Refuge\, and artist Aida Silvestri. \nThis will be an opportunity to learn about their practice and to participate in a creative session for their Coronaquilt Silhouettes project. \nAttendance is free as part of Refugee Week 2020. To reserve places please register via Eventbrite. \nArt Refuge uses art and art therapy to support the mental health and well-being of displaced people\, both in the UK and internationally. In addition to ongoing programmes with refugees in the UK and France\, the charity offers arts-based skills-sharing workshops\, crisis support and consultation to frontline staff\, currently in relation to Covid-19.  \nResponding in mid March to community level displacement due to coronavirus\, Art Refuge launched CORONAQUILT on Rituals of the Everyday\, with contributions from 25 countries so far; and is delighted to collaborate with Aida Silvestri on the CORONAQUILT SILHOUETTE initiative. \nAida Silvestri is a UK-based artist who creates work concerning sensitive issues of culture\, ethnicity\, identity\, health\, politics and the urban landscape. She holds a BA (First Hons) in photography from the University of Westminster\, London. She has experience in running workshops and public speaking on these issues. Her work explores new and unique approaches to documentary photography to raise awareness\, give voice to voiceless and to promote acceptance within communities.​ \nAll welcome. Age 16+
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/artrefuge-and-aida-silvestri-online-workshop/
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SUMMARY:Moving Worlds for Refugee Week 2020
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 (15-21 June 2020). Moving Worlds is produced by Counterpoints Arts\, which coordinates Refugee Week nationally. \nIn light of physical distancing restrictions\, this year’s programme is working digitally in order to facilitate home screenings and online post-screening conversations. Now more than ever\, we realise the need to stay socially and personally connected and to share compelling storytelling journeys. \nResponding to this year’s Refugee Week theme ‘Imagine’\, the programme itself is re-imagined as a weekly film festival with a curated programme of features and shorts exploring personal experiences of forced displacement\, stories of visualising one’s future and past\, as well as narratives of resilience\, change and hope. In addition to the selected films generously offered by our network of filmmakers\, we have also identified award-nominated films that can be accessed online via external websites. \nWe have chosen films that support the performance of many diverse voices and are dominated by powerful personal stories\, such as the story of Paul and Millie Cao in Oscar-nominated Walk\, Run\, Cha-Cha\, who transport us from the dance floor to the journey of their love story across the years. Waad Al-Kateab and Edward Watts’ For Sama and Hassan Fazili’s Midnight Traveler bring into focus stories about and by individuals and their families\, as they imagine and carve new futures with a camera or smartphone in hand. Both films celebrate innovative storytelling techniques while re-visioning documentary practice and first-person testimony. This year’s programme also features two short animation films (Escape from England & Space Refugees) for younger audiences by Claire Desenclos\, asking us to imagine how we would respond to the reality of becoming a refugee and searching for a safe place to seek refuge. \nWe invite you to screen any of these films in the comfort and safety of your home. We hope that they can generate meaningful conversations in person or virtually – find out more in the Locations section. We have also designed downloadable post-screening guides to encourage lively conversations across all ages. \nOur thanks to the creative and passionate filmmakers and producers who generously agreed to make their films available for Refugee Week 2020\, Moving Worlds package. This year’s programme is dedicated to all individuals currently experiencing forced displacement who may be experiencing precarious and challenging living conditions\, especially during this uncertain time. \nMoving Worlds UK is curated and programmed by Nelli Stavropoulou for Counterpoints Arts \nFull details: https://movingworlds.info/
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/moving-worlds-for-refugee-week-2020/
CATEGORIES:Film and Photography
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week
DESCRIPTION:Refugee Week is the UK’s largest festival celebrating the contributions\, creativity and resilience of refugees. Counterpoints Arts is proud to be national coordinator of Refugee Week\, as well as producing a flagship programme of Refugee Week events with partners including the V&A and Southbank Centre. \nRefugee Week 2020\, which has the theme of ‘Imagine’\, will be marked 15-21 June as a virtual festival in the UK and internationally. \nGet involved by joining a Refugee Week event or activity online\, or holding one of your own. \nFor more information about Refugee Week\, visit www.refugeeweek.org.uk.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week/
CATEGORIES:Multi-Art Form
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