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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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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
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20200618T190000
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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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SUMMARY:Onjali Q. Raúf
DESCRIPTION:Author Onjali Q. Raúf will be reading from her award-winning novel The Boy at the Back of the Class. \nShe will also share an activity for young people based on the Refugee Week 2020 theme of “Imagine” \nPresented for Refugee Week 2020 by Countepoints Arts in association with Book Aid International \nIt wll be streamed live on Refugee Week Facebook\, followed by live Q&A with Onjali. \nOnjali Q. Raúf is the founder and CEO of O’s Refugee Aid Team\, a nonprofit that helps frontline refugee response teams across northern France and Greece; and Making Herstory\, which works to fight all forms of domestic abuse and human trafficking crimes in the UK. \n“Inspiring and sweet . . . [The Boy at the Back of the Class] is a beautiful\, open-hearted debut from Onjali Q Raúf that should help children be the best they can be and realise the power of kindness.”–Booktrust (UK) \nAbout Book Aid International \nBook Aid International is the UK’s leading international book donation and library development charity. Every year\, the charity aims to ship around one million brand new books to thousands of communities where people have very few opportunities to access books and read. \nBook Aid International works with an extensive network of libraries\, schools\, hospitals\, NGOs and other partners to ensure that the books it sends are accessible to all. The charity estimates that the books it provides reach over 19 million people every year. \nPhoto: Pål Hansen \nPost-event notes \nFacebook Live video (3.4K views)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/onjali-q-rauf/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20200622
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SUMMARY:Together Workshops online
DESCRIPTION:For Refugee Week\, Counterpoints Arts has commissioned three special online Together Workshops from theatre company PSYCHEdelight on the theme of Imagine. \nImagine a bunch of people from different ages\, cultures and languages coming together from all across the UK (and abroad\, why not!) to dream and have fun together for an afternoon. What would happen? \nDates: June 7th\, 14th & 21st (4.30-6pm) \nMore information and to express an interest visit the Facebook page \nAll welcome! No experience necessary. \nPSYCHEdelight is Theatre Company of Sanctuary shortlisted for the Community Integration Awards. They create socially engaged theatre and provide drama workshops as a place of expression and integration. Previous productions have included Borderline and Welcome to the UK.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/together-workshops-online/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20200603T110000
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SUMMARY:Running arts workshops online
DESCRIPTION:What are the best ways to run arts & cultural workshops online? Ideas and tips ahead of Refugee Week 2020. \nIn the past few months lots of new work has been happening online . But how best can we engage with participants\, particularly refugees and asylum seekers? What technologies seem to work best and what activities and approaches? \nIn the run-up to Refugee Week 2020 this free seminar on Zoom will share learning from practitioners who have been working with groups online and remotely including: \nAmy Golding (Artistic Director\, Curious Monkey) \nJude Haste (Reading Refugee Support Group) \nLaila Sumpton (Poet and facilitator) \nWe will also invite participants to share their own experiences. \nFree booking via Eventbrite \nImage courtesy of Curious Monkey \nPost-event notes \nAttendance: 45 \nFeedback and evaluation via Auidence Finder
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/running-arts-workshops-online/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:NIGHT & REFUGE - Live Writing Room by Caroline Bergvall
DESCRIPTION:Photo by Thierry Bal \n  \nCaroline Bergvall & Sonic Atlas present:\nNIGHT & REFUGE\nA collaborative poem writing event\nvia Zoom (a link will be sent to the participants on the day of the event)\nRecommended Age 14+ \nFree event\, tickets via Eventbrite \nA unique opportunity to witness the creation of a collaborative poem between five different UK-based poets of very different practices and reputations. \nFollowing a brief set by Bergvall\, the poets will be exploring themes of the night\, of seeking refuge\, and share their processes. This collaborative process is inspired by the tradition of Renga – an ancient and strict rule-bound Japanese form of collective writing. \nThe writing process\, its developments and the conversations between the poets will be visible throughout on a Shared Writing Desk. \nThe Live Writing Room has been developed by visual artist Mays Albeik who will act as the event’s Desk Manager. Sound mixing by Jamie Hamilton. \nThe conversations and the developing lines of the poem will be recorded by the project’s sound artist Jamie Hamilton. He will be editing and recomposing these for the next event: Berlin Poetry Festival\, 9 June. \nPoets filmed by project’s cinematographer Andrew Delaney. \nVahni Capildeo is a Trinidadian Scottish writer working on their eighth full-length book (their fourth from Carcanet Press). Recent collaborations include http://www.lightsitepoetry.com 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. \nCaroline Bergvall – (Host-poet of the event) French-Norwegian Anglophonic poet\, sound artist\, and writer\, who works across art forms\, media and languages. Recent book project: Alisoun Sings (Nightboat Books\, NY\, 2019). Awarded a Cholmondeley Award for her book and project Drift (2017). \nDate & Time: 20 May – 6 pm BST for 3 hours. \nThe event will close with a short reading by the poets.\nPart of Festival of Hope by 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/night-refuge-live-writing-room-by-caroline-bergvall/
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word
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SUMMARY:Coronaquilt Silhouette
DESCRIPTION:An Art Refuge Initiative \nArt Refuge uses art and art therapy to support the mental health and well-being of people displaced due to conflict\, persecution and poverty\, both in the UK and internationally. \nFollowing the success of their Coronaquilt Initiative\, Art Refuge in collaboration with artist Aida Silvestri and Counterpoints Arts are creating ways of engaging with how people are feeling during the coronavirus crisis. \nTogether we will offer art and word as a thread to initiate a dialogue in connecting people across the globe and to identify their current state of mind. We hope to promote collective and individual shared experiences by targeting this current situation that is common for everyone. \nCoronavirus has put the world on hold and people across the globe are in isolation. Many charities that usually support vulnerable people have either had to reduce their service\, move online or temporarily shut down. \nHow are vulnerable people coping with this added stress? What are the added challenges during this crisis? What are the concerns? \nWe are inviting individuals across the UK and internationally to take part in the Coronaquilt Silhouettes Initiative. We are also reaching out to charities and organisations both in the UK and internationally who work with people who have been displaced by conflict\, persecution or poverty\, and with people who are isolated for whatever reason\, including the Covid-19 pandemic. \nWe would like you to describe your mental health state during coronavirus with a word or a brief sentence/poem that summarises your feelings\, challenges and concerns around the current situation. As well as text\, we would also like you to submit either a profile silhouette or a profile picture. These components will be used to create a Coronaquilt Silhouette piece by the artist. Ultimately\, the smaller pieces will be stitched together to create a larger piece and printed onto a fabric. \n​What is a coronaquilt? \nThe Corona pattern is a traditional pattern\, a bit like a crown\, made up of triangles and squares\, which are then sewn together to make a patchwork cloth. \nWhat is the Silhouette Portrait? \nSilhouette portraits were popular during the Victorian era\, before the invention of photography and during its early years. The traditional method of creating silhouette portraits was to cut them out from a dark lightweight card and mount them on a pale or white background. Today\, they can be drawn\, painted or taken from existing profile photographs. \nWhat to do? \n\nTake a side profile picture against a pale or white background with your mobile phone\nDescribe your current state of mind with one word or a short sentence/poem.\nPlease tell us what is your heritage\nAdd location: City\, Country\nAdd: Date\nEmail it to: projects@artrefuge.org.uk\nWe can also arrange for Aida Silvestri to take your side profile image via Zoom or Whatsapp call.​\n\nWhat is next? \nOnce your picture and text are received\, the artist Aida will create a Coronaquilt Silhouette with your image and text. Ultimately\, the smaller pieces will be stitched onto a larger piece and printed onto fabric to create a large tapestry. \nNote: \nWe value your privacy and we will not share your profile photograph to the public. Please be aware that your silhouette and text/poems will be shared on different platforms and hopefully shown in an exhibition space soon. All contributions will remain anonymous on the final artwork. \nFacebook and Twitter @artrefugeuk \n\n\n\n\nImage: Coronaquilt Silhouette\, © Courtesy of Aida Silvestri & Art Refuge 2020 \nCheck out the free online workshop led by Art Refuge and Aida Silvestri for Refugee Week
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/coronaquilt-silhouette/
CATEGORIES:Craft & Design,Film and Photography
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SUMMARY:No Direction (At) Home
DESCRIPTION:Stand-up has gone online! \nJoin us for 60 minutes of lockdown comedy with No Direction Home\, the comedy collective produced by Counterpoints Arts featuring a brilliant mix of new stand-up talent. \nFor a free ticket please email hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nAge: 16+ \nNo Direction Home is led by Tom Parry and co-created by Counterpoints Arts with Camden People’s Theatre. \nDonate to support our work \nPhotos: Nour-anni Sisserian (by Jose Farinha) & Majid Adin (by Rosie Powell)
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-at-home/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Kent Refugee Week Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore how arts\, culture\, education and the media can bring communities together and help change the conversation about refugees. \nTo reserve a free place email tom@counterpoints.org.uk \nPlease let us know if you need support with travel\, childcare or in any other way. \nThe Kent Refugee Week Conference is an afternoon of inspiration\, networking and discussion in preparation for Refugee Week (15-21 June)\, which for 2020 has the theme ‘Imagine’. \nIn addition to two national conferences (London & Bristol) we are holding events around the country\, including in Kent to build on work done for the Platforma 5 festival last year and to look at how Refugee Week events across Kent and Medway can be better connected. \nWhether you’re involved in arts and culture\, sports\, education\, activism\, media\, community work and/ or are from a refugee background yourself – and whether you’re a Refugee Week veteran\, or getting involved for the first time – all are welcome! \nThe Refugee Week Conference in Kent is held in partnership with Platforma and produced by  Counterpoints Arts (Refugee Week UK Coordinators). Many thanks to Turner Contemporary for their support. \nWe look forward to seeing you there! You are invited to join us before the meeting (12.30-1.30) for a free tour of the new exhibition We Will Walk – Art and Resistance in the American South) \nImage: From “Why Margate?” workshop led by Aida Silvestri at Turner Contemporary for Platforma 5
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/kent-refugee-week-conference/
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home - Stand Up Comedy @ Migration Museum
DESCRIPTION:No Direction Home is a collective of stand-up comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds\, created in 2018 by Counterpoints\, Camden People’s Theatre and award-winning comedian Tom Parry. \nJoin us at the Migration Museum’s new venue in the heart of Lewisham Shopping Centre for a night of hilarious comedy hosted by Tom Parry with special guest headliners Charlie George and Kae Kurd. \nPlus: Tewodros Aregawe\, Edin Suljic and Selam Mengistu \nTickets £6. Concessions available on request. \nAbout No Direction Home \nCounterpoints Arts runs No Direction Home as part of our PopChange project\, in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre and comedian Tom Parry. It’s a unique course 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 (see video below). PopChange explores how the power of pop culture can be harnessed to shift the way we talk\, think and feel about migration and displacement. \n \nAbout Charlie George \nCharlie George is an award-winning stand-up comedian and writer. \nA former circus performer and dancer\, Charlie started doing stand-up in 2018 and\, since then\, has fast become one of the UK circuit’s most exciting new talents. A runner-up in both the prestigious Funny Women and So You Think You’re Funny? comedy competitions of 2019\, she has also performed stand-up on BBC Asian Network Live and the BBC’s No Country For Young Women Podcast. \n“Hilarious and no messin’. ” – BBC Asian Network Comedy \nAbout Kae Kurd \nSmart\, sharp and brilliantly astute\, Kae Kurd is a young British-Kurdish stand up making a serious name for himself. Passionate about making politics accessible to his peers\, his comedy presents beautifully crafted slick routines with confident cutting edge flair.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-migration-museum/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:No Direction Home - Stand-up Comedy @ Stanley's Social
DESCRIPTION:No Direction Home is a collective of stand-up comics from refugee and migrant backgrounds\, created in 2018 by Counterpoints\, Camden People’s Theatre and award-winning comedian Tom Parry. \nJoin us at Stanley’s Social to see some of our newest members! \nAbout No Direction Home \nCounterpoints Arts runs No Direction Home as part of our PopChange project\, in partnership with Camden People’s Theatre and comedian Tom Parry. It’s a unique course 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. PopChange explores how the power of pop culture can be harnessed to shift the way we talk\, think and feel about migration and displacement. \nAfter the smash-hit success of its debut season\, and a sell-out gig at Southbank Centre\, come join us for more laughs from the latest recruits to our talented team of stand-ups.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/no-direction-home-stand-up-comedy-stanleys-social/
CATEGORIES:Comedy
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SUMMARY:Refugee Week Conference
DESCRIPTION:Join us to explore how arts\, culture\, education and the media can bring communities together and help change the conversation about refugees.\nThe Refugee Week Conference is a day of inspiration\, workshops and discussion in preparation for Refugee Week (15-21 June)\, which for 2020 has the theme ‘Imagine’. \nWe’re delighted to be holding two national conferences for 2020 – click the links for more information\, and to book your place: \n1. Refugee Week Conference London\nAmnesty International Human Rights Action Centre\, 10 February 2020 \nView the programme \n2. Refugee Week Conference Bristol (in partnership with Bristol Refugee Festival)\nTrinity Centre\, 13 February 2020 \nWhether you’re involved in arts and culture\, sports\, education\, activism\, media\, community work and/ or are from a refugee background yourself – and whether you’re a Refugee Week veteran\, or getting involved for the first time – all are welcome! \nIf you are a Refugee Week regular\, why not help us grow the movement by passing on an invite to someone who hasn’t been part of Refugee Week before? \nThe Refugee Week Conference is held in partnership with Platforma Arts and Refugees Network\, and produced by Refugee Week UK Coordinators Counterpoints Arts. \nLook forward to seeing you there! \nImage: Chefs from Welcome Kitchen and friends at Refugee Week Conference 2019 (c) Ambrose Musiyiwa
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/refugee-week-conference-3/
CATEGORIES:Learning
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