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SUMMARY:Counterpoints in Conversation radio series on Resonance FM
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints in Conversation is a brand new radio series on Resonance FM\, in collaboration with Gaby D’Annunzio.\nListen HERE \nThe broadcast series brings together socially engaged artists\, filmmakers\, writers\, and activists reshaping how we think about displacement\, racial and climate justice and social change. Across six episodes\, we ask how different forms of artistic expression can shift what we believe is possible when imagining a fairer and more just world. \nThe series will be hosted by DJ\, broadcaster\, and curator\, Gaby D’Annunzio. Before working with Counterpoints\, Gaby was based in Berlin\, where she co-founded the Open Music Lab\, a free music production school for marginalised communities\, and served as Head of Community Development at Refuge Worldwide\, a community radio station. As a broadcaster and record collector\, Gaby brings a perspective shaped by years of exploring music scenes and the cultural narratives behind them. Gaby produces Refugee Week on Air at Counterpoints\, the yearly international radio programming marking Refugee Week. \nFollow the conversation across monthly shows\, and you will meet inspiring and talented artists\, covering different experiences of migration and art making. \nThe broadcasts are on the last Friday of each month at 5.30pm\, from 23rd January on Resonance FM at 104.4 FM in central London and online worldwide. \nYou can listen to previous episodes here: \nEpisode 1: in conversation with Ornella Mutoni and Maria Marrone \nEpisode 2: in conversation with MoYah and Carlota Matos \n  \nAbout Gaby D’Annunzio: \n\n\n\n\n\nGaby is a London-based Creative Producer and Broadcaster.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIn this role\, she works with radio stations and creative partners around the world to platform stories of migration\, solidarity\, and cultural exchange\, while also contributing to the development of the Refugee Week music programme. \n\n\n\n\n\nBefore working with Counterpoints\, Gaby was based in Berlin\, where she co-founded the Open Music Lab\, a free music production school for marginalised communities\, and served as Head of Community Development at Refuge Worldwide\, a community radio station and fundraising platform. \nAs a broadcaster and lifelong record collector\, Gaby brings a perspective shaped by years of exploring music scenes and the cultural narratives behind them. Her work is often inspired by themes of migration\, identity\, and belonging\, and celebrates the many ways these stories are expressed and shared through sound. \nShe is also currently heading up the Refugee Week on Air programme at Counterpoints.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/counterpoints-in-conversation/
LOCATION:Resonance FM
CATEGORIES:Learning
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SUMMARY:To Re-Cite: Ayat al-Kursi - Sound\, Faith\, and Collective Listening - workshops
DESCRIPTION:We warmly invite you to a workshop as part of the wider development of our newly commissioned project with artist Aliaskar Abarkas\, exploring sound\, music\, and listening through faith and collective experience. \nEach session brings together members of our community with Muslim backgrounds to share ideas\, and reflections on how sonic practices — from recitation and prayer to breath\, rhythm\, and silence — shape spiritual\, emotional\, and communal life. The starting point of the project is the Quranic verse Ayat al-Kursi\, whispered across generations\, transmitted as both lullaby and sonic protection. \nThis is a series of workshops forming part of a longer-term project\, with sessions taking place on Sun 26 Apr\, Sun 17 May\, and Sun 31 May. Please book each session individually. \nTo Re-Cite is co-commissioned by Counterpoints Arts and Whitechapel Gallery for Backyard Biennial.\n \n\nBook workshops in these dates:\nSun 26 Apr 2026\, 10.30am – 12.30pm; book HERE\nSun 17 May 10.30am – 12.30pm; book HERE\nSun 31 May 10.30am – 12.3; book HERE\n \nAliaskar Abarkas is an Iranian artist based in London. \nRooted in alternative and communal art education\, his practice stages choreographic encounters that move from individual elements into collective expression. Often in dialogue with historical sources\, Abarkas builds collaborative frameworks that invite participants to interpret and activate inherited scores through music\, exhibition\, and performance-making. \nHe is currently an Associate Artist at Sadler’s Wells / Rose Choreographic School (London\, 2024–26) and Lead Artist at Autograph Gallery (Acts of Solidarity\, in partnership with All Change\, London\, 2025–28). He holds a BA in Visual Cultures from the University of Tehran and an MA in the Theory of Contemporary Art and Politics from Goldsmiths\, University of London. Previous residencies include Cubitt Gallery and the Swiss Church (London)\, as well as Rupert (Lithuania)\, the Institute of Postnatural Studies (Madrid)\, Castro (Rome)\, Open School East\, and Syllabus V (UK)\, among others. \nHis work has been supported by institutions including the Barbican Centre\, ICA\, The Mosaic Rooms\, TACO!\, Pushkin House\, LUX (London)\, CAPC (Bordeaux)\, LOCALES (Rome)\, Scuola Piccola Zattere (Venice)\, and CIRCA. Upcoming projects include commissions and collaborations with Arts Catalyst (Sheffield)\, YDP Foundation (London)\, and the Singapore Art Museum. \n\nImage: Reverberance\, Living Rehearsing\, YDP\, London\, 2026. Photograph: Anne Tetzlaff
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/to-re-cite-ayat-al-kursi-sound-faith-and-collective-listening-workshops/
LOCATION:Clore Creative Studio Whitechapel Gallery\, Clore Creative Studio\, Whitechapel Art Gallery\, 77-82 Whitechapel High St\, London\, E1 7QX
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Sound Art
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SUMMARY:Spaces of Care; Migration\, Museums & Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:We are thrilled about this interactive event with the Migration Network\, MultakaOxford and Counterpoints Arts at the Museum of Making in Derby. \n\n\n\nSpaces of Care a free day-long\, in-person event kindly hosted by the Museum of Making in Derby. This event is intended for those working with migration and intersecting themes in museums\, heritage sites and cultural spaces. It’s particularly for those working across the Midlands and South Yorkshire – to ensure opportunities for connection and potential collaborations. \nThere will be opportunities to hear from the organisers\, engage with a carousel of story-sharing activities\, share your own work\, and network and connect with each other. \nDuring the day we’ll explore key questions like: what are the motivations for everyone involved? How do we do it? What is successful and what challenges are we facing? What is the impact and what consequences do we need to consider? \nIf you would like to attend please email maren@counterpoints.org.uk
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/spaces-of-care-migration-museums-mental-health/
CATEGORIES:Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Critical Hope - Creativity and Wellbeing Week launch
DESCRIPTION:Join us in person to hear from Creative Health sector experts from across the country as part of Creativity and Wellbeing Week 2026 organised by London Arts and Health. Our Arts\, Refugees & Mental Health producer Maren will be one of the panelists for this important conversation. \n\n\n\nDay one of Creativity and Wellbeing Week sets the tone for the national programme under the theme of Critical Hope for Acute Times. The theme acknowledges the increasing precarity in the health and care sectors including the impending NHS redundancies\, ongoing instability in funding for Creative Health and the rising pressures linked to planetary health and climate change. Hear from cutting edge speakers\, network and re-energise at this free event to kick start our festival for 2026. \nRead more about the festival theme\, Critical Hope here. \nThis event will gather the sector in a space of critical hope\, reconnecting practitioners with their passion and inviting visions for the future of Creative Health. You can expect exciting panel discussions\, Q&A\, artistic activity and networking. \nAt the National Theatre. London Arts & Health anticipate the event to sell out with practitioners\, NHS colleagues\, artists\, funders and policy makers joining to mark the opening of the festival. \nAll attendees will be able to take home a unique Critical Hope badge created by the Badge Cafe! \nFeaturing: \n\nChair and host: Thahmina Begum\nAnna Woolf: London Arts and Health\nYamin Choudury: National Theatre\nEmmanuella Morsi : Artist\, Production Manager and Researcher\nMaren Ellermann: Counterpoints Arts\nDan Hopewell: Bromley By Bow Centre\nDr Simon Opher MP: Chair of the APPG on Creative Health\nRachel Millward: Deputy leader of the Green Party of England and Wales\nWith resident artist from Hoxton Hall: Aaron Appiah-Anderson\n\nAbout the venue: \nArrive from 10am in the foyer of the National Theatre and follow the signs for the event which will take place at the Buffini Chao Deck. You can purchase a hot drink to bring up from the cafe to enjoy during the event. The venue is fully wheelchair accessible. \nGet your tickets here \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/critical-hope-creativity-and-wellbeing-week-launch/
LOCATION:National Theatre\, National Theatre\, Upper Ground\, South Bank\, London\, London\, SE1 9PX\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Creativity & Wellbeing Week,Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Footnote x Counterpoints Prize Readings
DESCRIPTION:Meet the finalists for the £15\,000 Footnotes x Counterpoints Fiction Prize for writers from refugee and migrant backgrounds who shine a light on today’s most pertinent topics. \nThe writers reflect on themes of displacement\, belonging\, courage and creativity both in the selected works and more broadly\, touching on highly relevant themes that shape our lives and society. This event brings together the shortlisted authors ahead of the announcement of the winner in June\, who will be selected by a judging panel composed of prominent writers. \nPresented in association with Counterpoints Arts and Footnote. \nBooking via Southbank Centre \nShortlist to be announced in early May. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/footnote-x-counterpoints-prize-readings/
LOCATION:Purcell Room\, Queen Elizabeth Hall\, Southbank Centre\, London SE1 8XX
CATEGORIES:Literature & Spoken Word
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