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SUMMARY:Ghafar Tajmohammad: If you throw a stone in the crowd\, someone’s going to get hurt
DESCRIPTION:Explore Ghafar Tajmohammad’s thought-provoking collection of paintings and hand-woven rugs\, called kilims\, reflecting on conflict\, home\, and the search for hope and resilience.\nBy combining painting\, hand-woven rugs\, and lived experiences\, Ghafar’s work responds to the ongoing global turmoil and its impact. Whilst seemingly distant\, such conflicts mark real lives\, especially those of civilians caught in the crossfire. Ghafar draws on his own experience of displacement as a British Afghan\, while also turning outward to wider struggles and shared hopes. \nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nAbout the exhibition \nThe exhibition’s title comes from a proverb shared with Ghafar by a fellow Afghan while talking about the bombings in Afghanistan. \nToday\, the phrase feels even more powerful against the backdrop of global conflicts. For Ghafar\, it reflects both feelings of helplessness and the hope that expressing the collective “crowd” might encourage solidarity and social connection. \nGhafar’s work talks about ideas like home\, belonging\, and migration of people moving from one place to another. \nHis art looks closely at the experiences of people from the Afghan community who have moved to new places\, especially to the UK. He uses painting in new and different ways to share these stories. \nFull exhibition details \nWhat to expect \nOne of the works in this exhibition is a collection of hand-woven\, painted rugs\, called kilims\, named “Love Letters.” This personal piece was inspired by a workshop Ghafar co-led with ArtRefuge at a refugee camp in the UK. \nDuring this workshop\, he invited participants to write and draw their initials using both Arabic and English letters. This simple act of writing one’s own initials became a powerful way for people to express identity\, memory\, and presence. \n“Love Letters” begins with these initials as a starting point\, not only to acknowledge the individuals who took part\, but also to open the space for others. \nAnother highlight is “Dirt Upon My Head”. It is made from one large canvas stretched over several square frames. Each frame represents a single home\, and together they suggest a neighbourhood or city frozen in a moment of impact. The canvas stretches out from the centre\, giving a feeling of breaking or tearing. \nAbout Ghafar Tajmohammad \nGhafar is of Afghan heritage and was displaced as a small child. He grew up in Southeast London\, graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in Painting at Camberwell College of Arts and works as a Curatorial Project Manager at the Migration Museum. \nAbout Firstsite \nFirstsite is the East of England’s contemporary visual arts organisation where you can experience the most exciting developments in contemporary art\, and explore the rich artistic legacy cultivated by the East of England’s unique landscape and character. \nImage: Homage to Najia\, Fall of Kabul by Ghafar Tajmohammad\, courtesy of the artist.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/ghafar-tajmohammad-if-you-throw-a-stone-in-the-crowd-someones-going-to-get-hurt/
LOCATION:Firstsite\, Lewis Gardens\, High Street\, Colchester\, CO1 1JH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:HOLDING SPACE: Arts\, Refugees and Mental Health
DESCRIPTION:We invite you to a vital conversation at the intersection of arts\, refugee experiences and mental health. This gathering will explore how cultural institutions can hold space for artists and communities with refugee backgrounds\, supporting both creative expression and wellbeing. \nTogether\, we will examine models of good practice\, share knowledge across sectors and build collaborative strategies that centre inclusion\, resilience and care. We hope to not only spark dialogue and build connections\, but to co-create and actionable plan that strengthens the role of organisations in supporting refugee communities and artists. \nThis gathering is a collaboration between Counterpoints Arts and V&A South Kensington \nThis event is by invitation. For more information please contact hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nRead more about the work of Counterpoints Arts on the arts\, refugees and mental health
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/holding-space-arts-refugees-and-mental-health/
LOCATION:V&A\, Cromwell Rd\, London\, SW7 2RL
CATEGORIES:Mental Health
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SUMMARY:Counterpoints in Conversation - Episode One
DESCRIPTION:Counterpoints in Conversation radio series on Resonance FM.\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. \nHosted by DJ\, broadcaster\, and curator\, Gaby D’Annunzio\, we’re kicking things off with film – exploring the medium’s potential to challenge dominant narratives and make space for stories that are more human\, honest\, and representative of different experiences of displacement. \nIn this first episode\, we’re joined by Counterpoints Productions Lead Ornella Mutoni\, who also directed short film\, ‘The Things We Don’t Say’\, which explores complex journeys of healing in post-genocide societies. Joining her is the award-winning filmmaker Maria Marrone. Maria’s recently commissioned documentary ‘Rendered in Light’\, follows a software engineer in Gaza creating vital spaces of care for community healing under siege. \nFollow the conversation across monthly shows and you will meet inspiring and talented artists\, covering different experiences of migration and art making. The broadcasts are live on last Friday each month at 5.30pm or listen to it in the link in bio. You can then catch up with each episode on Resonance FM 104.4 FM\, and in Counterpoints’ archive. \n  \nAbout Ornella Mutoni: \n\nOrnella is a Pop Culture and Social Change Producer at Counterpoints Arts. She is also a documentary director\, producer\, and cultural worker whose work tenderly explores collective healing and the legacy of trauma through intimate storytelling. \n\n\n\n\n\n\nHer directorial debut ‘The Things We Don’t Say’ was distributed by The Guardian Documentaries and also earned her a nomination for the Gaby Rado Award for New Journalist at the 2025 Amnesty Media Awards. She is currently working on her first feature documentary. \nOrnella has worked in prime-time broadcast TV and video journalism for 6 years with award-winning production companies making a range of documentaries for UK\, Australian\, Dutch\, and American broadcasters. \nAs a cultural worker she is passionate about working at the intersections of social justice\, liberation movements and DIY culture with film and music. She currently produces a podcast series for the Decolonial Centre and regularly curates film programmes. She previously co-founded Lossless Radio\, a community focused radio station in Narrm/Melbourne. \n\n\n\n\n\n  \nAbout Maria Marrone: \nMaria is an emerging documentary filmmaker and photographer. She received her undergraduate degree from NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts and her master’s from the London School of Oriental & African Studies. Her cinematography\, editing and co-direction in her first film\, the ritual to beauty\, won the Grand Jury prize at Slamdance and received nominations at BlackStar Film Festival\, HotDocs\, and BFI London Film Festival. She has been part of the edit team for award-winning films has dedicated much of her work to films that promote social change\, most notably for the Muslim\, Latinx\, and Afro-Latinx diaspora. She has used her talents to create moving pieces for charities working out of Palestine and Iraqi Kurdistan. Her photography work has been featured in a series of publications including VICE\, DazedDigital\, and Latina Magazine.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/counterpoints-in-conversation-episode-one/
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