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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:Platforma Festival 2025
DESCRIPTION:Our 8th Platforma Festival will take place in October across the East of England\, co-produced with local artists and organisations and also featuring touring work from across the country.\nPlatforma 2025 will include more than 35 arts events across music\, theatre\, film exhibitions\, and more. \nCo-produced by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with local artists and organisations\, Platforma is a festival that takes place every two years in a different part of England. The aim is to present work by\, with and about refugees to a wide audience\, build capacity and share learning. \nLocations this October include Cambridge\, Colchester\, Diss\, Ipswich\, Diss\, Great Yarmouth\, Lowestoft\, Norwich\, Peterborough and Snape. \nProgramme highlights include: \n–The Table – a new play by Aisha Zia\, directed by Suba Das at The Key Theatre\, Peterborough\n–Hearts\, Bodies and Words – in conversation with novelist Sulaiman Addonia at the National Centre for Writing\, Norwich\n-If You Throw A Stone In The Crowd\, Someone’s Going To Get Hurt – an exhibition of work by Ghafar Tajmohammad at Firstsite\, Colchester\n-A Community Takeover at Jerwood DanceHouse\, Ipswich\n-You Never Asked My Name – installation by Jill Eastland at Cambridge Junction\n-Penguin – a play by Hamzeh Al Hussein and Amy Golding touring to Norwich and Cambridge\n–MAS(S) – a new sound installation by Tristan Shorr and Rae Champion (CONCRETE) in collaboration with Lomond Campbell\, touring to Great Yarmouth\n-Palestine: Peace De Resistance – Sami Abu Wardeh’s new comedy show comes to Diss\n-Touchstones – a participatory photography and writing project led by Gillian Allard in partnership with Living Grief\n–A Think Tank on Music and Displacement with Britten Pears Arts in Snape \nFor the full programme visit: https://counterpoints.org.uk/upcoming-events/ \nFor more information contact Counterpoints Senior Producer\, Tom Green via hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nThe Platforma Festival takes place in a different area of England every two years\, produced by Counterpoints Arts in collaboration with local partners to present work by\, with and about refugees and to build capacity and share learning. \nThe 8th Platforma festival will take place across the East of England in October 2025\, following a series of meetings with networks\, artists and organisations over the past 18 months. \nIn 2023 the 7th Platforma festival was held over 5 weeks across the South West of England. A key part of the programme is connecting organisations and people across the arts\, migration and other sectors. We also seek to make connections between places\, within the region and with visiting artists and practitioners from across the UK and internationally. \nBy focusing on a different region every two years\, Counterpoints is able to spend time getting to know a wide range of new partners and to build and understanding of the context. Our co-commissions and overall programme are responsive to that\, with a view to capacity building for the longer term and creating collaborations that last well beyond the festival period.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/platforma-festival-2025/
CATEGORIES:Platforma
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SUMMARY:Bridging Landscapes II
DESCRIPTION:A group exhibition curated by Aisha Zia.\nPresented and co-commissioned as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nOpening Hours:\nTuesday – Saturday: 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM\nClosed: Sunday & Monday\nAdmission: Free\nNo booking required \nFollowing its successful run at French Riviera Gallery in London and the Rich Mix in Bethnal Green\, Bridging Landscapes II comes to Peterborough Museum. \nThis powerful group exhibition features South Asian and MENA artists from across the UK\, including Zaineb Abelque\, Sarah Ali\, Mohammed Adel\, Aya Haidar\, Haroun Hayward\, Sofia Karim\, Rehan Jamil\, Kalpesh Lathigra\, Amak Mahmoodian\, Mohammed Tariq and Anusheh Zia. The exhibition explores the emotional and cultural impact of migration—whether through lived or inherited experience—and the deep\, diasporic threads that shape memory\, identity\, and belonging. \nA book accompanying the exhibition\, Carry the Shadows Home\, is available now\, published by 62 Gladstone Street and Pendle Press. \nImage: Will Not Protect Against Drowning\, by Aya Haidar \nAbout Platforma in Peterborough \nPlatforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street\, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions\, residencies\, and public programmes\, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community. \nPartners: Counterpoints Arts\, Landmark Theatres\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal Peterborough\, Peterborough Presents\, Peterborough Museum\, HELP Charity & the Aziz Foundation \nDedication: “Our programme is dedicated to the innocent men\, women\, and children who have lost their lives\, those who have been displaced by war\, and all those seeking a safe place to call home.” \n62 Gladstone Street’s Platforma programme is supported by Arts Council England as and presented as part of the wider Platforma Festival across the East of England\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/bridging-landscapes-ii/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Maria Proshkovska: Making Oddkin
DESCRIPTION:The interdisciplinary project Making Oddkin by Maria Proshkovska is presented as two parallel exhibitions: at OUTPOST Gallery in Norwich\, UK and at the Centre for Contemporary Art in the frontline city of Zaporizhzhia\, Ukraine.\nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma festival\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nMaria Proshkovska works with Ukrainian grain burnt by missile strikes as living evidence of loss\, resistance\, and the potential for recovery. The artist began this project in 2023\, presenting a five-hour performance Farina at the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna (MAMbo). Documentation of this performance was since purchased for the collection of Central Saint Martins College and is now part of the college’s curriculum. \nThe exhibitions in Zaporizhzhia and Norwich feature a photographic object\, new film\, and installation. This installation is largely made of adobe\, a material traditionally used in various cultures for construction\, symbolising the need for collective labor as an act of mutual support. \nProshkovska creates conditions for dialogue between the gallery spaces in Ukraine and the UK. Viewers in Norwich and Zaporizhzhia become co-habitors of a shared landscape\, formed through co-presence and mutual sensitivity. Making Oddkin is the search for new forms of closeness and responsibility between cultures\, based on shared values and care. \nMaria Proshkovska (b. 1986) is a conceptual and socially engaged artist from Kyiv\, who currently lives between Ukraine and the UK. Her work operates at the intersection of performance\, installation\, and feminist criticism\, exploring themes of memory\, trauma\, corporeality\, and gender-determined social processes. Proshkovska completed a master’s programme in Performance: Society at Central Saint Martins\, UAL. She is a scholarship holder of international programmes and has participated in numerous exhibitions in countries including Ukraine\, the United Kingdom\, Italy\, Austria\, Japan\, and Taiwan. Proshkovska’s works are held in the Central Saint Martins Museum & Study Collection\, MAMbo\, Shcherbenko Art Centre and in private collections. \nFilm screening and Q & A: 3pm Saturday 4th and 3pm Sunday 5th \n4.10-26.10 Thurs-Sun 12-6pm or by appointment
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/maria-proshkovska-making-oddkin/
LOCATION:OUTPOST Gallery\, 10b Wensum Street\, Norwich\, NR3 1HR\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Visual Arts
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251026
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SUMMARY:Gateway Film Festival Programme
DESCRIPTION:Gateway Film Festival presents a series of free screenings of shorts and feature films\, in partnership with 62 Gladstone Street.\nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025)\, produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nProgramme listings: \n4 October 18:00: Britain & Refugees: Return to Life + Hostile \n11 October 16:00: Stories of Migration- Short Films \n11 October 18:00: Io Capitano (2024) \n18 October 16:00: Child Migrant Stories – Films of Home\, Sanctuary & War\n18 October 18:00: Focus on Women’s Experiences – Films & Director Q&A \n25 October 16:00: Lyd (2023) \n25 October 18:00; No Other Land (2024) \nBringing together venues and organisations in the Peterborough area\, the Gateway Film Festival launched in November 2019. Gateway aims to celebrate local history\, community as well as being Peterborough’s gateway to film culture from the past and around the world. \nAbout Platforma in Peterborough \nPlatforma 2025 in Peterborough is produced by 62 Gladstone Street\, a community-rooted arts space in the heart of Peterborough with a particular focus on supporting South Asian and MENA artists. Through exhibitions\, residencies\, and public programmes\, it provides a vital platform for underrepresented voices and fosters meaningful dialogue between artists and the wider community. \nPartners: Counterpoints Arts\, Landmark Theatres\, Peterborough Cultural Alliance\, Metal Peterborough\, Peterborough Presents\, Peterborough Museum\, HELP Charity & the Aziz Foundation \nDedication: “Our programme is dedicated to the innocent men\, women\, and children who have lost their lives\, those who have been displaced by war\, and all those seeking a safe place to call home.” \n62 Gladstone Street’s Platforma programme is supported by Arts Council England as and presented as part of the wider Platforma Festival across the East of England\, produced by Counterpoints Arts.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/gateway-film-festival-programme/
LOCATION:Peterborough Museum and Art Gallery\, 51 Priestgate\, Peterborough\, PE1 1LF\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:Our Shared Futures – Climate & Migration Community Film Festival
DESCRIPTION:We are excited to announce the Our Shared Futures: Climate & Migration Community Film Festival 2025\, curated by Counterpoints Arts in partnership with Earth Refuge\, CMJ (Climate & Migrant Justice Organising Group)\, and City of Sanctuary. \nTaking place 21-30 November 2025\, to coincide with COP30 and Climate & Migrant Justice Day (22 Nov)\, this free\, new community-powered film festival shares powerful stories at the intersection of climate and migration. \nThe festival features a curated selection of feature-length and short films from around the world. These films explore themes of climate crisis\, displacement\, colonialism\, conflict\, resilience\, and hope – creating accessible entry points into urgent conversations that affect us all. \nHow it works\nAnyone in the UK can take part by hosting a screening—whether in a community centre\, library\, cinema\, school\, workplace\, outdoors\, or even at home. \n\n\nFilms are available free of charge via UK online streaming during the festival dates (21–30 November). \n\n\nYou don’t need to worry about rights or licensing – we’ve arranged these for everyone. \n\n\nWe have created resources and discussion prompts to help spark reflection\, dialogue\, and action – strengthening solidarity across communities and movements. (See below under “Free Resources”) \n\nFind a screening near you at the bottom of this page & social media.\n\nSo all you need to do is pick a film\, invite people\, and press play. \nThe Films\nFEATURE FILMS\n\nUtama (2022) dir. Alejandro Loayza Grisi\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q9Hv7HFDIOc\nRun time: 1hr 27 mins\nWhere available to screen: UK\nAge Certification: 12A (PG)\n \nSynopsis: An elderly Quechua couple in Bolivia confronts a devastating drought that threatens their traditional way of life. The film reckons with the grief that individual families contend with in the face of climate change\, as well as intergenerational reactions to climate change. How do the younger and older generations respond to climate change and the need to move? \n\nThank You For The Rain (2017) dir. Julia Dahr and Kisilu Musya\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO1-Z7kEyzo\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Feature documentary\nAge Guidance: 12A (PG)\nRun time: 1hr 27 mins \nSynopsis: This powerful documentary follows Kisilu Musya\, a Kenyan farmer who begins filming his daily life to show the real impacts of climate change on his community. Over five years\, his story evolves from local struggle to global activism as he journeys to the UN climate talks in Paris. The film captures the personal toll of changing weather patterns while exposing the deep inequalities that shape who is heard (and who is not) in global climate debates. \nYou can support Kisilu’s campaign here: https://www.mchanga.africa/fundraiser/36981 \nSHORT FILMS\n\nAnd Still\, It Remains (2023) dir. Arwa Aburawa & Turab Shah\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EEgh08ch1I\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Short documentary\nAge Guidance: 12+ (*please note this film is not certified\, this is a guidance- please watch films in advance to assess suitability to your audience)\nRun time: 28 mins  \nSynopsis: A poetic and unsettling reflection on the long shadows cast by French nuclear tests in the Algerian Sahara. Combining archival footage\, testimony\, and striking imagery\, the film explores how radioactive contamination and environmental damage continue to affect local communities decades after colonial powers left. It asks what justice means when the land itself remembers violence. \n\nDead As A Dodo (2022) dir. Leena Habiballa\nTrailer: no trailer available\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Short experimental\nAge Guidance: 12+ (*please note this film is not certified\, this is a guidance- please watch films in advance to assess suitability to your audience)\nRun time: 5 mins 9 seconds \nSynopsis: An experimental short film that reimagines the extinction of the dodo to examine how colonialism\, science\, and ecological loss intertwine. Through sound and image collage\, it questions how stories of extinction are told\, and who gets to tell them; exposing how ideas of dominance over nature are rooted in colonial histories. This work is inspired by and is in conversation with a book of poems titled A Theory of Birds by the Palestinian-American poet Zaina Alsous. \n \nUntil The Last Drop (2020) dir. Tim Webster & Ernesto Cabellos\nTrailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSQpIsQAnOU\nWhere available to screen: UK\nCategory: Short documentary\nAge Guidance: 12+ (*please note this film is not certified\, this is a guidance- please watch films in advance to assess suitability to your audience)\nRun time: 20 mins 20 seconds\n\nSynopsis: Set in the occupied West Bank\, this documentary portrays the lives of two farmers struggling under an unequal\, apartheid system of water access. Their story reveals how control over natural resources becomes a tool of oppression\, linking environmental injustice with political conflict. The film makes visible the intimate\, everyday impacts of global debates about rights\, scarcity\, and survival. \nInterested in Watching or Hosting a Screening?\nRegister here. \n\n\nIndividuals: Watch at home\, by yourself or with friends and family. \n\n\nOrganisers: Host a community screening in your chosen venue. \n\n\nCost: Free. All rights and licenses have been secured. \n\n\nRegister to receive access to the films and resources ahead of the festival. \nFree Resources & Packs\nAccess the film guide here (covers how to organise a screening and helpful top tips e.g. staying safe\, ideas for venues\, equipments etc!) \nAccess our education pack here (lots of great information on language\, discussion prompts related to the films and more!) \nYou are welcome to use materials from the public marketing folder (photos\, posters\, social media assets\, holding slide etc.) \nFind a Screening Near You!\nOver 300 screenings are happening across the country! Below are just a few public events – with many more coming soon. \nEngland\n\nArnside\nBath\nBirmingham\nBradford\nBrighton\nBournemouth\nBristol (21 Nov)\nBristol (22 Nov)\nBristol (30 Nov)\nCambridge\nChichester\nColchester\nCheltenham\nExeter\nHove\nLeeds\nLincoln\nLondon\, Bethnal Green/ Tower Hamlets\nLondon\, Bloomsbury\nLondon\, Brixton\nLondon\, Dalston\nLondon\, Hackney\nLondon\, Holborn\nLondon\, Islington\nLondon\, Kensington and Chelsea\nLondon\, Maida Vale\nLondon\, Stoke Newington\nLondon\, Westminster (24 Nov)\nLondon\, Westminster (26 Nov)\nLondon\, Westminster (27 Nov)\nReading (21 Nov)\nReading (25 Nov)\nStockport\nTynemouth\nWorcester\n\nWales\n\nAbergavenny \nCardiff\n\nScotland\n\nAberdeen (14 Nov)\nAberdeen (28 Nov)\nGlasgow\n\nHosting a screening?📩 Share your event link with us: hello@counterpoints.org.uk \nFAQs\nHow do I take part?\n \n\nJust complete this short google form here. Everyone is welcome to take part!\nOptional: watch this 30min recording of Information Sharing and Q&A\n\nDo I need to pay for rights or licensing?\nNo. All rights and licenses have been paid & secured by Counterpoints Arts and partners. There is no charge to you to screen any of the films. \nCan I charge tickets to my events?\nNo\, you cannot charge for tickets\, but optional donations are fine (you can collect donations for any cause/ charity/ venue/ project of your choice) \nCan I host in a cinema\, community venue\, or outdoors etc?\nYes! Screenings can take place in cinemas\, community centres\, schools\, libraries\, churches\, faith spaces\, pubs\, outdoor spaces etc. Absolutely everywhere and anywhere! Private or public screenings is fine. \nCan I download the films?No. The films are only available via a secure online streaming platform during the festival dates only. \nCan I watch the films in advance?\nWe apologise the films are not available to watch beforehand\, only during 21-30th November 2025. Check the film synopsis and age range for their suitability to your audience. Some of the films are available to hire on different streaming platforms if you need to watch in advance. \nWhen will I receive the link to the films?\nAll registered organisers will receive a link the week before the festival on Monday 17th Nov to test tech etc. \nHow do I promote my event?\nYou are welcome to use materials from the public marketing folder (photos\, posters\, social media assets\, holding slide etc.) You are welcome to promote your event in any platform e.g. eventbrite\, your website\, social media etc. Registered organisers will also be contacted if they want to promote their screenings on our website. \nHow do I access the free resources & discussion prompts?\nAccess the film guide here (covers how to organise a screening and helpful top tips e.g. staying safe\, ideas for venues\, equipments\, how to have good post-screening conversations etc!). Access our education pack here (lots of great information on climate & migration language\, discussion prompts related to the films and more!). Plus\, you are welcome to use materials from the public marketing folder \nAre there subtitles?Where provided by the filmmakers\, English subtitles will be available. \nI’m not based in the UK\, can I take part?\nNo\, this year the films are only available in the UK. \nI’m not available 21-30 Nov\, can I watch the films before or after?\nNo\, we only have rights & licenses for the films 21st-30th November 2025. \nIs there a selection process?\nNo\, everyone is welcome to organise a screening. No selection process. \nI am a filmmaker\, can you add my film to the programme?\nUnfortunately the programme is finalised but please do introduce your work to us for future opportunities. \nAny other questions please email hello@counterpoints.org.uk
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/our-shared-futures-climate-migration-film-festival/
CATEGORIES:Film,Pop Culture
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SUMMARY:Gaza Remains The Story
DESCRIPTION:Created by The Palestine Museum: “In loving memory of the late Hikmat Maher Kaddoura\, may his soul rest in eternal peace” \nPresented by Diss Palestine Solidarity as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nGaza Remains the Story exhibits the cause and context of the Palestinian experience\, focusing on the land\, places\, and people of Gaza. The exhibition strives to inform\, educate\, and narrate stories of historical locations and cultural practices in Gaza\, providing a glimpse into Gaza’s arts\, aspirations\, and uniqueness—what remains of it in these harsh times. \nWhile the deafening noise of never-ending bombardment drowns out the daily life\, heritage\, artistic expression\, and creativity of the people of Palestine\, this exhibition strives to look behind the curtains of the theatre of war and conquest. By narrating the stories of Gaza and countering misinformation\, “Gaza Remains the Story” aims to provide a global audience with information and references to contextualise Gaza within Palestine\, the region\, and the world. This exhibition employs text\, drawings\, and audiovisual material to explore historical\, economic\, geographic\, demographic\, and creative aspects of life in Gaza. \n \n \nArtist: Malak Mattar\nTitle: When Family is the Only Shelter\, 2022 \nOil on Canvas\, 60 x 50cm\nCourtesy of the Ghiath and Nadia Sukhtian Collection
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/gaza-remains-the-story/
LOCATION:The Ballroom\, No 8 Marketplace\, Diss\, IP22 4AB\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:Confluence
DESCRIPTION:Confluence: a place where ideas merge or flow together\nAn exhibition curated and co-ordinated by Shathy Bano exploring cultural influence\, identity and belonging in the community with a two-week programme of collaborative artwork\, interactive workshops & conversations. \nCo-commissioned and presented as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nCommunity gathering 18 October\, 1-4pm \nThis year community artist Shathy Bano has facilitated a series of 20 art sessions involving a total of over 40 participants with experience of migration in various small group settings. The sessions involved conversations exploring cultural influence\, memory\, identity and language\, using visual art as a tool for expression. \nThe exhibition at Anteros Arts Foundation brings all of the artwork together from different sessions and includes a programme of workshop activities that a free and drop-in. \nThe community gathering on the 18th is a celebration of the connections made by everyone who has participated in the projects. \nShathy Bano is a Bengali British visual artist with an extensive background in social work and therapeutic community art. Shathy focuses on cultural identity\, transformation and loss. As a child migrant herself\, her art practice draws on her life experience to create visual expressions of intersectional identity and cultural exchange through the generations\, representing how this relates to the evolving\, yet transitory notion of home and place. \nShathy has worked with Norfolk libraries and other community groups for several years leading art sessions. The creative sessions explores the links between culture\, language and place to explore belonging and connection working collaboratively with groups. \nThe exhibition is a collation of the various artwork undertaken over the past year through different projects and the connections and networks made. There is an opportunity to view the artwork\, and the two week programme provides a variety of art sessions and time and space for creativity and conversation. \n 
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/confluence/
LOCATION:Anteros\, 11-15 Fye Bridge Street\, Norwich\, NR31LJ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:MAS(S)
DESCRIPTION:MAS(S) is a new Sound Art Project created by artists Tristan Shorr and Rae Champion (CONCRETE) in collaboration with Scottish artist Lomond Campbell\, exploring migration\, refugees\, war and loss through the human voice. \nA series of generative sound sculptures turn the audio testimonies of refugees into a multi-channel sound experience\, culminating in a voice siren that will call out along the British coastline\, allowing audiences to actively walk the siren call together\, mapping our borders. \nCo-commissioned an presented in Great Yarmouth in partnership with Yarmonics and Original Projects as part of the Platforma Festival (October 2025) produced by Counterpoints Arts. \nVoice Siren Walks (approx 45 mins):\n– Friday 17th 2pm > free booking\n– Sunday 19th 2pm + 4pm > free booking\n\nMeet:\n\nUnderneath Britannia Pier\, Marine Parade\, Great Yarmouth NR30 2EH\n\n\n\nhttps://counterpoints.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/VIDEO-2025-10-01-21-27-58.mp4\n\nCONCRETE are two artists that come together to create political and social art. Their works look to highlight\, provoke and ignite conversation\, providing ways for audiences and participants to interact and explore the common landscape individually and collectively\, being held within sensory and sonic expansions. \nMAS(S) is an acronym taken from the works orginal title Make A Stand. MAS(S) represents an uprising of people\, voices\, protests\, and the power of song in the form of a choral mass. “The very form of sound itself can be disruptive since it can transgress borders\, barricades and blockades.” Christopher Cox
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/mass/
LOCATION:Voice Siren Walks\, Underneath Britannia Pier\, Marine Parade\,\, Great Yarmouth\, NR30 2EH
CATEGORIES:Platforma,Sound Art
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SUMMARY:The Butterfly Effect (A Call for Peace)
DESCRIPTION:This socially engaged art piece and poem from Ruthie Collins and friends features beautiful butterflies made with children in Norfolk and objects inspired by movement\, in heritage and nature – across the elements\, from water to air – including a book published during World War II Kitty Come Home\, narrating the journey of children traveling to Britain across water to escape the Nazis. \nPresented as part of Platforma 2025\, co-commissioned and produced by Counterpoints Arts \nFor this project Children in Norfolk explored iconic British butterflies that travel to the UK including the Red Admiral and what flowers to plant to help restore them. You can also plant butterfly friendly flower seeds as part of the piece and an ongoing project to help restore biodiversity locally in Norfolk and encourage connection to the landscape. \nThe art piece also includes a poem written by Ruthie Collins inspired by the need for child wellbeing in current times – conversation with a child talking about missing family\, estranged by war. Selected words from the poem have been put to electronica especially for Plaforma – listen and enjoy The Butterfly Effect (A Call for Peace) which will be shared as part of the festival. \nMore information on how to pick up your seeds and where to read or listen to the track\, will be shared later in October. \nRuthie Collins is an award winning writer and artist based in East Anglia.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/the-butterfly-effect-a-call-for-peace/
CATEGORIES:Community & Participation,Platforma
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SUMMARY:Artist Salon Lowestoft
DESCRIPTION:Essex Cultural Diversity Project’s Artist Salons are free workshop and networking opportunities for creative practitioners and community organisers. Come along to share and develop ideas for art projects which celebrate diversity. There will be hands-on advice about engaging with communities and applying for public funds for community art projects. The day includes a complimentary lunch. \nPresented as part of the Platforma Festival\, produced by Counterpoints Arts\, this Artist Salon will be focussed on intercultural arts provision for migrant\, refugee and asylum seeker communities. \nFree\, but places are limited so booking is essential. \nDate: Friday 24 October 11am-3pm\nVenue: The Battery\, 119 London Road North Lowestoft\, England\, NR32 1LZ \nFull details: https://essexcdp.com/event/artist-salon-lowestoft/ \nWho Should Attend?\nThe event is open to emerging or more established artists/arts organisations\, or representatives from organisations who want to develop creative projects within diversity settings. \nEssex Cultural Diversity Project’s core mission is to energise diversity in arts and heritage. \n“We know that diversity is different for everyone. Diversity for us means: cultural diversity | different ethnic backgrounds | low socio-economic backgrounds | LGBTQ+ | disability | neurodiversity | or an intersection of these. We often support artists and projects that engage with: deprived communities | marginalised voices | communities with little or no access to the Arts | those who are culturally curious or want to connect with where they live in different ways.” \nAbout the Hosts and Partners\nLed by First Light Festival CIC\, the Battery of Ideas Place Partnership is designed to fire up ideas\, enthusiasm and involvement in the new Cultural Quarter development in Lowestoft town centre\, to grow public awareness and engagement in the Quarter and create a step change in creative production and cultural participation in the town. The Battery is a space for inclusive creative participation and engagement\, co-production\, planning and testing out activity as Lowestoft’s new Cultural Quarter develops. Currently we are testing out a programme of creative health activity\, live performance\, visual art exhibitions and installations in partnership with a consortium of local arts organisations and cross sector partners. The Battery of Ideas project has awarded 34 local creatives enterprise bursaries and art commissions\, including to make work that will be shown in the Battery and at First Light Festival.
URL:https://counterpoints.org.uk/event/artist-salon-lowestoft/
LOCATION:The Battery\, 119 London Road North\, Lowestoft\, NR32 1LZ\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Learning,Platforma
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