Counterpoints in Conversation is a brand new radio series on Resonance FM, in collaboration with Gaby D'Annunzio.
New co-commission with Whitechapel Gallery - To-Recite by Aliaskar Abarkas. Sign up for workshops across April and May.
The world’s largest arts and culture festival celebrating the contributions, creativity and resilience of refugees and people seeking sanctuary.
A brand new digital art-meets-football project made with people from all over the world who now call Sheffield home, to celebrate the World Cup and Refugee Week.
A night of comedy featuring No Direction Home and the Palestine Comedy Club, presented by the University of Westiminster.
An intimate evening of storytelling, reflection, and conversation exploring the meaning of home, migration, and belonging.
A collective of filmmakers capture the lives of a people caught up in a conflict that has ravaged Sudan.
An audio-visual installation and community project by artist Kadir Karababa that explores how music carries memory, identity and a sense of home across borders.
A celebration of music and spoken word shaped by migration – co-curated by Anoushka Shankar and hosted by Nish Kumar.
Global bestselling writer and renowned activist Elif Shafak explores whether creativity can help heal our divided world.
Join a celebration of global club sounds and community at the Southbank Centre with Our Heartbeats DJ Crew for Refugee Week
A screening of exceptional short films selected by Sarah Agha for Arab Film Club, followed by a Q&A.
Past Events
A collaboration between Fire Station Artists’ Studios Dublin & Counterpoints Arts London.
Set in the port city of Le Havre, this charming comedy-drama tells the story of an ageing bohemian, his wife and the wider community as they confront everyday hardships of their own but also that of the refugee crisis that surrounds them.
A film screening of a drawing and sound performance by artist Issam Kourbaj in collaboration with composer Richard Causton and soprano Jessica Summers, to mark the 10th anniversary of the Syrian uprising.
Refugee Week, co-ordinated by Counterpoints Arts will be taking place across the UK and internationally from 20-26 June. The theme this year is 'Healing'. Through creativity and conversations, Refugee Week 2022 will be a celebration of community, mutual care, and the human ability to start again.
Go on a journey around the V&A museum and explore six objects that tell a story about people who became refugees.
Uncover the contribution of women to art and design on this special tour taking place every Saturday at the V&A.
Screening + Q&A with director Sarah Beddington and special guest (TBA). This striking documentary follows a Palestinian refugee in Lebanon and her ambition to reconnect with her ancestral homeland.
Counterpoints Arts, in collaboration with Southbank Centre, presents The Power to Create, the first live event in our PopChange Salon Salon Series.
First screening of a documentary film by Ana Stanic with the Mobilistan team (Manaf Halbouni and Christian Manss), Counterpoints Arts and Allianz Kulturstiftung The film traces the first official state tour of Mobilistan across European borders in the turbulent and uncertain Covid pandemic summer of 2021. Mobilistan is the first ever mobile state limited to [...]
