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
As part of our Across Borders programme, Counterpoints Arts is delighted to be supporting the documentation of a new an art project by Manaf Halbouni & Christian Manss: Mobilistan, the first mobile state in the limited space of a vehicle. Mobilistan will be established on the area of a stretch limousine or state limousine, thus [...]
Victoria Square Project (VSP) presents: Visual artists Gülşah Aykaç, Thomas Diafas, Kostantza Kapsali and Maria Louizou present the works they created within the 1st cycle of the Station One AIR residency program under the subject “Hippodamia in Context”. As part of a 3-year research question “Who is the Contemporary Athenian?” in collaboration with Counterpoints Arts [...]
Group exhibition at coculture Berlin with Arin Ismail, Azadeh Kiankhah, Isadora Canela, Michael(a) Daoud, Minna Etein and Paula Muhr.
A new performance telling the incredible story of Henrietta Lacks, whose cells were used for medical research without her consent.
Live stand-up comedy online, marking the release of critically acclaimed film LIMBO
K Biswas, Leah Cowan, and Selina Nwulu discuss popular culture in Britain and its potential role in accelerating social change and highlighting structural inequality. Youth led movements – against racism and sexism, for LGBTQ+ and disability rights or environmental sustainability ‐ feel locked out of elite political and economic circles, and see culture as their site of expression. A new [...]
Mojisola Adebayo presents work in Berlin connected to a project commissioned by Actors Touring Company (ATC) and the Young Vic. Produced by Counterpoints Arts as part of our Across Borders programme.
An on demand video - A collective of German-based Syrian actors is rehearsing a contemporary adaptation of Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death. Part of Shubbak Festival 2021. Co-presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of this year's Refugee Week programme.
A collective of German-based Syrian actors is rehearsing a contemporary adaptation of Georg Büchner’s Danton’s Death. Part of Shubbak Festival 2021. Co-presented by Counterpoints Arts as part of this year's Refugee Week programme.
