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
After the smash-hit success of its debut season, and a sell-out gig at Southbank Centre, come join us for more unexpected laughs from our talented team.
Image credit: Chris Constantine Join us for a week of participatory workshops, conversations, screenings and talks as part of a Turner Contemporary takeover by Platforma Festival. The programme (coordinated by Tom Green and Dijana Rakovic at Counterpoints Arts) reflects upon several of the themes showcased in the work of the Turner Prize nominees, such as [...]
#platforma 5 As part of our 5th Platforma festival we are co-curating a week of events at the Gulbenkian in Canterbury. The programme includes: 21-22 October: Pop culture / Young People / Migration & Social Change – Pop Culture and Social Change is a pioneering project from Counterpoints Arts exploring how the power of pop [...]
#platforma5 21-22 October 2019, Gulbenkian, University of Kent, Canterbury A 2-day ‘retreat’ as part of Platforma 5 Introduction Pop Culture and Social Change is a pioneering project from Counterpoints Arts exploring how the power of pop culture can be harnessed to shift the way we talk, think and feel about migration and displacement. As part of Platforma 5, [...]
The Arts, Migration and Food Platforma 5 event, part of Something Held in the Mouth, a four day festival of food, migration & the poetics of food, organised by Custom Folkestone. 14:00 to 16:00 Interdisciplinary artist Dana Olărescu and social designer Paulina Sidhom are working with a food bank organiser in Peckham, examining the system from how [...]
#platforma5 Custom Folkestone presents: Something Held in the MouthA four day festival bringing together artists and creative practitioners to present a diverse programme of art, events, workshops and talks about the poetics of food, the politics of its migrations and the ways in which our bodies hold these stories. The festival convenes dialogues around the way food [...]
Image: Guy’s Map of Cork 1893 Cities have the capability of providing something for everybody, only because, and only when, they are created by everybody. Jane Jacobs, The Death and Life of Great American Cities A well-crafted city can be repaired, and a poorly crafted [...]
Image: Tania Bruguera's Hyundai Commission, Turbine Hall launch (2018). Credit: Kirsty O’Connor PA. We are pleased to collaborate with our partners CREATE in Ireland in the context of a Networking Day for Collaborative Arts. Other partners include Crawford Gallery Cork and the Cork City Arts Office. The Networking Day promises to open up a space to [...]
#platforma5In partnership with Ideas Test, Woodville Theatre, Cohesion PlusNo Direction Home, produced by Counterpoints Arts & Camden People’s Theatre, has been running since September 2018, with free coaching and paid performances for new stand-up comedians from refugee & migrant backgrounds. Led by award-winning comic Tom Parry, the group have performed at 10 gigs in London [...]
