Commissions

Counterpoints Arts’ commissioning is framed by our core mission and beliefs, reflecting our commitment to support artists who have experienced displacement and artists who are exploring and amplifying the migration story.

  • Refugee! is a new political, devised theatre piece written by Aisha Zia and the Company.

  • Developed by artists Amanda Camenisch and Therese Westin, bringing together a sound meditation and performance at the V&A.

  • A new work by visual artist Alexandros Simopoulos commissioned by our sister organisation, Counterpoints Greece in collaboration with Døcumatism

  • Connecting local communities and those who have experienced forced migration through creative dance practice, walking, and surveillance technologies.

  • One Song is a multiscreen video installation, by artist Kadir Karababa, about the power of songs that connect us to our roots.

  • Marking the 25th year of Refugee Week, an evening of specially commissioned music and spoken word hosted by comedian Fatiha El-Ghorri.

  • By Adrian Paci in collaboration with displaced people living in Greece.

  • CROWN//تاج is the UK’s first touring production by Company Scheherazade combining classical Persian dance, contemporary dance, and Sufi movement

  • A symposium, exhibition and new network exploring the ways visual art can illuminate and reshape narratives around migration, identity and belonging.

  • A project led by artist and anthropologist Liz Hingley, with the support of Jeweller Sofie Boons and Frank Menger of the Centre for Print Research at the University of West England.

  • Commissions from Abigail Reynolds and Sovay Berriman in partnership with Creative Kernow

  • About Us! Artists' Scratch Showcase is curated by Awate and commissioned by Counterpoints and Southbank Centre

  • Ellipsis by Belén L.Yáñez is an audio walking tour co-created with local communities, that encourages you to reconnect with your local area and observe something new and unexpected in the everyday.  

  • A multidisciplinary body of work by artist Tamara Al-Mashouk that asks if matter and place remember the way our bodies do.

Past Commissions

This is a selection of previous commissions: see also our events archive and blog for details of other work we have produced and co-produced.

  • A thought-provoking visual art exhibition by Ghafar Tajmohammad at the Yorkton Workshop in Hackney.

  • A work by artist Eirini Linardaki in the public space of Kypseli    

  • Commisisons by Counterpoints and English PEN in response to the Illegal Migration Bill

  • The artwork for Refugee Week 2023 on the theme of Compassion was created by award-winning artist Murugiah.

  • Land art by Sand In Your Eye with St Augustine’s with schools and communities in Halifax

  • A commission for Refugee Week 2023 by poet Ege Dündar

  • A virtual residency, part of the Create Syria project.

  • One Song by Kadir Karababa celebrates the power of songs we carry in our hearts and memories, songs that connect us with our heritage.