July 27, 2016
This is breach by Olumide Popoola and Annie Holmes, commissioned and published by Peirene Press for Peirene Now! series. Published on 1st August, with 50p of every sale donated to us at Counterpoints Arts. With thanks to Peirene, the award-winning boutique publishing house based in London, specialising in contemporary European novellas and short novels in English translation. […]
July 11, 2016
As well as co-ordinating Refugee Week around the country (this year there were more than 600 events) here at Counterpoints Arts we also produced our own events at Southbank Centre, British Museum, BFI and RichMix. Our evening at the British Musuem saw an exciting range of workshops, film screenings, participatory installations and performances in including […]
July 7, 2016
June 14, 2016 Almir Koldzic | June 2016 Alessandra Cianetti: Almir, your are the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Counterpoints Arts and your work has been focusing on ‘developing creative strategies for making refugees and migrants’ contributions become more recognised and welcomed within the British arts, history and culture’. How did your commitment and work with […]
June 30, 2016
We very much look forward to celebrating the end of the second year of our partnership with the Canalside Residents’ Association. The celebration is in form of a community Summer Party at Canalside Estate with residents, neighbours, local organisations and businesses. The Summer Party is 15.00 to 18.00 on 16th July, Phillip Street, N1 5NU. […]
June 17, 2016
By Alice Sachrajda – a freelance creative researcher and storyteller and a trustee of Counterpoints Arts. The senseless killing of Jo Cox MP is painful to bear today. I am finding it increasingly hard to comprehend our society, which seems to be in the grip of anxiety, mistrust and fear. The brazen UKIP poster […]
June 13, 2016
Our full programme for this very special Refugee Week event has now been published. Moving Stories Friday Late at the British Museum
June 3, 2016
It’s been our huge privilege to have one of London’s most exciting fashion designers, Marios Schwab and the award-winning Studio Moross working with us on creating a unique, small collection of stunning t-shirt designs in support of Refugee Week. When we first approached Marios, our idea was to build on the concept behind Refugee Week […]
June 3, 2016
We celebrate Refugee Week 2016 with a programme of film screenings, music gigs, performances, readings, installations and workshops – all happening across a range of top venues in London. The summer programme includes Learning Labs, a session at Christie’s and participatory events at the Festival of Love, and a rich mix of projects and events […]
June 3, 2016
Learning Lab is travelling to Dublin this June, 14th to 15th, presenting a very special Lab edition – Art / Human Rights / Refugees – in partnership with Fire Station Artists’ Studios, Immigrant Council of Ireland and the Irish Film Institute. The two day programme: Dublin Learning Lab programme
March 9, 2016
On 8th March we were delighted to host a visit by Alice Bah Kuhnke, the Swedish government minister for Culture and Democracy. The Minister explained something of the situation in Sweden, where more refugees per capita have been accepted than in any other EU Country. Led by our Co-Director, Áine O’Brien, the Counterpoints Arts team […]
January 8, 2016
We were delighted to welcome a team from BBC Arts to our Platforma Festival in Leicester in November. Overall we helped them make four films, including one about the Platforma Conference. The films were part of a season curated by Vicky Featherstone (artistic director of the Royal Court Theatre) and included pieces on The Paper Project, […]
January 8, 2016
In June 2015, we organised a week-long programme of events in response to global demographic shifts and unprecedented levels of human displacement. The programme featured over 40 artists working across visual art, film, photography, Live Art, performance and design, dis/placed considers the experiences of people who are ‘staying temporarily’, sometimes for generations, in stateless limbos, […]
September 22, 2015
This group of refugees arrived on Lesvos by dinghy. The group are gathering up their belongings, amazed that they’ve arrived and finally are at the ‘gateway’ to Europe. There is something so poignant about the little girls red cap and coat. Jillian Edelstein Counterpoints Arts is pleased to be working with acclaimed photographer, Jillian Edelstein, on […]
June 12, 2015
A car loaded with personal possessions is turned into a living space – an impossible home for a “modern nomad unable to belong and grow roots”. This personal yet universal piece by German-Syrian artist Manaf Halbouni speaks of his transient life in exile from Damascus. It also stands as a moving testament to loss, resilience […]
March 20, 2015
Adopting Britain: 70 Years of Migration – presented by the Southbank Centre in partnership with Counterpoints Arts (17 April – 6 September 2015) Adopting Britain: 70 Years of Migration is part of the Southbank Centre’s Changing Britain Festival. Inspired by Tales of a New Jerusalem, a series of books by historian David Kynaston, this festival […]