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VENT PODCASTS
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VENT, a collaboration between VICE and the young people of Brent, is an audio project designed to explore the multitude of issues affecting youth today. Across a number of podcast series, our team of young Brent locals will document their perspective across topics like politics and identity, love and dating, crime, culture, the environment and beyond.
Brent Locked In
Ian Duhig![]()
Named ‘the most original poet of his generation' by Carol Ann Duffy and having won the National Poetry Competition twice, Ian gives advice to Blueprint Collective member Savannah Mullings-Johnson for emerging poets.
VENT DOCUMENTARIES
SERIES 2: EXPLORING LOVE, SEX & RELATIONSHIPS![]()
Young people from Brent tell you the stories they care about. In the first episode of the new series, we hear from Khalil (20) who tells the sometimes hilarious, sometimes graphic and sometimes painful story of what it’s like to come into your queerness on the internet. VENT is produced by VICE and each episode is co-created with a young person from Brent. Listen via Spotify, Apple or Acast
Brent Locked In
Guy Gunaratne![]()
In this Locked In episode, Guy speaks to Blueprint Collective member Savannah Mullings-Johnson about his complicated relationship with Neasden, gaining the confidence to not explain or contextualise his writing and how art becomes richer when it’s infused with an amalgamation of cultures, languages and senses.
NO BASS LIKE HOME
BLUEPRINT COLLECTIVE PLAYLIST![]()
Listen the the No Bass Like Home playlist, curated by the Blueprint Collective.
NO BASS LIKE HOME
Oral Histories![]()
Listen to the oral histories, part of the No Bass Like Home project.
VENT WEEKLY PODCAST
#36 ‘Everything is Too Much Right Now’ Part 1![]()
Especially for black people. We need a minute just to process what’s going on.
Brent Locked in
General Levy![]()
How have Brent’s legends been coping during lockdown? Blueprint Collective member Tyrique Tagoe Wyse interviews ragga deejay, artist and Brent legend General Levy.
NO BASS LIKE HOME
SABRINA WASHINGTON![]()
British singer-songwriter Sabrina Washington speaks about how music played a big part in her childhood. Part of the No Bass Like Home Oral Histories project.
Announcements from Brent 2020
- 13 July 2020
DOCUMENTING BLACK BRITISH HISTORY
Re-watch the discussion on the importance of documenting Black British cultural heritage, and the approach the No Bass Like Home project has taken to build a digital reggae archive with the community.
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Metroland Cultures Fund
The Metroland Cultures Fund was established to help artists to stay creative through these challenging times, offering up to £1000 funding to reflect, plan or develop their practice. The 25 artists and creatives have been selected. The Fund is the first initiative by Metroland Cultures - the charity set up to deliver Brent 2020 and ensure its legacy for local people beyond 2020.
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Brent 2020 UNLOCKED
Brent 2020 announces UNLOCKED, a programme responding to the new challenges faced by artists and the wider creative sector. We take the Brent Artist Network online, VICE and young people from Brent debunk fake news around Covid-19 in a weekly podcast, and a new video interviews series showcases the legendary musicians, artists, athletes and activists who have shaped and been shaped by Brent.
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Brent 2020 Unlocked
Our response to the new challenges faced by artists and the wider creative sector.
14 April 2020
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Seen and Heard Petition Launched
Members of the Blueprint Collective announce a campaign asking for better public spaces for young people in London, and for young people to have an active role in their design.
27 May 2020
03 June 2020
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Metroland Cultures Fund Artists Announced
Metroland Cultures announces the artists to be supported by the Metroland Cultures Fund.
03 June 2020
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BRENT LOCKED IN: Episode 11
How have Brent’s legends been coping during the ongoing pandemic, and what might it mean for their work and practice?
23 July 2020
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BRENT LOCKED IN: Episode 12
How have Brent’s legends been coping during the ongoing pandemic, and what might it mean for their work and practice?
30 July 2020
