Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), London’s Screen Archives (LSA) and Brent Museum and Archives are excited to announce a new residency for an artist to undertake a period of research and produce a creative response as part of the Becoming Brent programme.
Becoming Brent is organised in the centenary year of the British Empire Exhibition, a grand celebration of imperial power held in Wembley Park in 1924. Across a series of public events, Becoming Brent will explore the harsh realities of Britain’s colonial past and its ongoing legacy. One of the most diverse boroughs in London, Brent has strong connections to countries that were formerly under British colonial rule, including significant local communities of South Asian and Caribbean descent.
This artist residency comes as one of a number of creative outputs that will explore the impact of empire and its significance for Brent and its communities. It is also hoped that the outcome will encourage people to donate material to Brent Museum and Archives to increase representation of the borough’s diverse community within the collections.
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