Brent Biennial: FIRE Ritual Launch Party + K2K Radio Celebration

About the event

Join us at Metroland Cultures for an evening of rhythms and connection, as we celebrate the launch of the FIRE Ritual programme, co-hosted by Brent Biennial 2025 and K2K Radio.

Experience the world premiere of In Petri Dishes We Sing《 於培養皿內唱歌 》, a new moving image work and installation by artist Yarli Allison, and join us for opening speeches, food and drink. Then step inside the K2K Radio studio for a live show exploring grief, remembrance, and music as medicine. Local DJs will bring the heat to Kilburn Square for an outdoor music party. This evening is a special fundraiser for Macmillan Cancer Support.

About K2K Radio

K2K Radio is a community-powered station and creative platform based at Metroland Studios in Kilburn. Founded in 2012, it has grown into an inclusive, volunteer-led hub where people of all ages and backgrounds can connect, create, and share their voices.

From live radio shows and DJ sets to hands-on training and community events, K2K offers space and support for anyone curious about broadcasting, music, and media as well as people looking to giveback and connect. Relocating to Metroland and Kilburn Square in 2024 has deepened K2K’s roots, placing it at the heart of a network of residents, artists, and grassroots changemakers. Today, the station continues to champion hidden voices, amplify culture and creativity, and use radio as a joyful tool for confidence, wellbeing, and collective connection.

Brent Biennial 2025: FIRE Ritual

FIRE Ritual takes place from 26 September to 12 October 2025.

Fire is a tool, both revered and feared. A glowing hearth calls us home, to safety and sustenance. Gentle embers create warmth, while a blazing flame provides illumination and a force for change. Its power is exponential, and the insurgencies and profligacies of fire threaten destruction. Fire symbolises the potential for creation and destruction. It challenges the notion that structures should last forever, and instead speaks to transferences of im/materiality across dimensions.

FIRE Ritual forms part of the programme for Brent Biennial 2025. Titled Bones, stones, and calling the four elements, the Biennial is curated by Annie Jael Kwan, and unfolds across a series of four elemental rituals – WATER, EARTH, FIRE and AIR – at four Brent sites – a public reservoir, a park, an old medical facility and a university campus. Located in the north and south of the borough— Harrow, Wembley and Kilburn— the ‘rituals’ will feature artists presenting workshops, talks, performance and exhibition.

FIRE Ritual is presented by the Brent Biennial 2025, with the support of Arts Council England, Brent Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Granville Community Kitchen, Hong Kong Arts Development Council, K2K Radio, Kilburn Square Housing Co-op, Something Human, University of Westminster, and Wing Yip.

For more information visit : https://metrolandcultures.com/events/brent-biennial-2025/

Images:
Still from Yarli Allison, In Petri Dishes We Sing, 2025 (Moving Image, 4K 28:30)
K2K Radio, photo by Thomas Coles