Future Ritual is a practice of gathering, curating and organising. We collaborate with artists to create contemporary expressions of ritual, working to support the emergence of new and more attuned cultures. 

We are based in London (UK).

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ALMANAC
Next: Sunday 28 Sept
 Almanac is a new regular performance platform taking place monthly in London.

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FIELD WORK
Deadline: Friday 31 Oct
Field Work is an intensive residential workshop led by Marilyn Arsem & Anne Bean in Cumbria, UK.

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A year-long programme cycle exploring performance in times of fragmentation.
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Poster design by Thomas Yeomans, 2018.


]performance space[

03.11.2018
 
Original copy: “F U T U R E R I T U A L is a performance platform for radical queer artists + audiences interested in ritual, myth, magick + mysticism to come together, to resist marginalisation, to challenge decency, to protest, to process, to dream us forward.“

Throughout 2018, Future Ritual presented a touring platform of performance art, visiting Bristol, Folkestone, Leeds and London. The other programmes were:

Alex Billingham, RAWHIDE, Future Ritual, ]performance s p a c e[, 2018. Photo by Manuel Vason.

Alex Billingham

RAWHIDE

RAWHIDE is abject, touching on body dysmorphia, scar tissue, locked in syndrome, evolution, sheading skin, body horror and learning to love yourself Scratching away layers of latex and skin, the length of the piece takes its toll, physically and mentally breaking down the performance. Everyone feels uncomfortable in their own skin, like fighting a losing battle with their own body.

I’ve experienced body dysmorphia, considering surgery and eventually learning to embrace my own body.


Artist Index: Alex Billingham


selina bonelli, Future Ritual, ]performance s p a c e[, 2018. Photo by Manuel Vason.

selina bonelli


in exploring the relationships that different types of memory have to gestures, images and materials, selina bonelli is interested in how our bodies make sense of things that are unspeakable, uncommunicable, and how this affects us both personally and societally. selina bonelli’s work looks at the effects of the deterritorialization of materials and actions in order to approach a language beyond the inadequacies it presents us with. threads and odours form an unreliable combine that sits precariously between action and stillness. in the encounter i'm looking at how we re-member the past: exploring our collective amnesia through action, gesture and the relationship between object and material.

Artist Index: selina bonelli



Joseph Morgan Schofield, yesterday I dreamt of flying Future Ritual, ]performance s p a c e[, 2018. Photo by Manuel Vason.

Joseph Morgan Schofield

yesterday I dreamt of flying

thinking about icarus and deleuze and gender and my father. this is a leap of faith. the point is never to fly.

Artist Index: Joseph Morgan Schofield


Niko Wearden, selkie skin, Future Ritual, ]performance s p a c e[, 2018. Photo by Manuel Vason.

Niko Wearden

selkie skin

Felt (1) 

A kind of cloth made by rolling and pressing wool or another suitable textile accompanied by the application of moisture or heat, which causes the constituent fibres to mat together to create a smooth surface. - Oxford English Dictionaries (2018)

Something about the sea. 

A general muddle of yearning and un-belonging. Heading north. 

This performance included live musical accompaniment from Logan Johnson.

Artist Index: Niko Wearden