Future Ritual cultivates performance art and artists, in the UK and internationally, amplifying the enlivening and transformative potential of this artform.

Against the alienation and fragmentation of contemporary life, Future Ritual creates and holds spaces for curious publics to gather, to think and to feel through place, desire, belief, loss and mystery.  

We are based in Peckham (London) and work from STUDIO: Future Ritual.


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STUDIO Residents wanted, next deadline 15 August

Join our community of practice at STUDIO: Future Ritual, a new space for gathering, performance and embodied practice in Peckham.

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ALMANAC
Sunday 20 September

Our regular performance art gathering returns with performances by Samm Shackleton, Dominique Savitri Bonarjee +  Awc Chuwen Wang.

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Some of the performances, projects and events we have worked on are available to watch online
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Claye Bowler, Buried Self, 2023. Jerwood Newlyn Residency. Photo by Claye Bowler.

Claye Bowler

Dig Me a Grave an artist lab at VSSL studio
28.09 - 29.09.2025

In this two-day artist lab led by Claye Bowler, we will  delve into the intersections of queer/trans/disabled experience, memory and materiality through engagement  with practices of casting, collecting and archiving.


The lab offers an in-depth exploration of Claye’s practice and current research which current investigates themes of forced waiting, using the symbol/metaphor/actual space of an open grave. Not dead, but also not quite alive enough to leave the grave. Activities tbc but prolly include: Looking & discussing Claye's and other artist's work, watching lil films, visiting a cemetery, digging holes, casting soil, having a nap, exploring folk songs, and more! 


This artist lab was offered as part of CEREMONY, a year-long programme of performances, exhibitions, artist labs and workshops exploring the function of performance as a modality for gathering, ritual and ceremony amidst the fragmentation of contemporary life. The CEREMONY programme was supported with public funds by Arts Council England.


Artist Index: Claye Bowler