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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COMMON HOST
13 - 15 March

A weekend gathering situating ancient folk customs such as mumming in new relation to the post-industrial landscapes of London and Essex . 

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On 14 March we’ll host contaminated materials, a workshop exploring the performing our difficult histories.

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Martin O’Brien, Fading Out of Dead Air (Transmissions for the Necropolis), 2023. Photography by Marco Berardi. 



an intensive workshop with Martin O’Brien,  23 - 27 March

This intensive workshop looks at discipline in artistic practice - how commitment, repetition and training can shape the way we work. Together we’ll explore how we can make rules - and break them - as we make our performances.

In his own work, Martin uses actions rooted in endurance to explore death and dying, what it means to be born with a life shortening disease, and the philosophical implications of living longer than expected. 


Using exercises dervived from Martin’s practice, we’ll work through ways of (re)committing to a practice, following through an exploration, determining the rules or logics that inform our own work, and seeing what happens when we break them.

We invite performers with varied and diverse practices to join ON DISCIPLINE. Although Martin will reference his own explorations of pain-based and BDSM-informed practices, they are not the focus of this workshop.


to participate

> book here (£300 / £250)

what we’re looking for
DISCHARGE will be programmed through a mix of open call and invitation. 

The events will be mixed bills, featuring a number of short, sharp shocks each night. These don’t need to be club style performances - we welcome work that is difficult and asks for the audiences’ attention and focus.

The open call is for work that is informed by kink, fetish and sexual cultures and strange bodily practices.

This series will be hosted by IKLECTIK, an art lab focussing experimental sound, non-normative embodiment, performance rituals, visuals, and critical research. Given the IKLECTIK’s expertise and focus, we want to know what role sound (including silence) plays in your work - but the works presented at DISCHARGE should foreground the body. IKLECTIK is situated in Peckham Levels. There is step free access to the space.

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what we can offer
We can offer performers a fee of £500, rehearsal space, technical assistance (focussed on sound), photo and video documentation.


what you need to do
To apply please complete this google form. The deadline is end of day, Thursday 19th February.

If you have any questions, please contact Future Ritual:
producing@futureritual.co.uk

Zombie Time

DISCHARGE is presented as part of Zombie Time, a project exploring how Live Art and performance art practices can shift understandings of health, disrupt the vulnerabity of the patient and the rhetoric of illness as weakness. Living sick can also mean living well!