events

Autumn events at VSSL include artist labs and an exhibition curated by Future Ritual and presented as part of CEREMONY, a year-long programme cycle exploring art making as a mode of gathering and communion in times of fragmentation. As a not-for-profit artist-led initiative, we value your support towards our continued public facing activities. Please make a donation if you can.

Claye Bowler, Buried Self, 2023. Jerwood Newlyn Residency. Photo by Claye Bowler.

Future Ritual x VSSL Studio

DIG ME A GRAVE

An artist lab with Claye Bowler (£40/£30)

In this two day artist lab, Claye Bowler offers an in-depth exploration of his practice and current research, delving into the intersections of queer/trans/disabled experience, memory and materialiaty through engagement with practices of casting, collecting and archiving.

Saturday 28th & Sunday 29th Sept, 2pm to 8pm, VSSL Studio.

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Anne Bean and Ansuman Biswas, Candle / Stick, presented at DISCHARGE, Ugly Duck and Future Ritual, 2024. Photo by Manuel Vason.

Future Ritual x VSSL Studio

AUTOBITUARIES

An artist lab with Anne Bean (£40/£30)

“Since ancient times, ceremony has allowed the processing of potent human experiences such as grief, fear, horror, joy, ecstasy, bewilderment, celebration, love and mystery, through collective acts of ritual. Art, for me, has proved to be a vital space to confront these cavernous expanses and to attempt to meaningfully share my own probings with others.”

In this Artist Lab, Anne Bean will talk about and show aspects of her work, as well as suggest collective actions, as catalysts towards creating our own ceremonies.

Thursday 10th & Friday 11th October, 11am to 6pm, VSSL Studio.

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Martin O’Brien & zack mennell (2024). Image courtesy of the artists.

Future Ritual x VSSL Studio

WHISTLING AS THE NIGHT CALLS

Collaborative images by Martin O’Brien & zack mennell

“Shot on 35mm Cinestill 800T, the images document a series of performance actions which haunt the wind-swept skeletal remains of religious sites, including St Peter’s Seminary, a derelict brutalist college for priests in Cardross, Scotland.”

Opens Thurs 31st Oct (6~9pm) & continues 1st November ~ 1st December. Open Thursdays by appointment & Fridays through Sundays, 12pm to 6pm.

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