Pictures of ASYLUM Second Open Exhibition.

ASYLUM 2nd Open exhibition

We are pleased to announce the ASYLUM Second Open exhibition will opening on Friday 25th may 6.30pm – 9pm  and Sat 26th + Sun 27th 2pm-6pm

The ‘ASYLUM First’ was for…..The unsung heroes of the studio, the ghosts in the closets. ASYLUM Second , to follow a theme, is for The Chapel and all it has given to us over the past year. Upon choosing your work, we’d like you to think about The Chapel’s beauty and decay, its history and surroundings.

Without any further ado….we wish to invite you to take part and submit your gems to what we hope will be a smorgasbord of ideas, imagery and a cathartic vomit of dust ridden ART.

Please deliver your work on Thursday 24th May between 9.30am – 6pm.

It is important to consider we will be hanging on existing nails hooks or screws, or propping paintings against the walls on bricks or wooden blocks as we do not want to put ay more holes into the decaying walls. It’s a massive space and we want it filled, this year we have a much larger gene pool as we have gathered new friends and followers so please bring one or two great pieces. If you have any special requirements or want to show more than two pieces do contact us before hand and we will endeavour to accommodate you.

Sculpture is extremely welcome as is any other media, we have 10 power sockets for monitors etc.

image by Jo Dennis: Untitled, oil on canvass, 2011

News Flash!

EXTRA EXTRA: Magnificent Butcher extra night this Friday 6-9pm for South London Art Map Last Fridays.  Last chance to see the Asylum with David Barbarino’s paintings from Berlin.

Christmas Event

Hello and Seasons Greetings from ASYLUM.

As a thank you to the residents of Caroline Gardens and to our friends for their continued support we will be hosting a Christmas get together.

Saturday 17th December. 6 – 8pm.

Mulled wine and yumminess

Entertainments too!

Please do come along and bring your Christmas cheer.

Best regards

Jo and Dido

Dirty Market Theatre presents: Something About You

On at ASYLUM until 20th Oct……
Dirty Market Theatre presents:

Something About You
(makes me want to hurt you)

A new site-specific piece inspired by Electra

Time Out Fringe Show of the Year winner Dirty Market return with a new site-specific piece. Set amongst the decayed, stained-glass splendor of rediscovered gem, Asylum Chapel Peckham, Something About You… fuses theatre, dance and art to take the audience on a journey into a mythic past. Inspired by Electra, this lyrical, comic, sometimes violent piece is a call to action: stop waiting for heroes and take your own authority, if you really want to feel alive.
Egg is lost. Caught in a loop, she can’t leave her flat – even when mummy comes calling. But when a strange man from her past decides to visit, everything changes. Memories of another life come flooding in – one in which she called the shots – and Egg decides it’s time to act.
Dirty Market was founded by Georgina Sowerby and Jon Lee in 2005. DMT are inspired by the French concept of Bricolage. They create their shows using playfulness, improvisation and trial and error with surprising results. In 2007, they won Time Out Fringe Show of the Year for Bacchaefull.
Company Info
Co-Directors: Georgina Sowerby and Jon Lee Choreographer: Anne-Gaelle Thiriot
Cast: Francesca Dale, Tom Harris, Benedict Hopper, Mayuko Kawai, Stephane Middleton, Arti Naithani, Oscar Gibbs

Dates: 6th-20th October, excluding 10th, 11th, 16th
Times: 7.30pm 6th-9th, 12th-15th & 17th-20th; 3.30pm 8th, 15th & 19th
Price: £15 (£9.50 concs.)
Box Office: www.ticketweb.co.uk/08444771000