Arika have been creating events since 2001. The Archive is space to share the documentation of our work, over 600 events from the past 20 years. Browse the archive by event, artists and collections, explore using theme pairs, or use the index for a comprehensive overview.
Edinburgh. Cask-strength electrohypnol and shroom damaged folk croonings by Lapsed Electronics empire builder.
Edinburgh. Sinewave manipulating Giant Tank-ette goes head-to-head with Decaer Pinga’s first lady of noise.
An improvisation that may or may not involve (typical) improvisation.
An invitation into languages field of touch; to speak in feeling together.
Heat-mapped bodies, found porn films, Korean psyche-folk, creepy police intrusion and self-defence.
Open community meeting to discuss some of the prevalent concerns impacting the ballroom community.
Instead of the one-way monologue of normal performance, what would be the result of an actual collective dialogue? Where would it go?
When one calls a strike, who hears the call, who attunes and listens to it? How to listen to the call of a strike? What prevents one from hearing this call or stops one from listening to it?
Three different performances variously featuring: Fritz Welch, loud drums, guitar, local collaborators, paper, memories, Roland Barthes, string quartets
An evening extravaganza celebrating the London launch of Truth & Lies: an Anthology of Writing and Art by Sex Workers
Expect slutty DJs, playful performances, stripper poles, rococo cakes, union broads and intimate readings…
Each organ is unique. The project is to find out what makes it unique.
A somehow hyper-modern, ancient and folkloric lip-synced, made-up, fashioned performance.
