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.
Junko’s screaming vocal in a nuanced, piercing duo with Urabe’s fuming and convulsive saxophone, far removed from the codes of musical tradition.
Series of short sets by Acid Mothers Temple / Ruins offshoots Zubi Zuva X, Akaten & Zoffy.
A voice that can vault from an elegantly whispered insinuation to asphyxiated and murderous barks or squalls in a heartbeat.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Deliberately blurred drones, absent of definite structure or rhythm, framed in silence and devoid of any distraction from the pure matter of sound.
How black radical practices of abolition imagine a way out of the caging and mass killing of life.
This set continues on from the Bud Neill inspired clatter using the contents of the Usurper twin’s pockets.
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Saturday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
Jarringly beautiful and often maniacal expression of hallucinatory and very personal visions.
Underground movement legend boychild hosts this workshop—on improvisation, cosmetics, movement and lip-sync.
What does it mean to listen with the mind as well as the ears? A solo performance from the great avant-garde pianist.
Quasi-theatrical multiple-projector pieces play with the relationship between performers, art and audiences.
