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.
William cradles, hammers, and rains down blows, plucking and using 2 bows to attack the strings above and below the bridge, all in the service of a fiery and passionate creativity.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Sex worker only Collective Art Workshop led by the Hard Labour project from Scotland for Decrim.
One-shot sonic portraits of 4 houses, their inhabitants and their relationship to sound, from 2 of the most deep-thinking field-recording artists around.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
Where we join Nackt Insecten’s disembodied spectral howls and heavyweight locomotive drones about SPT’s Subway.
A fully transcribed, described, and open-captioned film screening that’s nothing short of their actual open heart.
Jarrod Fowler creates a social space where layered one-to-one live encounters with the audience become sonic material.
Junko’s screaming vocal in a nuanced, piercing duo with Urabe’s fuming and convulsive saxophone, far removed from the codes of musical tradition.
First live show outside the USA featuring one-off film pieces and live theatre from the ringleaders of the ‘weird new America’ psych folk explosion.
A dance party love letter to our community, expressing the joy of relation in the abstract and through actual physical proximity.
A specially commissioned performance for organ. “The course of the stars were to be put to sound.”
