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.
UK conceptual/ drone/ noise artist, who is seriously posing what might seem to be unanswerable questions of music.
A sound of buzzing and flickering metallic drones, glottal stops and guttural growls, and also an explosiveness and purity of sound that reminds you as much of Bill Dixon as anyone else.
To Rococo Rot member Robert Lippok performing for the first time in the UK with his solo project.
A celebration of the release of four books written by members of, and focused on about the House and Ballroom scene.
A black hole of dense heaviosity, full of slow motion riffage, tectonic pummel and massive planet destroying rock.
A sort of prayer and conference, a sort of scream and dialogue – a monologue and declaration at the time, addressing how we can build complicity with one another.
Juliana’s performances chart the dissonant space and discrepancy between the presumed fixed norms of social life and the fluid lived experience those norms don’t allow for.
Renouncing the bind of the written word, Chopin’s sound poetry is a magical evocation of the pure powers of the voices, stripped bare of language.
Long Stringed Instrument performance involving up to 100 wires strung in tension over a 40m arch.
A collaborative performance where sound and image are created, performed and mediated by light, water and glass.
An audio/ video, lecture/ performance exploring the queer and companionly inter-activity of human-animal relations.
A dialogical meeting of Baraka’s radical poetry and Grimes’ free jazz syncopation.
