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.
A changing pool of people (40 or so at a time – artists, audiences, etc) talk for 90 minutes in a simultaneous series of open-ended round-table discussions, structured like speed dating, and mixed live as both a concert and for radio broadcast.
Vanessa Place talks at The Friday Event series at the Glasgow School of Art about her practice as a writer.
What would have happened in 1963 if someone from the voguing ball scene going on in Harlem had travelled downtown to perform alongside the early postmoderns at Judson Church?
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Sunday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
Profound mathematical ideas for romantics, to help us linger in the difference we share.
Quartet improvisation by Klaus Filip – laptop, Radu Malfatti – trombone, Sean Meehan – snare & cymbals, Taku Unami – rice and dish.
A silent performance of (musical) reverberation.
Jarringly beautiful and often maniacal expression of hallucinatory and very personal visions.
Organised by Twiggy Pucci Garcon and Pony Zion, The Masters Ball focuses on the work of 50 individuals designated within the scene as ‘masters’ in their respective performance categories, which include Vogue, Runway, and Face.
What would a world and an ethics look like free from the destructive consequences of the Western mind?
A celebration of the release of four books written by members of, and focused on about the House and Ballroom scene.
Performances at St Giles in the Fields, London by Jandek, Rhodri Davies & Angharad Davies, Rauhan Orkesteri.
