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.
African American history, avant-garde jazz riffs and activism intertwine in experimental verse of extraordinary and affecting beauty that has to be heard.
A sung-through Nubian musical ballet. A darkly humorous take on sexual trauma and what magical and ancestral tools might heal it.
Discussion with David Keenan: an author, critic and musician based in Glasgow, Scotland. He is best known for the reviews and features he has contributed to The Wire.
Ray and Thomas talking about how cognitive neuroscience is unlocking the physical basis of personal experience.
Junko’s screaming vocal in a nuanced, piercing duo with Urabe’s fuming and convulsive saxophone, far removed from the codes of musical tradition.
“The miracle of Herman Melville is this: that a hundred years ago in Moby Dick…he painted a picture of the world in which we live, which is to this day unsurpassed.” – C. L. R. James
A somehow hyper-modern, ancient and folkloric lip-synced, made-up, fashioned performance.
An event exploring anarchic and communal situations of musical creation with MV, EE and The Cherry Blossoms.
Can we find ideas of queer anarchism, failure and low theory in popular culture?
Instead of the one-way monologue of normal performance, what would be the result of an actual collective dialogue? Where would it go?
Umeda is a Japanese artist who is as fascinated in setting up interesting situations to observe, as he is in creating performances.
From really simple, open instructions, An Unrhymed Chord creates a kind of half-way point between composition and improvisation.
