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.
Sun City Girls
Sun City Girls
Perhaps the paradigm of America’s covert musical subculture, Sun City Girls operate just over the border of raucous delirium.
Micro Notions
Judith Goddard Mike Leggett Mineo Aayamaguchi Peter Donebauer Tony Sinden
Screening of films by Duvet Brothers, David Critchley, David Hall, John Latham, Judith Goddard, Mike Leggett, Tony Sinden
Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara
Joan La Barbara presents works exploring the colour spectrum of a single pitch resonating in her skull, an evocation of bird song and circular singing.
The Road to Mastery Rumble Ball
Various Artists
This mini, late-night ball will include categories inspired by the events earlier in the weekend.
Sex Work 101: The World’s Oldest Oppres(Profes)sion
A 101 panel on sex work in Scotland, hosted by National Ugly Mugs, Sex Workers Union, Scotland for Decrim (Decrim Now) host
AVVA
Billy Roisz Toshimaru Nakamura
AVVA sees the internal feedback of Toshi’s no-input mixing desk is fed to Billy, and transformed into bright and variegated patters, striations and blooming colour, before being fed back to Toshi and manipulated on route to the PA.
Arrington de Dionyso
Arrington de Dionyso
Solo performance on bass clarinet, jaw harp & voice by Arrington De Dionyso.
Live Immersive Performance
A Performance exploring the nature of acousmatic listening; sound removed from visual context and understood for it’s own properties.
#untitled lipsync 3
boychild
The mutability of the body and the mobility of identity: queered pop culture, drag, lip-sync and performance.
Film Programme 7: Duplication
Various Artists
Nothing if not repetitive, film is founded on the incremental succession of minute difference. But how does repetition of the same play out, and is it a tool to comment on the standardising repetition of the mass media?
Figment Light – Kjell Björgeengen
Kjell Björgeengen
The reknowned artist Kjell Bjørgeengen works collaboratively with innovative musicians to make complex installations. Channels of flickering light are produced in response to and from sound.