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.
One of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation discusses practices of Indigenous Resurgence drawn from Nishnaabeg poetic knowledge.
Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon
Can we find ideas of queer anarchism, failure and low theory in popular culture?
US percussionist, poet, sound artist and instrument maker performing on self-made instruments constructed from industrial materials such as stainless steel, titanium, PVC plastics and various kinds of pipe.
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.
Over 3 days Episode 8 celebrates all the unruly ways we escape attempts to constrain us, tear down the walls of normative culture and build joy in flight.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Guitar and voice. Keening, droning and mourning. Be ready to release and bring your dis-ease.
Joe Colley specialises in hotwired sound constructions full of ominous electronic disturbances and caustic, noxious drones. For KYTN, Joe created a situation of controlled chaos with 50 light sensitive oscillators placed in a field of candles.
A conversation about the movement for prison abolition and refusing the logic of race and sex that underpins the criminalisation and mass incarceration of communities.
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
Artist Derek Lodge running a specially designed social space, somewhere for conversation, story-telling and interaction.
