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.
A workshop for educators, activists and young people to think about radical, anti-imperialist pedagogy, and what fighting for the Palestinian cause looks like for young people in the imperial core. PDF of the resource available soon.
Percussion used to explore the social construction of space
The role of feelings in public life, (political) depression and creative survival.
Goofily deformed, deeply thought vocal jams: like the sound of your own breath rushing through your head.
These simple, one-take videos, relate personal experiences to the current conflicts in the Middle East via the most basic of means (a hotel room, a camcorder, John’s personal thoughts, concerns and convictions).
An audio/ video, lecture/ performance exploring the queer and companionly inter-activity of human-animal relations.
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.
An event exploring anarchic and communal situations of musical creation with MV, EE and The Cherry Blossoms.
Life and death dramas unfold in the snowy American North, using three-screen documentary footage and a soundtrack by KYTN favourite, vocalist Daniel Menche.
Summing up of the investigations with a reflection on what has been done that week and what could be done the next.
A specially commissioned performance for organ. “The course of the stars were to be put to sound.”
