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.
Leading language/ action/ sound poet performed his groundbreaking concrete poem, a dizzying mandala of text, symbols and rubber stamps; a kind of book as reading machine.
A recorded a conversation that grounds the Episode, exploring Ailton Krenak’s thinking and distinct poetics of life; as it work against capitalism and fascism, as a denunciation of political alliances, and maybe even of ‘politics’.
The ongoing development of [b]reach, an abolitionist black queer retelling of Marge Piercy’s incredible feminist utopian novel Woman on the Edge of Time.
“I am truly without faith. In a media marketplace that demands soulness, I can only offer soulnessless.”
Underlying radical transfeminism, as an urgent critique of binary essentialism and fixed identities, is the call for a new kind of thinking that can move between and integrate the truths of all lives in their transformations.
What does it mean to listen with the mind as well as the ears? A solo performance from the great avant-garde pianist.
A Performance exploring the nature of acousmatic listening; sound removed from visual context and understood for it’s own properties.
Ray and Thomas talking about how cognitive neuroscience is unlocking the physical basis of personal experience.
Chris Corsano, Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in the Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton.
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
Edinburgh. Cask-strength electrohypnol and shroom damaged folk croonings by Lapsed Electronics empire builder.
Sean and Taku share an interest in structure, space and time. A spartan, abstract, considered and surprisingly musical set.
