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.
We’ll look at the language and politics of what gets ‘mental health’ and consider more holistic understandings of experiences that honour the connection between mind/body/soul, and that acknowledge social and political context.
How do people both inside and outside of prison work together to dismantle the criminal justice system and build a society based on collective care?
Dworkin asks: What would a non-expressive poetry look like? A poetry of intellect rather than emotion?
One-shot sonic portraits of 4 houses, their inhabitants and their relationship to sound, from 2 of the most deep-thinking field-recording artists around.
Open community meeting to discuss some of the prevalent concerns impacting the ballroom community.
One of the most incessantly experimental musicians in the UK, Youngs’ aesthetic is entirely unique, never really part of any scene [whilst influencing many], steadfastly unafraid and honest
Temporary Outpost for an Auditory Gesture is a kind of performed installation that explores how sonic phenomena (like feedback, vibration, resonance, echo, rhythm) condition our experience.
Journalist and underground music champion Alan Cummings talks to Keiji Haino about his career and his performance the previous evening.
Guitar and voice. Keening, droning and mourning. Be ready to release and bring your dis-ease.
Guy Sherwin gives a kind of annotated, chat through his optical sound films
Glasgow. Power electronic klutz behaviour by Kovorox sound head-honcho. Bruised bodies and broken microphones.
A historical narrative of the black and Latino/a transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay House and Ballroom Scene in relation to race, gender, sexuality and class oppressions.
