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.
The films in the programme take the essential and fundamental building blocks of cinema (combining sound and image through time) screw about with them, interrogate them and cast them anew.
Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon
Long Stringed Instrument performance involving up to 100 wires strung in tension over a 40m arch.
Paul Sharits’ Shutter Interface is a multi screen installation born of an intent to reveal the material substance of cinema in its purest form: spatially.
Writing that shows us that, even in struggle, there is light to be let in.
A performance for dry ice and four specially constructed steel tables, each one heated by a single candle until searingly hot.
A collaborative duo performance, Anoyonodekigoto sets up a sort of negotiation between a musician, a dancer, the audience and the space we’re all sharing.
Laser beam sine tones used to draw delicate, abstract patterns by vibrating charcoal, placed atop of a great strip of paper running through the gallery; beautiful, fragile sound-created autonomous drawing.
Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
An occasion for commotion, and a chorus of motions. Choreography rotating your revolutions and then some.
Ex Ganger guitarist’s solo performance for guitar and fx, featuring breathless processed guitar, complex in structure and melody.
One of the most revered and legendary underground acts of the past 20+ years, Current 93 is the constantly evolving creation of David Tibet.
