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.
Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
Rather than asking the state for services, what kinds of change are made possible when we prioritise people supporting each other?
Expansive and considered, inclusive and deeply human minimalism: Antoine Beuger, Radu Malfatti, Manfred Werder.
Sean and Taku share an interest in structure, space and time. A spartan, abstract, considered and surprisingly musical set.
Equal parts spectacle, installation and performance, his set for us is a specially developed work, ‘turning’, which features an orchestra of multiple turntables, 4 projections and a collection of old, and, quite probably, misfiring analogue kit.
A socio-poetic reading on wayward communities – The wayward create upheavals, incite tumult. They come and go as they please; they are fugitive; they are in open rebellion against society.
Chip will read some of his great literary pornography, which pushes sexuality to the point of extremity and exhaustion.
A Study Session focused on the thinking of Ailton Krenak – one of the great leaders of the Brazilian indigenous movement – led by curators and artists Amilcar Packer Arissana Pataxó.
Jean-Luc Guionnet will be giving a talk as part of the music department’s ongoing series of colloquia.
Complexly interacting colossal drones by the creator of some of the most legendary yet least heard music of the 70’s.
Three documentary films exploring diverse realities of sex workers around the world followed by a closing ceremony of the festival.
Two-parts Helhesten spit strangled shanties and cracked reeds from under a net of the Glasgow Improv Orchestra’s six-strings and one moustache.
