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.
CCI Sound system: a performance in which new material will be mixed and phased between two huge PA’s, one a precise Meyer system, the other a huge wall of Marshall amps
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
An audio/ video, lecture/ performance exploring the queer and companionly inter-activity of human-animal relations.
Jandek’s second ever live performance, and the first to be advertised in advance.
This mini, late-night ball will include categories inspired by the events earlier in the weekend.
Open community meeting to discuss some of the prevalent concerns impacting the ballroom community.
Fernando thinks that when maths is deep, it should be simple and able to be explained by hand gestures. By embodying ideas, we’re able to more clearly think about their cultural implications.
A recently reanimated Ascension, with mighty Leeds drum hero Paul Hession bringing a dense polyrhythmic torrent into play with Jaworzyn’s reinvigorated piercing guitar.
French improviser, composer, writer & musical thinker of dry humour and elegant clarity. Sly conjurer of music from the unconsidered processes of music making.
Is it possible to dance our way out of the hardened stances and identity prisons we are locked in?
60 cycle hums, jagged static cracklings, and clipped electron pinpricks, mutating them into sublime, post-techno grooves
Juliana’s performances chart the dissonant space and discrepancy between the presumed fixed norms of social life and the fluid lived experience those norms don’t allow for.
