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.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing by the Stones of Stenness, instead of the Ring of Brodgar, because of bad weather.
Joan La Barbara presents works exploring the colour spectrum of a single pitch resonating in her skull, an evocation of bird song and circular singing.
Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
A live installation of the ‘Film Ist’: projected on 4 huge screens and an improvised soundtrack from 4 figureheads of the Austrian experimental music scene.
A silent collage of found film footage partially layered with computer graphics to provide a framework in which live music can develop.
A celebration of the release of four books written by members of, and focused on about the House and Ballroom scene.
Guy Sherwin gives a kind of annotated, chat through his optical sound films
Goofily deformed, deeply thought vocal jams: like the sound of your own breath rushing through your head.
The queer archiving of traumatic cultural memory from one of the leading voices working with queer archives.
This set continues on from the Bud Neill inspired clatter using the contents of the Usurper twin’s pockets.
A kind of an informal overview of INSTAL.
Italian duo of brothers Maurizio and Roberto Opalio utilising an array of acoustic and electric guitars, various toy-instruments and toy-microphones.
