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.
Simple maths and stringent scored instructions move precise frequencies and clicks to create a dense, fluctuating environment of standing waves and physical sound.
Torrential, wrenching wordless wails, guttural screams and roars, a Haino solo vocal performance.
A kind of an informal overview of INSTAL.
Ken presents his Nervous Magic Lantern, wherein film itself is forsaken for an investigation of hypnotic and trancelike crystaline forms. Eric La Casa works with recordings of everyday occurrences: the background hum of place.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
During Episode 9 we made this clip with Storyboard P at Kinning Park Complex. Video by Ash Reid.
A Festival supporting the struggle for Sex Workers’ Rights: share knowledge, discuss, dance and strategise!
Sound as it is endured by space and the body: 15 participants lie face down and pound the floor with a microphone one thousand times, each person choosing their own rhythm and intensity.
A collaborative performance where sound and image are created, performed and mediated by light, water and glass.
Haino exceeds expectation with a 4 hour solo performance on a collection of more than forty instruments from all over the world.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Edinburgh. Beer and smoke befuddled drone/ deadly efforts by Pjorn72 kingpin.
