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.
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Saturday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
Paper Piece: Secrets is a performance for and with the whole audience, using paper, text, secrets, being in the crowd
For musical chameleon Richard Youngs both his creative and family life are focused in the room that many of us consider the centre piece of our lives.
One of the most arresting and unique improvisers in Japan, creating an original and powerful body of free music.
A three-day celebration surveying all manner of diverse musical activities, which at their core share a basic kinship: one of exploration and the discovery of musical expresssion.
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.
One of the most compelling Indigenous voices of her generation discusses practices of Indigenous Resurgence drawn from Nishnaabeg poetic knowledge.
A saxophone. Handheld fans. Shrill squeaks. Splutters, gargling. An incredible diversity of sounds, intensely focused by an inventive musician.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
Guy Sherwin gives a kind of annotated, chat through his optical sound films
Three short performances involving social exchange (jumpers, hats, glasses…) and singing (ballads)
A performed filmic conversation on queer and black world making.
