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.
Do almost nothing: re-present (unaltered and arranged by chance) silent family home movies handed down to Flo, (Ken’s wife) and follow them with a “teach yourself Yiddish” cassette tape.
No Wave, damaged garage jams and crazed instant vocal shrieks.
Electronic music, time, thought, the word, and consecutive matters
4 days of workshops, discussions and artists presentations exploring the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
We asked Christoph to come and give a sort of informal talk, raising some of his ideas about sound and image, and playing/ showing a few examples.
The struggle for sex workers’ rights and how we can understand it in the continuum of care work and other forms of invisibilised and precarious work.
A film installation as both allegory and investigation of The Rockridge Institute and their research into ‘framing’ and the use of metaphor within political discourse.
Edinburgh. Beer and smoke befuddled drone/ deadly efforts by Pjorn72 kingpin.
Merzbow takes the junk of sound and transforms it into blistering noise assaults with an incredible spectrum and impact.
An audio and video investigation of gender cults, Catholicism, hauntings and nuns’ use of audio devices…
Is it possible to dance our way out of the hardened stances and identity prisons we are locked in?
