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.
60 minutes of hard ass minimal film, projected onto a weather balloon and accompanied by the inspired poetic rant of a visionary Frenchman.
Each organ is unique. The project is to find out what makes it unique.
Four perspectives from people involved in different anti-capitalist and anti-racist struggles, considering how ideas of ‘ending’ have shaped their political thinking and praxis.
Haunted by the archive of the New Cross Fire, Jay Bernard presents a film and poetry reading that undertakes a queer exploration of black British history, reconstructed from archives and apparent debris.
Guitar and voice. Keening, droning and mourning. Be ready to release and bring your dis-ease.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
A simple hands on workshop with micro-radio theorist and pioneer Kogawa.
Dave will lead a session created for teenagers and designed to stimulate a supportive environment for artistic exploration through music improvisation.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
A chat with Rashad about the communist, conceptual methodology that informs his ground-breaking synthetic music—a form of speculative sonic fiction writing to produce hyperreal non-representational auditive experiences.
West Coast drone-age guitar grumbler/ consumer electronic reclaimer meets free-thinking clang/ chime/ drone bluesman of The East.
