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.
The pieces in the programme switch between silent film/ imageless sound, but we wanted to have a think about how ideas can take up residency on either side of the sound/ image border, without having to inhabit both at the same time.
A socio-poetic reading on wayward communities – The wayward create upheavals, incite tumult. They come and go as they please; they are fugitive; they are in open rebellion against society.
Complexly interacting colossal drones by the creator of some of the most legendary yet least heard music of the 70’s.
An open collaborative workshop space in which games, warm-up sessions, exercises and scenes are potentially the same thing, through which to project your own concerns onto the stage.
Avant-wrongdoers Blood Stereo performing in Garthamlock the town spawned them.
Create your own badge designs, with collaging, drawings, stickers and more! Whether your badge is playful, political, expressive or just for fun this is a space to create something that feels like you.
Umeda is a Japanese artist who is as fascinated in setting up interesting situations to observe, as he is in creating performances.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Trans-temporal drag, sexuality and the re-staging of illegible moments in history.
Performances at CCA Glasgow by Keiji Haino, My Cat Is An Alien, Taurpis Tula, Jandek with Richard Youngs and Alex Neilson.
Instead of the one-way monologue of normal performance, what would be the result of an actual collective dialogue? Where would it go?
Rare UK performance by legendary Japanese post punk group during their 4 drummers + synth / vocals phase.
