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.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
An immersive live performance for multiple 16mm film and bass clarinet, taking in the whole gallery, submerging the audience.
John Butcher plays and manipulates a feeding back saxophone. Benedict Drew on electronics, broken cables and standing waves.
Ray and Thomas talking about how cognitive neuroscience is unlocking the physical basis of personal experience.
Miniscule free-noise hissy-fits and broken instrument scrape/ squeal jams from the fools what brought you Giant Tank.
In true reality television style, this in-depth artist talk will tackle all the hardest-hitting questions and juiciest details about care, creative collaboration, and disability justice.
Edinburgh. Beer and smoke befuddled drone/ deadly efforts by Pjorn72 kingpin.
African American history, avant-garde jazz riffs and activism intertwine in experimental verse of extraordinary and affecting beauty that has to be heard.
Sparse and miniature free thought workouts involving guitar, vocals and tuba.
Hartmut led “a workshop in the old-fashioned way of discussion, mutual exploration of ideas and samples; trying out what can be shared and where the fault lines show.”
A performance for dry ice and four specially constructed steel tables, each one heated by a single candle until searingly hot.
A dance party love letter to our community, expressing the joy of relation in the abstract and through actual physical proximity.
