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.
Durational group-mind drone and clatter: bamboo, electronics, the contents of your local ironmongers bin. A 3-hour set from this legendary Japanese improvisation group.
Performing with hand built radio transmitters, which react to interference in the atmosphere and the electrical impedance of his hands, his radio art is a form of social practice; a statement in opposition to mass media.
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Saturday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
Formed as a means to realise William Bennett’s goal of “a sound that could bludgeon an audience into submission”
The mutability of the body and the mobility of identity: queered pop culture, drag, lip-sync and performance.
Over 3 days Episode 8 celebrates all the unruly ways we escape attempts to constrain us, tear down the walls of normative culture and build joy in flight.
Tormented and drawn-out high-pitched yelps and drones, all interleaved with periods of torpid silence.
This mini, late-night ball will include categories inspired by the events earlier in the weekend.
Solo performance by Diamanda Galás one of the great artists of the last forty years. Hers is an emotional expressionism of demonic shrieks, operatic falsettos, glottal clicks and diabolical growls.
ACCESS: SOUND FILE A day-long salon accompanying KYTN focusing on sound art.
