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.
Can we use sound, repetition and difference to personally and collectively engage with space, time and labour?
The mutability of the body and the mobility of identity: queered pop culture, drag, lip-sync and performance.
Can a musician create a sonic photograph; something with a depth of field, where you can hear sounds and their interconnections, much as you see objects and their relationships in a photo? Could a filmmaker use musical concepts to represent landscape?
Sparse and miniature free thought workouts involving guitar, vocals and tuba.
Merzbow takes the junk of sound and transforms it into blistering noise assaults with an incredible spectrum and impact.
Social and party with all proceeds going to the Unity Centre, featuring DJ SETS with Dj@Christelle, DJ D-Harsh, Nena Etza & Moor Mother.
Jarringly beautiful and often maniacal expression of hallucinatory and very personal visions.
A day of presentations and discussions on the theme of audio visual perception in the context of experimental music, film and art.
A life force of ecstatic clarity capable of loquacious bursts of affirmation.
Ex Ganger guitarist’s solo performance for guitar and fx, featuring breathless processed guitar, complex in structure and melody.
A joyful conversation discussing disability, gender transition and care labour as expressions of virtuosic and innovative skills that make care – good care – possible.
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
