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.
In 2008 we toured our Kill Your Timid Notion festival of experimental sound and image to London, Bristol and Glasgow, bringing audiences a taste of the previous 5 festival editions.
What does it mean to listen with the mind as well as the ears? A solo performance from the great avant-garde pianist.
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
An improvised film about our worlds at the brink, on the edge, in front of a crisis. To stand on the side of life, by seeing the resistance to genocide in Palestine as a turning point to overcome.
Former street performer, organist, performance artist, circus performer, harpist, accordion player, tree surgeon and tricyclist performing solo.
Three (thankfully short) chats wherein we try and get at what’s eating us with regards to experimental music, and what we think might be worth salvaging.
West Coast drone-age guitar grumbler/ consumer electronic reclaimer meets free-thinking clang/ chime/ drone bluesman of The East.
A public gathering that brings together local artists, musicians, activists, and community organisers.
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Sunday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
How do we make the connections between the mutual aid practices of our daily lives and anti-capitalist efforts to dismantle wider systems of exploitation?
Arrive, get settled, be hosted and meet-up in IRL and URL.
