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.
Polly Shang Kuan Band coven leader and Sick Head’s psychedelic shaman Nackt Insecten make hex ritual to birth a new astral being….. Smack Insecten.
Long Stringed Instrument performance involving up to 100 wires strung in tension over a 40m arch.
Avant-wrongdoers Blood Stereo performing in Garthamlock the town spawned them.
Three short performances involving social exchange (jumpers, hats, glasses…) and singing (ballads)
A historical narrative of the black and Latino/a transgender, bisexual, lesbian, and gay House and Ballroom Scene in relation to race, gender, sexuality and class oppressions.
GIO’s bottomless throat, Blood Stereo’s slobber gobbler and the Mouth Of The South tangle tonsils over Steve McCaffrey’s Carnival
Austrian guitarist who specialises in a warm digital deconstruction of guitar noise
For day three of Ultra-red’s project, the investigation will take up protocols for listening to the sound of freedom composed and facilitated by Nancy Nevárez.
A solo improvisation using just the situation of the concert: a space, a PA, Mattin’s own thoughts, you, the audience.
How might two of the great musicians working within contrasting traditions of freedom collaborate? What might this produce: musically, socially, allegorically?
An LSD trip gone right via dense explorations of post-Fahey steel and low level drone.
A Festival supporting the struggle for Sex Workers’ Rights: share knowledge, discuss, dance and strategise!
