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.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing by the Stones of Stenness, instead of the Ring of Brodgar, because of bad weather.
Sean and Taku share an interest in structure, space and time. A spartan, abstract, considered and surprisingly musical set.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
Nothing if not repetitive, film is founded on the incremental succession of minute difference. But how does repetition of the same play out, and is it a tool to comment on the standardising repetition of the mass media?
(Cyber)feminist, non-essentialist transgender and queer daily radio shows using the formula of morning radio as an arch way of thinking about the scripted behaviour and controlled empathy of systematic care.
Renouncing the bind of the written word, Chopin’s sound poetry is a magical evocation of the pure powers of the voices, stripped bare of language.
Where we join Nackt Insecten’s disembodied spectral howls and heavyweight locomotive drones about SPT’s Subway.
Rather than asking the state for services, what kinds of change are made possible when we prioritise people supporting each other?
A series of three short performed situations and statements to be examined or judged from the most interesting young musician in Glasgow (we think).
Tiny fragments of sound recombined and woven into spare and precise, violent yet beautiful pieces
Performance of a Sudoko based graphic score giving rise to a process of self cancellation.
A queer black operatic requiem for piano and voice that asks us to stay in the hold of the slave ship, that tries to understand the connection from the slave ship to the prison.
