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.
How do people both inside and outside of prison work together to dismantle the criminal justice system and build a society based on collective care?
Merzbow takes the junk of sound and transforms it into blistering noise assaults with an incredible spectrum and impact.
Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
Guy Sherwin gives a kind of annotated, chat through his optical sound films
An event exploring anarchic and communal situations of musical creation with MV, EE and The Cherry Blossoms.
Patented 60 cycle hums, static pops, and terse electron pinpricks mutated into perfect, post-techno grooves and synaesthesic video
A drone installation populated by flourescent strip lights working in complicity with analogue radios – “all the lights just do their thing”.
Complex ways of understanding our complex times. Maths & Poetics. Gesture & Physics. Collectivist Struggle & Desire. 5 days of performances, discussions, screenings and study sessions.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
Strickland Distribution and Ultra-red give a practical sound workshop bringing together walk participants to discuss the issues raised during the walk
A collaborative duo performance, Anoyonodekigoto sets up a sort of negotiation between a musician, a dancer, the audience and the space we’re all sharing.
Do almost nothing: re-present (unaltered and arranged by chance) silent family home movies handed down to Flo, (Ken’s wife) and follow them with a “teach yourself Yiddish” cassette tape.
