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.
Every aspect of every film is always about more than just film. Or, as Godard said: a tracking shot is a moral issue. A cross between a festival, magazine and discussion about experimental artists’ films.
Rhodri Davies plays two deconstructed harps. Lee Patterson examines the sonic properties of burning nuts.
Bleu Shut reveals, and allows us to enjoy, our gullibility within the pervasive absurdity of modern life.
No Wave, damaged garage jams and crazed instant vocal shrieks.
A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
Has neoliberal capitalism locked down social experience? Are our seemingly subjective desires, our identities, pre-packaged by dominating social structures?
Avant-wrongdoers Blood Stereo performing in Garthamlock the town spawned them.
An occasion for commotion, and a chorus of motions. Choreography rotating your revolutions and then some.
One of the most revered and legendary underground acts of the past 20+ years, Current 93 is the constantly evolving creation of David Tibet.
Discussion: If we approach “care as an event” rather than as a “contract of exchange” then what becomes possible in how we know, care for, and appreciate each other?
Performances at Anthology Film Archives by by Loren Mazzacane Connors, Alan Licht & Jandek.
Dundee. Progressive rhythmical guitar squall vs. post-highland discorporate dusk-jockey.
