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.
A carefully thought out, simple but rich performance using just a turntable, teach yourself foreign language LP’s, the impeccable timing of a percussionist, and an idea.
Save the dates for Episode 12.
Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 November 2026
A panel exploring the poetics of abolition. “Poetry is not only dream and vision; it is the skeleton architecture of our lives. It lays the foundations for a future of change.”
A workshop inviting participants to enact a series of scores that explore witnessing, testimony, grief and mourning, facilitated by Mezna and Sadia, and accompanied by Sakina Ali.
A whistle stop tour of visual and material culture that has anchored the sex workers rights movement through the decades until today.
Personal Spaces: inversion of a territorial bell, confusing the realms between rehearsal and performance, public and private space.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
A beautifully crisp, slowly evolving duo for cello and projected images. Abstract but still figurative; change only noticeable after the fact.
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
Rather than asking the state for services, what kinds of change are made possible when we prioritise people supporting each other?
Cardboard boxes, metal guitar, critical homage, attempts to describe things you can’t describe. A one-man Grand Guignol school play.
To Rococo Rot member Robert Lippok performing for the first time in the UK with his solo project.
