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.
Durational group-mind drone and clatter: bamboo, electronics, the contents of your local ironmongers bin. A 3-hour set from this legendary Japanese improvisation group.
There are core ways in which our listening to the radio differs from other kinds of listening. What happens when we pay attention to how we pay attention?
A 101 panel on sex work in Scotland, hosted by Scotland for Decrim and National Ugly Mugs
Coffee, Croissants & Massage – a welcoming breakfast for all with massage by qualified massage therapists present to give hand & head massages.
Politicised fan-fiction chronicling working class gay urban space and fantasy.
Free-jazz chat with Sabir Mateen, Daniel Cater, Andrew Barker – hosted by Byron Coley.
CCI Sound system: a performance in which new material will be mixed and phased between two huge PA’s, one a precise Meyer system, the other a huge wall of Marshall amps
Paper Piece: Secrets is a performance for and with the whole audience, using paper, text, secrets, being in the crowd
Vanessa Place talks at The Friday Event series at the Glasgow School of Art about her practice as a writer.
A welcoming intermission between events, open to the public.
Solo organ performance by German composer Eva-Maria Houben, which focuses on ‘nearly nothing’ to expand the way we listen.
A dance party love letter to our community, expressing the joy of relation in the abstract and through actual physical proximity.
