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.
What would a world and an ethics look like free from the destructive consequences of the Western mind?
A multi-speaker, electronic, spacious and spatial performance from Florian Hecker.
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in an abandoned oil tanker on Hoy.
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.
Tormented and drawn-out high-pitched yelps and drones, all interleaved with periods of torpid silence.
Boston duo of saxophonist Bhob Rainey and trumpeter Greg Kelley approach their improvisations with a slew if extended techniques and pregnant silences.
Glasgow. Power electronic klutz behaviour by Kovorox sound head-honcho. Bruised bodies and broken microphones.
A performance, a radio show, an installation, an endurance test. A game of chance. Constantly broadcasting live, actor Tam Dean Burn will leave Tramway at the start of INSTAL and walk away from it, in an ever increasing spiral, for a day. Then he’ll walk back.
Black-clad with an ominous aura created by their distorted guitar epics, burnt-out ballads and raucous mantric jams.
Take a break and/ or hang in an Open Meet Up in IRL and URL
Rather than asking the state for services, what kinds of change are made possible when we prioritise people supporting each other?
