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 poet, playwright and activist, Sanchez emerged as a seminal figure in the 1960s Black Arts Movement, writing in the name of black culture, civil rights and women’s liberation.
A preposterously heavy, eye of the storm musical tug of war, in which two drummers, electronics and electric guitar fall over each other in a droning crush.
Beyond time, colorlines, ability, and sexuality, a movement exploration into what it means to see and be seen, how hearing contrast with what is actually being heard.
Summer Solstice hang out IRL and URL on 21 June
A sound diffusion piece by Glasgow University’s Musica Electronica, and a further selection of electroacoustic performances.
A series of three short performed situations and statements to be examined or judged from the most interesting young musician in Glasgow (we think).
Torrential, wrenching wordless wails, guttural screams and roars, a Haino solo vocal performance.
Tormented and drawn-out high-pitched yelps and drones, all interleaved with periods of torpid silence.
An open-ended moment in an ongoing series of films, notes, performances, diagrams and drawings which trace the questions they share. A “porous space between cinema time-space and lived time-space.”
Ray and Thomas talking about how cognitive neuroscience is unlocking the physical basis of personal experience.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
