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.
Laser beam sine tones used to draw delicate, abstract patterns by vibrating charcoal, placed atop of a great strip of paper running through the gallery; beautiful, fragile sound-created autonomous drawing.
Bruno’s liberated improvisational approach stretches beyond the lyrical, tough as nails rhythmic bursts and expressive, swinging attack of his drumming.
ACCESS: SOUND FILE A day-long salon accompanying KYTN focusing on sound art.
Slapstick comedy, monologue, and a kind of live sculpture transformed through video, props, musical instruments and make-up.
Save the dates for Episode 12.
Wednesday 11 – Sunday 15 November 2026
Guy Sherwin gives a kind of annotated, chat through his optical sound films
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Friday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
When we look, how do we objectify the body; how can we reflect on our (self) image as a construction?
Performance of a Sudoko based graphic score giving rise to a process of self cancellation.
Series of short sets by Acid Mothers Temple / Ruins offshoots Zubi Zuva X, Akaten & Zoffy.
Out holler/ howl of English pukenoise posterboys exploded by incessant insect chatter of Northern fug dweller.
We commissioned Radu Malfatti to write a new piece for the 21-piece string section of the Northern Sinfonia: Music striving to discover the exact point at which sound resonates the clearest amidst long drawn out silences.
