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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.

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Jimmy Robert sits at the edge of a lit square on the floor, one leg bent up
26 May 2013
Tramway

Suspended closure, suspended

Jimmy Robert

When we look, how do we objectify the body; how can we reflect on our (self) image as a construction?

Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight
Kan Mikami playing guitar and singing at INSTAL 04
17 October 2004
The Arches

Kan Mikami

Kan Mikami

A voice that can vault from an elegantly whispered insinuation to asphyxiated and murderous barks or squalls in a heartbeat.

INSTAL 04
theeyeandtheear
15 April 2007
DCA

Film Programme 6: Contrast

Various Artists Guy Sherwin

Includes: tamed TV snow, video feedback of racing particles, a remake of a polish photogram film destroyed in WWII, a visual and aural representation of Gestalt theory, hole-punched film and Guy Sherwin’s Cycles 3 double-projection.

Kill Your Timid Notion 07
Eli Clare standing on a stage, arms outstretched
14 April 2019
Performance Space New York

Eli Clare

Eli Clare

Poems are kisses, fists, and underground rivers. For all these reasons and many more, I am a poet.

I wanna be with you everywhere
Matthew Saladin wearing a suit gesticulates as he talks and holds a paper
12 November 2010
Tramway

Eject & No Disc

Matthieu Saladin

French improviser, composer, writer & musical thinker of dry humour and elegant clarity. Sly conjurer of music from the unconsidered processes of music making.

INSTAL 10
Koji Asano and friend backstage at INSTAL 02
1 December 2002
The Arches

Eclipse of the Moon from the Backyard

Koji Asano Paragon Ensemble

Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon

INSTAL 02
Lee Patterson adds a spoon of powder to a large glass of water
15 February 2008
The Arches

Self Cancellation – Vessels

Lee Patterson

In this response to the Self Cancellation project, Lee Patterson dissolves medicine in glasses of water and explores the sonic content.

INSTAL 08
Current 93 on stage at INSTAL 04
16 October 2004
The Arches

Current 93

Current 93

One of the most revered and legendary underground acts of the past 20+ years, Current 93 is the constantly evolving creation of David Tibet.

INSTAL 04
Jack Halberstam speaking into a microphone
25 May 2013
Tramway

No Church in the Wild

Jack Halberstam

Can we find ideas of queer anarchism, failure and low theory in popular culture?

Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight
22 August 2026, 14:30

Tell Me About It – Human Library®

Scotland for Decrim The Human Library®

Imagine entering a library where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books. Then select a book stack that specialises in sex work.

Hard Labour
A person in a flesh coloured catsuit, bends into a crab shape
24 May 2013
Tramway

(M)IMOSA | Twenty Looks or Paris is Burning at The Judson Church (M)

Cecilia Bengolea François Chaignaud Marlene Monteiro Freitas Trajal Harrell

What would have happened in 1963 if someone from the voguing ball scene going on in Harlem had travelled downtown to perform alongside the early postmoderns at Judson Church?

Episode 5: Hidden in Plain Sight
Keiji Haino talking to Alan Cummings
21 May 2005
The Sage Gateshead

The Secret of Music – discussion

Alan Cummings Keiji Haino

Journalist and underground music champion Alan Cummings talks to Keiji Haino about his career and his performance the previous evening.

Music Lover’s Field Companion 05
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