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 talk entitled ‘The Conquest of the Universe’: which delves into the connections between the underground filmmakers and musicians in New York in the early 1960s
Slapstick comedy, monologue, and a kind of live sculpture transformed through video, props, musical instruments and make-up.
Smith/Stewart set up allegorical situations over which they often have little to no control, but which instigate explorations of dependence and trust, the body, sex and death.
A multi-speaker, electronic, spacious and spatial performance from Florian Hecker.
A guitar solo of frugal wringing, of notes in the dark, an attitude of making everything count.
Conceived of as a dual publication, video cassette and booklet, to be presented as an installation. The content of the videotape is the artist watching television.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
A collaborative performance where sound and image are created, performed and mediated by light, water and glass.
Sometimes delicate, sometimes harsh and jarring, Yagi’s koto solos are as much inspired by Nancarrow or Cage as they are traditional.
A testimony to poverty from Chris’s own experiences, and an invitation to engage with an all too typical situation and context through a kind of imaginary listening.
Rather than asking the state for services, what kinds of change are made possible when we prioritise people supporting each other?
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
