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 conversation about the movement for prison abolition and refusing the logic of race and sex that underpins the criminalisation and mass incarceration of communities.
The production of moving image (film) by the mechanically, unfalteringly repetitive manipulation of mass-produced materials (film), in order to explore three different allegorical representations (films) of repetitive human actions and labour under capital.
A 100 strong Feral Choir of people who’ve never improvised with their voices before, conducted by composer Phil Minton.
Ecstatic, scalding and ludicrously heavy, nobody matches Incapacitants for live noise energy. One of the most exhilarating live acts in underground music.
The worlds leading radio art station brings you: a performance, a radio show, an installation, an endurance test.
An occasion for commotion, and a chorus of motions. Choreography rotating your revolutions and then some.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
Sachiko M and Ami Yoshida, two of the most prominent members of the Onkyo movement, place much more emphasis on sound texture than on musical structure, distilling elements of techno, noise, and electronic music into a unique hybrid.
Are artists powerless in the face of technology? These often whimsical and amusing films are minimal technological interventions and appropriations but maybe also rigorous takes on the role of popular media and culture in our hyper-technological world.
One of the most arresting and unique improvisers in Japan, creating an original and powerful body of free music.
Exploring the interplay between punk sinewave aggression, high-speed video sequences and stroboscopic lighting
A collaborative performance where sound and image are created, performed and mediated by light, water and glass.
