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.
Simon Morris is joined by Nick Thurston as they attempt to read aloud whilst peddling on exercise bikes.
All ticket income goes directly to We Will Rise – a group of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and their allies who have come together to End Immigration Detention in the UK.
What would a world and an ethics look like free from the destructive consequences of the Western mind?
In many ways, this Episode is our attempt to engage with Fred’s incredible writing: with his proposal that all black performance (culture, politics, sexuality, identity, and blackness itself) is improvisation.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
Polly Shang Kuan Band coven leader and Sick Head’s psychedelic shaman Nackt Insecten make hex ritual to birth a new astral being….. Smack Insecten.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Each organ is unique. The project is to find out what makes it unique.
Exploring the interplay between punk sinewave aggression, high-speed video sequences and stroboscopic lighting
Talk charting the radical history of experimental music in Japan + the lowdown into the careers of many of the artists appearing at MLFC.
A recreation of one of Gustav Metzger’s celebrated auto destructive performances.
Rhodri Davies plays two deconstructed harps. Lee Patterson examines the sonic properties of burning nuts.
