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.
The first INSTAL festival (programmed by Barry Esson of Arika and Tiernan Kelly) featured a line-up including Robert Lippock, Philip Jeck, Fennesz, Paragon Ensemble, Icebreaker International, Defaalt and Rhomboi.
Jandek performing at the Scottish Rite Theatre in Austin, Texas with Juan Garcia, Nick Hennies and Chris Cogburn.
How can we imagine bodies not as an end in themselves, but as a medium through which we can become one another’s means?
Chris Corsano, Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in the Hamilton Mausoleum, Hamilton.
Noise music for the eyes. A 6 screen 16mm projection performance of intense audio and visual stimulus.
A performance for dry ice and four specially constructed steel tables, each one heated by a single candle until searingly hot.
A community of those without community, for a community to come. A schizo-scenic video-collage of the disturbing ‘normality’ of Moby Dick.
Michael Colligan pressing white hot metal into dry ice, causing the metal to sing and scream.
Rare UK performance by legendary Japanese post punk group during their 4 drummers + synth / vocals phase.
Although Tony had visited Haino in Japan, and they played together in private, this was the first time anyone other that Haino’s cat saw them perform together.
A fully transcribed, described, and open-captioned film screening that’s nothing short of their actual open heart.
One of the most arresting and unique improvisers in Japan, creating an original and powerful body of free music.
