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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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Two Bain brothers look down at a lit mixer in a dark space
15 February 2008
The Arches

Self Cancellation – Archisonic

John Bain Mark Bain

A system in which oscillators shake The Arches, seismographs pick up the harmonics that are then amplified through massive sub-bass PA.

INSTAL 08
Angharad Davies, Tisha Mukarji, Andrea Neuman performing at MLFC 07
12 May 2007
The Sage Gateshead

Angharad Davies, Tisha Mukarji, Andrea Neuman

Andrea Neuman Angharad Davies Tisha Mukarji

Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.

Music Lover’s Field Companion 07
Daniel Carter sitting backstage at MLFC 07
13 May 2007
The Sage Gateshead

Talk Hosted by Byron Coley

Byron Coley Daniel Carter Sabir Mateen

Free-jazz chat with Sabir Mateen, Daniel Cater, Andrew Barker – hosted by Byron Coley.

Music Lover’s Field Companion 07
A close up, black & white portrait of John Tilbury, in a large fedora hat
19 April 2013
Tramway

John Tilbury

John Tilbury

What does it mean to listen with the mind as well as the ears? A solo performance from the great avant-garde pianist.

Episode 4: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
A man in a cat mask operates musical equipment
15 October 2005
The Arches

Birchville Cat Motel

Birchville Cat Motel

Blissed-out sun-dappled drone ragas of the highest order, with a metal-tinged signature sound of plucked and bowed strings.

INSTAL 05
Stones of Stenness on Orkney with microphones and musicians between them
20 June 2006
Ring of Brodgar

Stones of Stenness (Ring of Brodgar)

Akio Suzuki John Butcher

Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing by the Stones of Stenness, instead of the Ring of Brodgar, because of bad weather.

Resonant Spaces
A large industrial fan is backlit
21 April 2013
Tramway

Unfree Improvisation / Compulsive Freedom

Mattin Ray Brassier

How do you know what you want? Should freedom be doing what you ought, not doing what you want? How might a philosopher and artist turn this thinking into an enabling condition in the context of noise and improvisation?

Episode 4: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Two legs wearing black high heeled boots stick up above the edge of dark stage
18 November 2017
Tramway

Moved by the Motion

boychild TOTAL FREEDOM Wu Tsang

Sci-fi. After the club. Underground. Counter-narrative. Narrated movement. Cultural resistance. Wu Tsang and boychild’s collaborative performance series, will continue its evolution at Episode 9 with the addition of TOTAL FREEDOM.

Episode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist
A blurry crowd mill on dance floor in the centre of a theatre space
13 November 2010
Tramway

Speculative Solution

Florian Hecker

A multi-speaker, electronic, spacious and spatial performance from Florian Hecker.

INSTAL 10
Two men move things around on the floor
16 February 2008

Usurper

Usurper

This set continues on from the Bud Neill inspired clatter using the contents of the Usurper twin’s pockets.

INSTAL 08
James Whitehead standing by a blackboard
16 May 2010
Tramway

JILAT

JLIAT / James Whitehead

UK conceptual/ drone/ noise artist, who is seriously posing what might seem to be unanswerable questions of music.

UNINSTAL
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