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.
An evening of live performances, readings & saucy rococo cakes celebrating the launch of Truth and Lies – An Anthology of Writing and Art by Sex Workers.
From really simple, open instructions, An Unrhymed Chord creates a kind of half-way point between composition and improvisation.
Do ideas emerging from particle physics help to re-think of blackness as a mode of life in which it’s possible to practice difference without separation?
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Friday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
A carefully thought out, simple but rich performance using just a turntable, teach yourself foreign language LP’s, the impeccable timing of a percussionist, and an idea.
A recorded a conversation that grounds the Episode, exploring Ailton Krenak’s thinking and distinct poetics of life; as it work against capitalism and fascism, as a denunciation of political alliances, and maybe even of ‘politics’.
Goofily deformed, deeply thought vocal jams: like the sound of your own breath rushing through your head.
Fernando thinks that when maths is deep, it should be simple and able to be explained by hand gestures. By embodying ideas, we’re able to more clearly think about their cultural implications.
Imagine entering a library where readers can borrow human beings serving as open books. Then select a book stack that specialises in sex work.
During Episode 9 we made this clip with Storyboard P at Kinning Park Complex. Video by Ash Reid.
Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon
Koji Asano, Japanese composer and sound-artist performing slow groaning burbling tones, moaning echoes and drones.
