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 excavation of the 1805 Lock Hospital in Glasgow. Its official function was to support ‘unfortunate females with venereal disease’, but really what happened was that women and girls were marched in, experimented on, and often never released.
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
Rare UK performance by legendary Japanese post punk group during their 4 drummers + synth / vocals phase.
A series of reality dramas happening over the course of the weekend.
Jarrod Fowler creates a social space where layered one-to-one live encounters with the audience become sonic material.
Arrive, get settled, be hosted and meet-up in IRL and URL.
Deliberately blurred drones, absent of definite structure or rhythm, framed in silence and devoid of any distraction from the pure matter of sound.
Three intense solo performances for drums (both played and screamed through), cymbal, voice, credit card, bird whistle, and guitar amplifier/leads.
A bodiless treatise on narration, bored speakers, audience misbehaviour and police megaphones, but: is anybody listening?
Three documentary films exploring diverse realities of sex workers around the world followed by a closing ceremony of the festival.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in an old underground reservoir in Fife.
A performance bearing witness to a struggle built upon patience and collective action from the great multi-instrumentalist and member of the AACM.
