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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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Beams of light fanning out across an audience from different directions

29 November 2008

BFI Southbank BFI IMAX ICA Spike Island Arnolfini CCA

Light Trap

Greg Pope Norbert Möslang

Out of a dark haze, shafts of light emerge, as the emulsion is scratched from the surface of the film. Simultaneously, out of the black silence, noise and audible scratches bloom into a bright drone.

Kill Your Timid Notion on Tour

A woman bends over with a stick, in the background a man is hitting a gong

21 March 2009

The Arches

Ki: Mico, Tamio Shiraishi & Fritz Welch

Fritz Welch Mico Tamio Shiraishi

A trio of Tamio’s screaming and immovable slabs of sound; Mico’s dance/ performance/ piano; Fritz’s absurd, flailing percussion/ voice.

INSTAL 09

9 December 2001

The Arches

Musica Electronica

A sound diffusion piece by Glasgow University’s Musica Electronica, and a further selection of electroacoustic performances.

INSTAL 01

Two glamorous people in high heels sitting on a highly patterned carpet in the Mitchell Library are holding up a copy of “Ultimate Angels” which covers their faces.

16 August 2026, 10:00

Tell Me About It

Scotland for Decrim

Tell Me About It creates a space for direct one-to-one conversations with people who habitually find others (filmmakers, politicians, journalists) speaking on their behalf… In partnership with Edinburgh Art Festival.

21 – 23 August 2026

Hard Labour

All welcome to a weekend of sex worker resistance and joy! Workshops, talks and visual art, hosted by Scotland for Decrim.

A layers image of several frames from a video by R. Kelly

28 February 2010

DCA

Film Programme 5: Catalogues

Various Artists

Are artists powerless in the face of technology? These often whimsical and amusing films are minimal technological interventions and appropriations but maybe also rigorous takes on the role of popular media and culture in our hyper-technological world.

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