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.
Taking our festivals south of the border to The Sage Gateshead we set out to offer a few cardinal pointers in the vast array of experimental music practices.
A joyful conversation discussing disability, gender transition and care labour as expressions of virtuosic and innovative skills that make care – good care – possible.
How do we sense entanglement? Can the knotting of ropes according to a poem’s rhythm make the social pulse of language matter?
Guitar and voice. Keening, droning and mourning. Be ready to release and bring your dis-ease.
Our Zooms are unmuted, our mics are open, and our hearts and bodyminds are receptive. We give the floor online and in person to you…
Work that focuses in on the static hiss and background noise of recording and pushes it to the fore.
With a signature spartan sound and long term preoccupation in structural tactics (subtle shifts in density, drawn out stasis) Polwechsel blur the boundaries between individual instruments.
A short chat about what we (Arika) might be trying to do with our program for the Biennial.
This event honoured those individuals who achieved the status of Icon during the period of 1986-1990.
A somehow hyper-modern, ancient and folkloric lip-synced, made-up, fashioned performance.
Three different performances variously featuring: Fritz Welch, loud drums, guitar, local collaborators, paper, memories, Roland Barthes, string quartets
A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
