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.
GIO’s bottomless throat, Blood Stereo’s slobber gobbler and the Mouth Of The South tangle tonsils over Steve McCaffrey’s Carnival
Glasgow based artist Defaalt invites the audience to collaborate fully in his performance by means of a generative graphical interface.
Some of the most breathtaking, delicate and smoke filled guitar playing this side of Loren Connors or the quieter sides of Keiji Haino.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in an old underground reservoir in Fife.
A recreation of one of Gustav Metzger’s celebrated auto destructive performances.
Robin Hayward – exploring the micro-sounds of a tuba, filling slowly with sand.
Jumping off from Sun Ra’s thoughts on evil, and the Alien films, this performance will explore how the sociality Sondra wants to visualise and participate in has no interest in respectability.
UK conceptual/ drone/ noise artist, who is seriously posing what might seem to be unanswerable questions of music.
Complex ways of understanding our complex times. Maths & Poetics. Gesture & Physics. Collectivist Struggle & Desire. 5 days of performances, discussions, screenings and study sessions.
A Festival supporting the struggle for Sex Workers’ Rights: share knowledge, discuss, dance and strategise!
What does it mean to listen with the mind as well as the ears? A solo performance from the great avant-garde pianist.
Simple maths and stringent scored instructions move precise frequencies and clicks to create a dense, fluctuating environment of standing waves and physical sound.
