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.
Since the 1960’s Oliverios has had a profound influence on generations of musicians through her work with myth and ritual, improvisation and meditation.
The role of feelings in public life, (political) depression and creative survival.
A specially commissioned performance for organ. “The course of the stars were to be put to sound.”
Dundee. Progressive rhythmical guitar squall vs. post-highland discorporate dusk-jockey.
How do people both inside and outside of prison work together to dismantle the criminal justice system and build a society based on collective care?
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.
Summer Solstice hang out IRL and URL on 21 June
A performance for dry ice and four specially constructed steel tables, each one heated by a single candle until searingly hot.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in an abandoned oil tanker on Hoy.
Is it possible to dance our way out of the hardened stances and identity prisons we are locked in?
A rare live performance which, although not a full installation, made use of the unique acoustic and spatial properties of the Arches to rattle the audience and help it locate its third ear.
A series of reality dramas happening over the course of the weekend.
