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.
What’s the relationship between the eternal hum of the oceanic beloved and the persistence of vorticity in fluid dynamics? And how does Alice Coltrane’s harp help us stay there?
Goofily deformed, deeply thought vocal jams: like the sound of your own breath rushing through your head.
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 preposterously heavy, eye of the storm musical tug of war, in which two drummers, electronics and electric guitar fall over each other in a droning crush.
AMM have undoubtedly been among the most important contributors to the UK free improv scene for nearly 40 years and we are extremely proud to be able to be working with such distinguished musicians who still rarely play live in the UK.
Durational group-mind drone and clatter: bamboo, electronics, the contents of your local ironmongers bin. A 3-hour set from this legendary Japanese improvisation group.
A recreation of one of Gustav Metzger’s celebrated auto destructive performances.
An immersive environment where sound is looped through oscillators, radio, guitar pick-ups and video amps to create dense strobing images and colours
A performance for dry ice and four specially constructed steel tables, each one heated by a single candle until searingly hot.
The struggle for sex workers’ rights and how we can understand it in the continuum of care work and other forms of invisibilised and precarious work.
Robin Hayward – exploring the micro-sounds of a tuba, filling slowly with sand.
How can we imagine bodies not as an end in themselves, but as a medium through which we can become one another’s means?
