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.
A system in which oscillators shake The Arches, seismographs pick up the harmonics that are then amplified through massive sub-bass PA.
For this one off performance Vibracathedral Orchestra are joined by Matthew Bower and John Godbert from mighty UK heavy/drone/psych free-noise behemoths Skullfower, Sunroof! and Total.
All ticket income goes directly to We Will Rise – a group of migrants, refugees, asylum seekers and their allies who have come together to End Immigration Detention in the UK.
Duo performance by two great French musique concrète improvisers using feedback, contact mics, tape, an old Revox tape machine, a vintage synth…
Come for the crip ingenuity; stay for the smooth feels of what it is to be each other’s everything.
A stroboscopic and intense sensory overload of flashing abstract forms, cut to ribbons by modified projectors.
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?
Cardboard boxes, metal guitar, critical homage, attempts to describe things you can’t describe. A one-man Grand Guignol school play.
A new interpretation of Kosugi’s Catch-Wave, producing a cloud of fluctuating, hypnotic drones, in front of a backdrop of projected waves.
A loud, buzzing stew of electrical light as noise and convulsive electric guitar squall.
Percussion used to explore the social construction of space
Paper Piece: Secrets is a performance for and with the whole audience, using paper, text, secrets, being in the crowd
