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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.

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Denise Fererria Da Silva holds both hands in the air as she talks to the group
28 September 2014
Tramway

Realness

Charlene Sinclair Fred Moten Icon Ayana Christian Michael Roberson Tourmaline

A discussion about what is at stake in the performance of realness and the practice of passing, and how they are both acts of survival and resistance.

Episode 6: Make a Way Out of No Way
21 June 2023

Open Stage/ Screen/ Mic

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…

I wanna be with you everywhere 2023
Merzbow: Masami Akita looking at a computer screen
23 November 2003
The Arches

Merzbow

Merzbow takes the junk of sound and transforms it into blistering noise assaults with an incredible spectrum and impact.

INSTAL 03
Turquoise and Brown text reads Kill Your Timid Notion
17 – 19 October 2003
DCA

Kill Your Timid Notion 03

Taking over the gallery spaces at Dundee Contemporary Arts, the first Kill Your Timid Notion presented a 3 day programme of live immersive experiences and specially curated film programmes.

Portrait of Marc Baron in black and white
27 February 2010
DCA

Marc Baron

Marc Baron

Three speakers play back pre-recorded sounds, Marc listens and responds: “What is played is the imperfect witness of what I listen to (or maybe better, how I listen).”

Kill Your Timid Notion 10
boychild performs prostrate bathed in a blue light a red light in their mouth
26 May 2013
Tramway

#untitled lipsync 3

boychild

The mutability of the body and the mobility of identity: queered pop culture, drag, lip-sync and performance.

A long distance shot of a dark theatre stage piled high with cardboard boxes
26 February 2012
Tramway

Inhuman Grand-Guignol Theatre

Taku Unami

Inspired by the supernatural horror of H. P. Lovecraft, black metal and a sense of worry as to what constitutes an object, or a world.

Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
Richard Youngs standing with a microphone at INSTAL 04
16 October 2004
The Arches

Richard Youngs

Richard Youngs

One of the most incessantly experimental musicians in the UK, Youngs’ aesthetic is entirely unique, never really part of any scene [whilst influencing many], steadfastly unafraid and honest

INSTAL 04
Jean-Luc and Toshi sitting near an organ
20 March 2009
Glasgow University Chapel

Jean-Luc Guionnet & Toshimaru Nakamura

Jean-Luc Guionnet Toshimaru Nakamura

Brain boiling duo improvisation by great Japanese no input mixing desk pioneer Toshi Nakamura and french organ philosopher Jean-Luc Guionnet.

INSTAL 09
A series of large dimly lit light bulbs hanging in a room
12 April 2007
DCA

Beyond 6281

ARTIFICIEL

Audio signals pass through light bulbs, causing the filaments of the bulbs to sing and crackle in a chorus of electronic static.

Kill Your Timid Notion 07
Reina smiles as they hold a placard: "This is our life, this is our time"
28 September 2014
Tramway

From Subjection to Subjection

Charlene Sinclair Saidiya Hartman Tourmaline

A conversation about the movement for prison abolition and refusing the logic of race and sex that underpins the criminalisation and mass incarceration of communities.

Episode 6: Make a Way Out of No Way
15 November 2024
Tramway

IN OUR LIFETIME Workshop

Hussein Mitha

A workshop for educators, activists and young people to think about radical, anti-imperialist pedagogy, and what fighting for the Palestinian cause looks like for young people in the imperial core. PDF of the resource available soon.

Episode 11: To End the World As We Know It