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.
Moor Mother is a musician, Philadelphian housing activist and black quantum futurist.
A loud, buzzing stew of electrical light as noise and convulsive electric guitar squall.
Politicised fan-fiction chronicling working class gay urban space and fantasy.
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.
Databases carry the same seeds of creativity that early documentary makers saw in film. Both can empower people by helping them to master information, both can be claimed to represent some kind of reality or truth.
A cinema of the mind, a film to take place in the viewers’ imagination(s).
Solo performance on bass clarinet, jaw harp & voice by Arrington De Dionyso.
A saxophone. Handheld fans. Shrill squeaks. Splutters, gargling. An incredible diversity of sounds, intensely focused by an inventive musician.
4 days of workshops, discussions and artists presentations exploring the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
Dave will lead a session created for teenagers and designed to stimulate a supportive environment for artistic exploration through music improvisation.
Polly Shang Kuan Band coven leader and Sick Head’s psychedelic shaman Nackt Insecten make hex ritual to birth a new astral being….. Smack Insecten.
Can we use sound, repetition and difference to personally and collectively engage with space, time and labour?
