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.
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
Slowly evolving ultra-subtle harmonics and multi-tracked, otherworldly drones that only reveal their true power at high volume.
A confrontational and somehow shamanic stance; introspective silences shattered by savage jabs at the strings, whirlwind strums dying into spartan chords
Investigate film as language, via the language of film reduced to the basic units of film and language. A film as text in which each frame is a single word.
For musical chameleon Richard Youngs both his creative and family life are focused in the room that many of us consider the centre piece of our lives.
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.
Exploring the interplay between punk sinewave aggression, high-speed video sequences and stroboscopic lighting
Summing up of the investigations with a reflection on what has been done that week and what could be done the next.
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Sunday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
Underground movement legend boychild hosts this workshop—on improvisation, cosmetics, movement and lip-sync.
A temporary archive and research space tracing the ways in which sound and audition move through everyday life.
For day one of Ultra-red’s project, the investigation will take up protocols for listening to the sound of freedom composed and facilitated by George E. Lewis.
