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.
Avant-wrongdoers Blood Stereo performing in Garthamlock the town spawned them.
Killer of Sheep is an undisputed masterpiece of African-American filmmaking and one of the most poetic, perceptive dramas ever made about family and community.
When one calls a strike, who hears the call, who attunes and listens to it? How to listen to the call of a strike? What prevents one from hearing this call or stops one from listening to it?
Temporary Outpost for an Auditory Gesture is a kind of performed installation that explores how sonic phenomena (like feedback, vibration, resonance, echo, rhythm) condition our experience.
Formed as a means to realise William Bennett’s goal of “a sound that could bludgeon an audience into submission”
UK conceptual/ drone/ noise artist, who is seriously posing what might seem to be unanswerable questions of music.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a large multi chambered industrial ice house.
A recreation of one of Gustav Metzger’s celebrated auto destructive performances.
An open conversation hosted by Saidiya Hartman and Fred Moten around ‘fugitivity’ and ‘waywardness’ and what it means to be in flight, excessive or ungovernable.
Three documentary films exploring diverse realities of sex workers around the world followed by a closing ceremony of the festival.
Summer Solstice hang out IRL and URL on 21 June
Strickland Distribution and Ultra-red give a practical sound workshop bringing together walk participants to discuss the issues raised during the walk
