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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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John Tilbury plays a piano whilst Wadada Leo Smith plays a trumpet
19 April 2013
Tramway

Wadada Leo Smith & John Tilbury

John Tilbury Wadada Leo Smith

How might two of the great musicians working within contrasting traditions of freedom collaborate? What might this produce: musically, socially, allegorically?

Episode 4: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
Keiji Haino playing a saz onstage in CCA Glasgow 05
23 May 2005
CCA

CCA Glasgow 05

Jandek Keiji Haino My Cat Is An Alien Taurpis Tula

Performances at CCA Glasgow by Keiji Haino, My Cat Is An Alien, Taurpis Tula, Jandek with Richard Youngs and Alex Neilson.

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24 February 2012
Tramway

Abject Music

Mattin Tim Goldie

Could they be one of the most ferocious live noise acts around, or a necessary and ludicrous parody of ferocious noise acts? Could they be both?

Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
Takehisa Kosugi bowing a violin between two screens showing waves
21 May 2005
The Sage Gateshead

Catch-Wave ’05

Takehisa Kosugi

A new interpretation of Kosugi’s Catch-Wave, producing a cloud of fluctuating, hypnotic drones, in front of a backdrop of projected waves.

Music Lover’s Field Companion 05
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2 May 2012
Whitney Museum of American Art

What is the Sound of Freedom?

Ultra-red George Lewis

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.

A survey is a process of listening
A packing case with the word ALIVE painted on it sits on stage
16 October 2004
The Arches

Baby Dee

Baby Dee

Former street performer, organist, performance artist, circus performer, harpist, accordion player, tree surgeon and tricyclist performing solo.

INSTAL 04
Eddie Prevost and John Tilbury against projection of a large red bus
10 December 2004
DCA

AMM & Malcolm Le Grice

Malcolm Le Grice AMM

One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades

Kill Your Timid Notion 04
Koji Asano and friend backstage at INSTAL 02
1 December 2002
The Arches

Eclipse of the Moon from the Backyard

Koji Asano Paragon Ensemble

Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon

INSTAL 02
12 March 2022
Online

Constantina Zavitsanos and Carolyn Lazard in Conversation

Carolyn Lazard Constantina Zavitsanos

Discussion: If we approach “care as an event” rather than as a “contract of exchange”  then what becomes possible in how we know, care for, and appreciate each other?

Mutual Aid
Stones of Stenness on Orkney with microphones and musicians between them
20 June 2006
Ring of Brodgar

Stones of Stenness (Ring of Brodgar)

Akio Suzuki John Butcher

Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing by the Stones of Stenness, instead of the Ring of Brodgar, because of bad weather.

Resonant Spaces
Tetsuya Umeda operating a machine next to an audience
15 October 2006
The Arches

Tetsuya Umeda

Tetsuya Umeda

Umeda is a Japanese artist who is as fascinated in setting up interesting situations to observe, as he is in creating performances.

INSTAL 06
Robin MacKay sits on a panel of 4 people. He leans forward to speak into a mic
13 November 2010
Tramway

Before or after finitude?

Arika Catherine Christer Hennix Florian Hecker Robin MacKay

Electronic music, time, thought, the word, and consecutive matters

INSTAL 10
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