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.
Four perspectives from people involved in different anti-capitalist and anti-racist struggles, considering how ideas of ‘ending’ have shaped their political thinking and praxis.
In rethinking the body, the law, the state, gender, race, violence, care and empathy, how we might give humanness a different future?
A simple hands on workshop with micro-radio theorist and pioneer Kogawa.
A series of three short performed situations and statements to be examined or judged from the most interesting young musician in Glasgow (we think).
A somehow hyper-modern, ancient and folkloric lip-synced, made-up, fashioned performance.
Ken presents his Nervous Magic Lantern, wherein film itself is forsaken for an investigation of hypnotic and trancelike crystaline forms. Eric La Casa works with recordings of everyday occurrences: the background hum of place.
Bleu Shut reveals, and allows us to enjoy, our gullibility within the pervasive absurdity of modern life.
“I am truly without faith. In a media marketplace that demands soulness, I can only offer soulnessless.”
A performance for projectionist, musicians and audience, which plays with references to Oscar Levant and Gershwin: apparently a series of small doses of chaos.
A chorister attempting to sing Vivaldi, with live accompaniment, while trampolining for 20 minutes.
By focusing on the things that most people don’t notice or pass by uncaring – Steve Roden crafts gentle, sparse and metaphorically loaded compositions.
Folk poet, actor and bon viveur Kan Mikami in duo with Jojo Hiroshige, a founding member of Japanese Noise band Hijokaidan.
