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.
A series of three short performed situations and statements to be examined or judged from the most interesting young musician in Glasgow (we think).
Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon
A performed filmic conversation on queer and black world making.
Originally billed as a duo of Ingar Zach and Derek Bailey, John Butcher stood in for Bailey at the last minute.
A party and fundraiser to support Sex Workers’ struggles and LGBT Unity with music and performances from the sex workers’ community and allies, plus DJ’s and dancing.
A film performance about Guy then, and Guy now, as a metaphor for the passing of time, which of course all film is inherently about.
A collaborative performance where sound and image are created, performed and mediated by light, water and glass.
(Cyber)feminist, non-essentialist transgender and queer daily radio shows using the formula of morning radio as an arch way of thinking about the scripted behaviour and controlled empathy of systematic care.
Guy Sherwin gives a kind of annotated, chat through his optical sound films
Jandek’s first ever live performance. Unannounced, the performance was a total surprise for everybody at the festival.
Come for the crip ingenuity; stay for the smooth feels of what it is to be each other’s everything.
One of the most influential groups in improvised music, with the collective understanding that comes from listening keenly to each other for decades
