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 reality dramas happening over the course of the weekend.
Is it possible to dance our way out of the hardened stances and identity prisons we are locked in?
What might Carter and Parker’s collaboration tell us about our own performances of responsibility and liberty, whether individual, social or musical?
Ubuntu Women Shelter, National Ugly Mugs and the Sex Workers Union warmly invite you to a generative conversation (and Q&A) about the needs and rights of migrant sex workers in Scotland.
Sound as it is endured by space and the body: 15 participants lie face down and pound the floor with a microphone one thousand times, each person choosing their own rhythm and intensity.
A temporary archive and research space tracing the ways in which sound and audition move through everyday life.
Rare UK performance by legendary Japanese post punk group during their 4 drummers + synth / vocals phase.
Acting at the minimum. Each film here substitutes one small thing for another, (ironically) transforming received meanings by the simplest of actions; often kind of funny too.
A joyful conversation discussing disability, gender transition and care labour as expressions of virtuosic and innovative skills that make care – good care – possible.
Haino exceeds expectation with a 4 hour solo performance on a collection of more than forty instruments from all over the world.
Politicised fan-fiction chronicling working class gay urban space and fantasy.
Can we use sound, repetition and difference to personally and collectively engage with space, time and labour?
