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.
Out of a dark haze, shafts of lights are picked out from the surface of film. Out of the black silence, noise, audible scratches bloom into a bright drone of broken and cracked objects.
Jandek’s second ever live performance, and the first to be advertised in advance.
A day of presentations and discussions on the theme of audio visual perception in the context of experimental music, film and art.
Strickland Distribution and Ultra-red give a practical sound workshop bringing together walk participants to discuss the issues raised during the walk
A festival hewn from passions for experimental music, film and visual art and for a passion in figuring out how they can relate to, cross-fertilise and inspire and each other.
A dialogical meeting of Baraka’s radical poetry and Grimes’ free jazz syncopation.
To Rococo Rot member Robert Lippok performing for the first time in the UK with his solo project.
A spectacular musical show which discusses the representation of a nation state, its characters and history. A learning play on myth construction and its reproduction.
Beyond time, colorlines, ability, and sexuality, a movement exploration into what it means to see and be seen, how hearing contrast with what is actually being heard.
An extravagant debauch of huge pianos, plush toys, cognac and ritual.
Life drawing class for artists of all genders, backgrounds and levels of ability, 18+. Draw strippers and sex workers as they perform their usual club routines, in a different context; from the strip club to the art gallery.
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.
