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.
William cradles, hammers, and rains down blows, plucking and using 2 bows to attack the strings above and below the bridge, all in the service of a fiery and passionate creativity.
A guitar solo of frugal wringing, of notes in the dark, an attitude of making everything count.
When we look, how do we objectify the body; how can we reflect on our (self) image as a construction?
How can we imagine bodies not as an end in themselves, but as a medium through which we can become one another’s means?
Michael Colligan pressing white hot metal into dry ice, causing the metal to sing and scream.
One-shot sonic portraits of 4 houses, their inhabitants and their relationship to sound, from 2 of the most deep-thinking field-recording artists around.
Arrive, get settled, be hosted and meet-up in IRL and URL.
Ex Ganger guitarist’s solo performance for guitar and fx, featuring breathless processed guitar, complex in structure and melody.
Performances of compositions by Jean-Luc Guionnet and others, with Julia Letitia Scott, Iain Campbell F-W, Neil Davidson, Fritz Welch, Liene Rozite, Emilia Beatriz.
Chip will read some of his great literary pornography, which pushes sexuality to the point of extremity and exhaustion.
Series of short sets by Acid Mothers Temple / Ruins offshoots Zubi Zuva X, Akaten & Zoffy.
Akio Suzuki and John Butcher performing in a remote sea cave near Durness.
