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.
Live ISDN drone performance resonating between Dundee and an empty Montreal Grain Silo.
Voguing, drag, clubbing, and the politics of communities making different performances of gender and sexuality visible.
A stroboscopic and intense sensory overload of flashing abstract forms, cut to ribbons by modified projectors.
Jean-Luc Guionnet will be giving a talk as part of the music department’s ongoing series of colloquia.
A performance by Storyboard P – one of the greatest Afrofuturist dancers on the planet.
Jarringly beautiful and often maniacal expression of hallucinatory and very personal visions.
Durational group-mind drone and clatter: bamboo, electronics, the contents of your local ironmongers bin. A 3-hour set from this legendary Japanese improvisation group.
A socio-poetic reading on wayward communities – The wayward create upheavals, incite tumult. They come and go as they please; they are fugitive; they are in open rebellion against society.
Now a two day festival, INSTAL 04 was borne of a desire to open eyes, challenge audiences and expand musical horizons. This was also the year in which a certain representative from Corwood Industries made his first ever live appearance.
Tormented and drawn-out high-pitched yelps and drones, all interleaved with periods of torpid silence.
Guitar and voice. Keening, droning and mourning. Be ready to release and bring your dis-ease.
An extravagant debauch of huge pianos, plush toys, cognac and ritual.
