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.
Usurper luddite twins’ disabled instruments play a game of pick-up-sticks with the deconstructed horn of a young Derby opponent.
Underground movement legend boychild hosts this workshop—on improvisation, cosmetics, movement and lip-sync.
Long Stringed Instrument performance involving up to 100 wires strung in tension over a 40m arch.
When we look, how do we objectify the body; how can we reflect on our (self) image as a construction?
Tormented and drawn-out high-pitched yelps and drones, all interleaved with periods of torpid silence.
INSTAL’s third outing saw performances by AMM, Cosmos (Sachiko M & Ami Yoshida), Voreboms, Vibracathedral Orchestra with Matthew Bower and John Godbert, Paragon Ensemble, Merzbow and Ryoji Ikeda.
CCI Sound system: a performance in which new material will be mixed and phased between two huge PA’s, one a precise Meyer system, the other a huge wall of Marshall amps
“I am truly without faith. In a media marketplace that demands soulness, I can only offer soulnessless.”
A multi-speaker, electronic, spacious and spatial performance from Florian Hecker.
From really simple, open instructions, An Unrhymed Chord creates a kind of half-way point between composition and improvisation.
A chill sex worker only breakfast hang, hosted by Scotland for Decrim, with delicious vegan, vegetarian, meaty, gluten free options & fresh coffee. (Both present & past lived experience welcome).
An audio report for the NATOarts board of directors that seeks to promote global security and stability through the exhibition of works of conceptual art.
