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 landmark film on black life – a poetic filmic constellation of meditations, fragments and interviews on what it means to be black in America in the 21st century, from one of its great cinematographers.
Harrowing but musical confrontations with the very real, physical and aural trauma of a woman screaming.
Fernando thinks that when maths is deep, it should be simple and able to be explained by hand gestures. By embodying ideas, we’re able to more clearly think about their cultural implications.
The club as a community and a site for performed politics: deep/ queer house, vogue femme, lipsync and ballroom.
Simon Morris is joined by Nick Thurston as they attempt to read aloud whilst peddling on exercise bikes.
A tour with John Butcher and Akio Suzuki that set out to allow the audience to experience (and to listen to) the enviroment around them in different way.
Work for cello, percussion, contra bassoon and cherbulum commissioned for Instal in collaboration with Paragon
Polly Shang Kuan Band coven leader and Sick Head’s psychedelic shaman Nackt Insecten make hex ritual to birth a new astral being….. Smack Insecten.
Glasgow. Low-end drone guitarage army in praise of the open chord.
A performance by Storyboard P – one of the greatest Afrofuturist dancers on the planet.
4 days of workshops, discussions and artists presentations exploring the radical act of caring for each other while working to change the world.
