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.
For day four of Ultra-red’s project, the investigation will take up protocols for listening to the sound of freedom composed and facilitated by Fred Moten.
There are core ways in which our listening to the radio differs from other kinds of listening. What happens when we pay attention to how we pay attention?
Bruno’s liberated improvisational approach stretches beyond the lyrical, tough as nails rhythmic bursts and expressive, swinging attack of his drumming.
A temporary archive and research space tracing the ways in which sound and audition move through everyday life.
This mini, late-night ball will include categories inspired by the events earlier in the weekend.
A Performance exploring the nature of acousmatic listening; sound removed from visual context and understood for it’s own properties.
A kind of audience activating, structured film guessing game in the manipulation of time, sound and image. “At 11:15, weiners. At 21:05, pornography. At 23:30, a duet. Watch the Clock.”
The mutability of the body and the mobility of identity: queered pop culture, drag, lip-sync and performance.
We asked Christoph to come and give a sort of informal talk, raising some of his ideas about sound and image, and playing/ showing a few examples.
A performance by Storyboard P – one of the greatest Afrofuturist dancers on the planet.
A performed filmic conversation on queer and black world making.
An immersive live performance for multiple 16mm film and bass clarinet, taking in the whole gallery, submerging the audience.
