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.
Black Boned Angel’s is a rock sound, stripped of all extraneous detail right down to its core, stretched out and nailed to the ceiling.
Noise music for the eyes. A 6 screen 16mm projection performance of intense audio and visual stimulus.
Rare UK performance by legendary Japanese post punk group during their 4 drummers + synth / vocals phase.
A queer black operatic requiem for piano and voice that asks us to stay in the hold of the slave ship, that tries to understand the connection from the slave ship to the prison.
Summing up of the investigations with a reflection on what has been done that week and what could be done the next.
A programme that looks at how sound and image can be treated as variants in a collection of ordered objects; at how to create meaning from the similar, and to notice difference.
The club as a community and a site for performed politics: deep/ queer house, vogue femme, lipsync and ballroom.
Captures the creak and rustle of the forest, with an exhilarating tension let loose in unconfined maniacal and bare-knuckle group thinking.
A celebration of the release of four books written by members of, and focused on about the House and Ballroom scene.
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
Every aspect of every film is always about more than just film. Or, as Godard said: a tracking shot is a moral issue. A cross between a festival, magazine and discussion about experimental artists’ films.
With lo-fi dreams and high-def humor, Bande brings MC vibes to the day. Interluding music with spoken performance, the live extimacy of Bande’s presence reaches out via emo-techno-bridges.
