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.
Although Tony had visited Haino in Japan, and they played together in private, this was the first time anyone other that Haino’s cat saw them perform together.
Edinburgh. Cask-strength electrohypnol and shroom damaged folk croonings by Lapsed Electronics empire builder.
A movement-based workshop on Krump and the politics of how we teach, learn and listen with our bodies. Move with us!
Trans-temporal drag, sexuality and the re-staging of illegible moments in history.
Stripping back the domesticated ‘meaning’ of (everyday, mundane, kitchen) tools to reveal “a lexicon of rage and frustration.” Plus an allegorical use of mundane, everyday things as an examination of how meaning is constructed in film.
Joan La Barbara presents works exploring the colour spectrum of a single pitch resonating in her skull, an evocation of bird song and circular singing.
A silent collage of found film footage partially layered with computer graphics to provide a framework in which live music can develop.
Sean and Taku share an interest in structure, space and time. A spartan, abstract, considered and surprisingly musical set.
A temporary archive and research space tracing the ways in which sound and audition move through everyday life.
There exist places in our towns and cities that are created not by design, but by circumstance. Shadowed Spaces was a tour of overlooked, bypassed and unconsidered nooks and crannies with 3 musicians.
Improvising violinist Angharad Davies performing with pianists Tisha Mukarji and Andrea Neumann.
Freeform Super 8mm documentation of Sunday at Instal 06 by filmmaker Matt Hulse.
