
Abjection | Nihility
Here the various incarnations of nihilist thinking that popped up from time to time through the history of Arika events can be explored in the context of work that deals with the body, abjection and performance. Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness took the ideas of Abjection and Nihility to heart and most of the events had some relationship with this theme. Some highlights: Junko's intense vocal performance, Taku Unami's absurdist cardboard box theatre piece and Mattin and Tim Goldie's attempt to push noise music beyond it's limits.
We've conceived of these paired ‘terms’ to help you explore the archive, but they are not synonyms nor are they binary oppositions but words that combine to (hopefully) produce un-rational anti-categories. The aim is to allow (encourage) the archive to be read in ways counter to normative or reductive categories. To allow things in the archive to appear in sometimes unlikely groupings and to resist essentialism.
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The View From Nowhere Part 2Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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Cosmic PessimismEpisode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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Speculum OrumEpisode 6: Make a Way Out of No Way
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Cosmic PessimismA survey is a process of listening
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Inhuman Grand-Guignol TheatreEpisode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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The View From Nowhere Part 1Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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Rehearsal after Reflect Soft Matte DiscourseEpisode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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Unfree Improvisation / Compulsive FreedomEpisode 4: Freedom is a Constant Struggle
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All the Colours of the Dark, Except BlackEpisode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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De Musicorum InfelicitateEpisode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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INSTAL 08
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Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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INSTAL 06
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AnoyonodekigotoMusic Lover's Field Companion 07
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Abject MusicEpisode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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Shutter InterfaceKill Your Timid Notion 07
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Iain CampbellINSTAL 10
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Episode 2: A Special Form of Darkness
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INSTAL 10
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Being for OthersEpisode 9: Other Worlds Already Exist
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Kill Your Timid Notion 10
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INSTAL 05
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INSTAL 04
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Inferno Quiz ShowUNINSTAL
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Kill Your Timid Notion 10
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JandekINSTAL 04
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MerzbowINSTAL 03
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INSTAL 03
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Shutter InterfaceKill Your Timid Notion on Tour