Month: March 2024
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Writing Commission: Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland (Denmark)
We are delighted to announce that the fourth NAARCA writing commission has been awarded to Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland. Emmy Laura Pérez Fjalland (PhD) is a Danish-Colombian writer, scholar and lecturer in cultural geography. She works with landscapes and landscaping practices, and is deeply engaged with how humans are—and have been—interacting with the natural and
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Writing Commission: Zeshan Shakar (Norway)
We are thrilled to announce that the third NAARCA writing commission has been awarded to Zeshan Shakar. About Zeshan: Zeshan Shakar (b. 1982) grew up in Stovner, Oslo. He holds a degree in political science and also studied economics at BI Norwegian Business School. Shakar has worked in various government ministries and directorates and currently
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Commissioned artist Nikhil Vettukattil in residence at Artica Svalbard
In August 2022, NAARCA-partner Artica Svalbard welcomed Oslo-based artist and writer Nikhil Vettukattil (b.1990, Bengaluru, India). Using a range of media such as sound, installation, performance, text, sculpture, and video, his practice questions modes of representation and image-making processes in their relation to lived experiences. While in residence at Artica, Nikhil developed new work that incorporates