Commissioned artist Nikhil Vettukattil in residence at Cove Park

As part of the NAARCA residency exchange programme, commissioned artist Nikhil Vettukattil was in residence at Cove Park for four weeks following residencies at Narsaq International Research Station and Artica Svalbard.

While at Cove Park, Nikhil continued developing ‘Cantina‘ – a new body of work that explores what a healthy, affordable and climate-friendly diet in the Nordics might look like by writing recipes divided into sections on disaster, survival and resistance and distributing them online, in cooking sessions and on embroidered garments.

As part of his residency, Nikhil hosted a vegan BBQ event for fellow residents and members of Cove Park’s local community where he experimented with making vegan and vegetarian hot dogs, a Nordic-food staple, made from onion, carrot, cumin, black and pinto beans, quinoa, and herbs.