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Testing Grounds Episode 6: ‘Narsaq International Research Station – Who Defines Progress?’ now available
Please note: this episode features brief mentions of suicide, alcoholism and violence. What does “progress” mean in an age of climate crisis? Who should define it? And how can the process of defining it be made more inclusive and democratic? Narsaq International Research Station (NIRS) is NAARCA’s Greenlandic partner. It’s an independent non-profit research platform…
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Testing Grounds Episode 5: ‘Cove Park – Young People’s Voices on the Climate Crisis’ now available
What are young people’s views on the climate crisis? And how can artists, and art institutions, help to amplify their voices? Cove Park is NAARCA’s Scottish partner. It’s perched on a picturesque hillside on the Rosneath Peninsula, on Scotland’s West Coast. In this episode, Emma Henderson – Cove Park’s Curator of Engagement – introduces us…
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Testing Grounds Bonus Episode: ‘Seasickness/Cur na Mara – a short story by Mairi Macleod’, now available
In this bonus episode, Glasgow-based Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod reads her short story, Seasickness/Cur na Mara. In 2023, Mairi was commissioned by NAARCA to create a short piece of fiction in both Scots Gaelic and English, and was also granted an 8-week residency at Saari Residence in Finland, where she wrote Seasickness. Mairi’s writing engages…
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Writing Commission: Hanna Guttorm (Finland)
We are thrilled to announce that the second NAARCA writing commission has been awarded to Hanna Guttorm. About Hanna: Hanna Ellen Guttorm fumbles to learn a more sustainable way of living on the Earth in-between Indigenous and Non-Indigenous worlds as well as in-between arts and sciences. She has revitalised the language (and culture) of her father, North Sámi, and…
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Art Commission: Nikhil Vettukattil (Norway)
We are delighted to share that the second NAARCA Art Commission has been awarded to Nikhil Vettukattil. While in residence at Artica Svalbard this Autumn and over the course of the coming year, Nikhil will develop a new piece of work that will incorporate research on food production and distribution in Svalbard and its relation…
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Commissioned artist Rikke Luther reflects upon residency at Artica Svalbard
Rikke Luther is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen. Her current work explores the new interrelations created by environmental crisis as they relate to the Earth System. These relations encompass themes related to landscape, language, politics, financialisation, law, biology, geology and economy, that are expressed in drawn images, photography and film. Since 2022, Rikke Luther has worked on a research project entitled More…
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Printing workshop developed at Artica Svalbard delivered at Cove Park as part of pedagogy programme
Artica’s Future Community Garden printing workshop took place in October 2022 and was developed as part of a larger community project looking at Svalbard’s unique nature and the changes they are experiencing due to climate change. Living on Svalbard means being part of a small community, high up in the Arctic, where the effects of…
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Creative storytelling workshop at Skaftfell with The Arctic Creatures
On 3 May 2023, young people aged 9-16 from East Iceland took part in a creative storytelling workshop using found objects, performance, and photography under the guidance of photographer Jessica Auer, actress-puppeteer Tess Rivarola, and The Arctic Creatures, a collaborative group of three artists – visual artist Hrafnkel Sigurðsson, filmmaker and director Óskar Jónasson and actor/…
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Testing Grounds Episode 4: ‘Baltic Art Center – Artists’ Role in an Age of Climate Crisis’ now available
What role can, and should, artists play in an age of the climate crisis? What opportunities do artists have in this context, and what – if any – are their responsibilities? Baltic Art Center (BAC) is NAARCA’s Swedish partner. It’s based in Visby, the main town on Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea. Gotland…
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Moving image workshop at Cove Park with Juliana Capes
On 25 March 2023, Juliana Capes, a visual artist based in Edinburgh, delivered ‘Talking with the Weather,’ a film workshop at Cove Park for children and young people aged 7 and over. Juliana’s moving image practice is often inspired by the weather and the natural world and asks questions about our relationship with natural phenomena.…