Category: Commissions
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Upcoming Exhibition: NAARCA Commissioned Artist Rikke Luther at Art Hub Copenhagen
Founding NAARCA Member, Art Hub Copenhagen, will present the postdoctoral exhibition Dust & Flow – Mud in the Earth System by Rikke Luther, from 2 May – 16 August 2025 at Room Room. Taking its point of departure in the film work Dust & Flow: Muds, Movement, Time, Scale, the exhibition brings together recent scientific
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NAARCA launches Online Exhibition of Commissioned Artists
Rikke Luther’s and Nikhil Vettukattil’s art projects are part of NAARCA’s commissions to develop new knowledge and practices related to climate action in the Nordic-Scottish region. In line with these aims, Rikke Luther’s film explores the new mud landscapes and their social, political and bio-chemical impacts on human and marine life. Nikhil Vettukattil, on the
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Writing Commission: Mazen Maarouf (Iceland)
We are delighted to announce that the sixth NAARCA writing commission has been awarded to Mazen Maarouf. Mazen Maarouf (1978) is a Palestinian-Icelandic writer, poet, translator, and journalist. Born in Beirut to a family of Palestinian refugees, Maarouf holds a maîtrise degree in Chemistry. He has published three collections of poetry: ‘The Camera Doesn’t Capture
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Writing Commission: Anna-Maria Hällgren (Sweden)
We are excited to announce that the fifth NAARCA writing commission has been awarded to Anna-Maria Hällgren. Anna-Maria Hällgren is an associate professor in art history at Umeå University and has written extensively – for both an academic and wider audience – on art, environment and climate change. Currently, she explores how artists during the
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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
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NAARCA Pedagogy Toolkit Commission Announcement
Following an open call, we are pleased to announce that NAARCA’s Pedagogy Toolkit Commission has been awarded to Maraid Mcewan. Maraid Mcewan is a London based creative researcher, designer and artist exploring social impact and care through collaboration. She expresses the importance of designing with young people, specifically under-represented groups and is driven by a desire
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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