Category: Commissions
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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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Commissioned writer Mairi Macleod at Saari Residence
Mairi Macleod (b.1996) is a Gaelic writer from Glasgow, Scotland. A graduate of the University of Glasgow, she completed an undergraduate degree in Geography and a master’s degree in Earth Futures. Her creative work echoes her academic interests, critically engaging with humanity’s relationships with space, place, and the complex thing we call ‘nature’. As a…
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Writing Commission: Mairi Macleod (Scotland)
We are delighted to announce that the first NAARCA Writing Commission has been awarded to the Glasgow-based Gaelic writer Mairi Macleod, the recipient of the 2022 Young Gaelic Writer Residency at Cove Park, developed in collaboration with, and funded by, Comhairle nan Leabhraichean / The Gaelic Books Council. Mairi will attend a two-month residency at Saari Residence …
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Art Commission: Rikke Luther (Denmark)
We are delighted to share that the first NAARCA Art Commission has been awarded to Danish artist Rikke Luther. Over the course of two years (2022-24), Rikke Luther will embark on a research project entitled More Mud which will include residencies at Baltic Art Center (Sweden) and Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art (Iceland) and…