Category: Residency
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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…
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Skaftfell launches Open Call: Funded Residency for Nordic & Baltic Artists
NAARCA’s Icelandic partner, Skaftfell Arts Center located in Seyðisfjörður, is now accepting applications for a funded residency from Nordic and Baltic artists. Who can apply: Individual artists and 2-person artist collectives living in the Nordic or Baltic countries (Denmark, Estonia, Finland, the Faroe Islands Greenland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Sweden). Artists must have a permanent address…
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Cove Park publishes a new Sustainable Travel Policy
Cove Park, NAARCA’s Scottish partner, published a new Sustainable Travel Policy. Available to read here. Featured image: Loch Long, photography by Ruth Clarke.
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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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Artica Svalbard publishes Environmental Policy & Action Plan Update
At the start of 2023 Artica Svalbard, NAARCA’s Norwegian partner, began the process of researching, developing, and implementing an environmental policy and action plan. Learn more about this process here. You can read Artica’s full Environmental Responsibility Statement and Action plan here. Featured image: Allåkrabreen glacier in May 2023, provided by Artica Svalbard.
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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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Residency Exchange: Rikke Luther visits Skaftfell
EXHIBITION ANNOUNCEMENT Rikke Luther – On Moving GroundSep 17 – Nov 20, 2022 Opening Sep 17, 16:00-18:00 in the Skaftfell gallery, and 18:00-19:30 in Herðubío (film screening) Gallery talk with the artist: Sep 18, 14:00 Opening times: Tue-Sun 17:00-22:00, Mon closed Rikke Luther’s solo exhibition at Skaftfell presents the artist’s ongoing research into political, societal…