Tag: Norway
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Testing Grounds Episode 2: ‘Artica Svalbard – Climate Change and the Built Environment’ now available
How does the built environment affect our experience of the climate crisis – and vice-versa? Artica Svalbard is NAARCA’s Norwegian partner. It’s located on the Svalbard archipelago, in Longyearbyen – one of the world’s most northerly towns. Here, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. In this episode, Charlotte Hetherington, director of Artica Svalbard, introduces…
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Testing Grounds Episode 1: ‘Introducing NAARCA’ now available
As the climate crisis accelerates, how can artists’ residencies be testing grounds for new – and better – ways of living and working? The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) is a coalition of seven organisations that are exploring this question together. So, how did NAARCA come about? What are its goals? And… what…
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Jaana Eskola (Finland), the NAARCA Eco-Coordinator, Conducts Site Visits
Earlier this year, Jaana took part in the Creative Climate Leadership Scandinavia training programme (CCL) organised by Julie’s Bicycle. The sustainability coordinating work Jaana is doing within the NAARCA alliance forms part of the legacy project work within CCL. As part of the project Jaana will be conducting site visits to the NAARCA residencies around…
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Announcing the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action
NAARCA, co-devised and co-led by Cove Park (Scotland) and Saari Residence (Finland), aims to build a long-term bridge between Scotland and the Nordic countries around the most pressing global issue of our time. The collaboration is founded upon the geological, climatological, historical, and linguistic similarities that unite both regions, and is the starting point for a permanent,…