NAARCA is co-devised and co-led by Cove Park and Saari Residence (Finland), and 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, expansive and holistic network of radical cooperation.
In addition to Cove Park and Saari Residence, NAARCA brings together Arctic Culture Lab (Greenland), Artica Svalbard (Norway), Art Hub Copenhagen (Denmark), Baltic Art Center (Sweden), and Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art (Iceland) to collaborate on research, institutional change and public education around climate action.
BAC residens artist Rikke Luther works on a new project More Mud, commissioned by NAARCA, that examines the new “mudscapes” that are developing as the planets heats and thaws.