Articles by: Pari Stave

Swamp Observatory Gotland App, 2022. Image: Urbonas Studio

Episode 4: NAARCA Testing Grounds podcast is up! Featuring the Baltic Art Center (Gotland, Sweden)

Episode 4: Baltic Art Center – Artists’ Role in an Age of Climate Crisis  https://naarca.art/testing-grounds-podcast/ What role can, and should, artists play in an age of the climate crisis? What opportunities do artists have in this context, and what – if any – are their responsibilities? Baltic Art Center (BAC) is NAARCA’s Swedish partner. It’s based in Visby, the main town on Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea. Gotland is a popular tourist destination known for its beaches, its medieval history, and – increasingly – its water shortages. The reasons for these shortages are complex – industries such as […]

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María Sjöfn, AiR ´23: Field notes

María Sjöfn, AiR ´23: Field notes

Artist Maria Sjöfn Dupuis Laufeyjardóttir´s two-month residency at Skaftfell was devoted to studying the marine animals that live in  Seyðisfjördur. Her research was in response to a recently published report on the impact of sea fish faring on the ecosystem of the fjord: Rannsóknir á lífríki Seyðisfjarðar: [Botndýr, mælingar í seti, fuglar og þörungar í fjöru (Research on the biosphere of Seyðisfjörður). Erlín E. Jóhannsdóttir, Halldór Walter Stefánsson og Cristian Gallo (2018).Náttúrustofa Austurlands, Neskaupstað. (https://rafhladan.is/handle/10802/29364)].  Among the many findings of the report is an assessment of the great abundance and variety of benthic species and subspecies living in the fjord. […]

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