We are pleased to announce the publication of Artica Writings 2024: Svalbard’s International Community, the latest edition in Artica Svalbard’s book series. This limited-edition publication explores the personal stories and experiences of international residents living in Svalbard, reflecting on belonging, identity, and life within one of the world’s most internationally diverse Arctic communities.

Last week, Residency Coordinator Sally Hovelsø led current residents Celine Charveriat, Audun Aagre, Soghra Khurasani, Jennifer Redfearn, and Tim Metzger on a hike to Sarkofagen, one of the mountains overlooking Longyearbyen and Adventdalen.

Celine Charveriat joins Artica Svalbard this May to develop an arts-based project exploring interspecies equity and Arctic futures. Working across policy, research, and international cooperation for nearly 30 years, Charveriat’s recent work increasingly focuses on the intersection of arts, science, and environmental futures.

We are excited to welcome journalist, documentary filmmaker, and author Audun Aagre to Artica Svalbard for a residency from May–June 2026, nominated by the Norsk Faglitterær Forfatter og Oversetterforening. Aagre has worked extensively across Norwegian media, including Aftenposten, VG, NRK, and SVT, and has published several books combining text and photography. Alongside his work in politics, culture, and technology, he has maintained a long-standing interest in Arctic history.

We are pleased to welcome artist and printmaker Soghra Khurasani to Artica Svalbard for a residency from May to June 2026, nominated by the Queen Sonja Print Award. Based in Vadodara, Gujarat, Khurasani works across printmaking to explore themes of memory, trauma, ecology, and transformation.

We are pleased to welcome filmmaker Jennifer Redfearn and cinematographer Tim Metzger to Artica Svalbard this month. During their time on Svalbard, Jennifer and Tim will begin developing a new documentary project. Rooted in cinéma vérité observation, the work will explore how environment, geopolitics, and rapid change shape life in the archipelago.

We are pleased to share that Artica Svalbard alumni Bianca Hisse and Christian Danielewitz are currently presenting their collaborative exhibition Rivers End at Kunstnerforbundet in Oslo. Developed through fieldwork in both Svalbard and Zambia, Rivers End explores rivers as acoustic environments—spaces where listening becomes a way of sensing infrastructures, ecological change, and the distribution of power.

Are you working on a non-fiction project related to the Arctic or the high north? NFFO, in collaboration with Artica Svalbard, invites its members to apply for a writing residency in Longyearbyen.

Artica Svalbard is pleased to announce that our Annual Report for 2025 is now available to read online in both Norwegian and English.

2025 marked a year of significant growth, expanded activity, and deepened engagement across our programme. We presented our most extensive public programme to date, with a shift towards more frequent, participatory events shaped by community feedback. Alongside this, we continued to develop our residency programme, welcoming a wide range of artists, writers, and researchers, while strengthening our commitment to sustainability, long-term stays, and meaningful local connection.

Nieminen is a data scientist with a background in mathematics and theoretical philosophy, currently pursuing a PhD focused on counterfactual reasoning. With over fifteen years of experience as a software developer, his work bridges technical expertise with philosophical inquiry, exploring the political and symbolic dimensions of state presence in fragile environments.

During their time in Longyearbyen, Lea and Scott will collaborate on The End of Sound—a tactile, multi-sensory installation that reimagines how we perceive sound and sight in the Arctic. Bringing together material exploration and cinematic storytelling, the project invites audiences to move beyond passive observation and engage the senses in reflecting on climate change, perception, and ecological responsibility.

Residents Mhairi Killin, Thomas Abercromby, and Lilian Kroth, together with Residency Coordinator Sally Hovelsø, set out on a field trip to the ice cave at Larsbreen, a glacier on the northern slope of Lars Hiertafjellet at the head of Longyeardalen.

Last week, Residency Coordinator Sally Hovelsø led current residents Ashley Middleton, Thomas Abercromby, Mhairi Killin, and Lilian Kroth on a hike to Platåberget, a mountain rising 450–480 metres above Longyearbyen. The walk offered expansive views over Adventdalen and, notably, towards the satellite installations of Kongsberg Satellite Services (KSAT), located just outside the town.

We are very pleased to announce the artists selected for the Tarandus Field-Based Arts–Science Residency 2026–2027. Following an international open call that received 108 applications, eight residencies have been awarded for the coming year.

On a wild, stormy day in Longyearbyen, we are delighted to welcome back Lilian Kroth, who returns to Svalbard this month for a research residency. Kroth is a researcher working at the intersection of philosophy, science, and aesthetic practice. Her work explores how the natural world is understood through concepts, scientific instruments, and visual methods, with a particular focus on climate, Earth observation, and remote sensing technologies.

Artica Svalbard is pleased to welcome visual artist and curator Thomas Abercromby as our newest artist in residence. Abercromby will be in Longyearbyen from March to April 2026. Working across film, installation and socially engaged practice, Abercromby explores how art can create spaces for collective care and social imagination.

We are delighted to share that writer and journalist Ellen Viste, a former writer in residence at Artica Svalbard nominated by Norsk faglitterær forfatter- og oversetterforening (NFFO), has released her new book Temperature. A Story of Cold Shock, Heat Death, and the Species That Sets the Planet’s Thermostat.

We are very pleased to welcome Siri Granum Carson to Longyearbyen as part of the collaborative residency project From the Mouths of the Caves, Listening to Hear Another Island’s Song.

Artica Svalbard is pleased to welcome back artists Mhairi Killin and Floortje Zonneveld, who will be in residence for six weeks working on their collaborative project From the Mouths of the Caves, Listening to Hear Another Island’s Song.