Supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation, Rovaniemi-based multidisciplinary visual artist Miia Kettunen was in residence at NART in 2025. Her work explores connections between people, nature, and place through environmental art, photography, textiles, and media. During her residency, she led the ambient audiowalks “Visions of Kreenholm” in collaboration with Estonian sound artist Faershtein, inviting participants to reflect on their relationship with the built and natural environment.
Hereby, we would like to encourage Finnish artists and artists living in Finland to apply for the Finnish Cultural Foundation grant for 2027. The application round is now open until 31st of August 2026. Find more information here: nart.ee/en/grants-for-artists-residencies/
During my residency at NART, I created the landscape audiowalk Visions of Kreenholm in collaboration with Tallinn-based sound artist Faershtein. With the artistic freedom and production support provided by NART, the original idea evolved into a meaningful new direction in my practice. Rather than creating a work fixed in place, we created a space through which experiences and observations from the community could find voice and invite new embodied responses.
The abandoned Kreenholm textile factory in Narva carries layers of collective emotion that participants were able to explore through the walks. The work offered an intimate, atmospheric immersion into the mood of the factory’s surroundings on the banks of the Narva River. It opened up a shared understanding of land as a living interplay of built, altered, and natural environments to which humans inherently belong.
Audiowalk finishing location.
Find out more about the artist here: https://www.nart.ee/en/artists/miia-kettunen%e2%8e%9cfinnish-cultural-foundation/
Audiowalks during Station narva 2026: https://www.nart.ee/en/events/station-narva-2026-audiowalk-visions-of-kreenholm/