The Social Art Award 2017
Can art change the world?
Under this question, the Institute for Art and Innovation e.V. had launched the first Social Art Award in 2017. Artists and cultural actors of all areas were invited to apply with their work to the field of social art. Artists from 131 countries responded with extraordinary works and projects.
On September 5, 2017, the three winners Lino Tonelotto from France, Quek Jia Qi from Singapore and Diogo da Cruz from Portugal were honored, and exhibited at WHITECONCEPTS Gallery in Berlin. They demonstrated with their politically engaged works that art can make current events visible and tangible. This is an important understanding for bringing forward the debate and thus a social change.
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See here the best entries:
“School Class”
Fani Pantazidou
Video, 1,17 min, format file Avi, 1920pixel X 1080pixel The artwork is a short duration video.It initially starts with a stormy sea. An image with pupils emerge from the sea, for a while we can see them clearly and then slowly they disappear again into the sea. The image of the students is an old photo that belonged to my grandmother sister who was refugee from Asia Minor. I edited the old photo with another image, an image with lifejackets from refugees into a Greek shore.
Video, 1,17 min, format file Avi, 1920pixel X 1080pixel The artwork is a short duration video.It initially starts with a stormy sea. An image with pupils emerge from the sea, for a while we can see them clearly and then slowly they disappear again into the sea. The image of the students is an old photo that belonged to my grandmother sister who was refugee from Asia Minor. I edited the old photo with another image, an image with lifejackets from refugees into a Greek shore.