Award 2021
Welcome to the Social Art Award 2021 – Online Gallery!
We are grateful for the many inspiring contributions from artists around the world. The selected works reflect a broad spectrum of contemporary social art practices and explore new relationships between humans, nature, and technology. They address themes such as ecological regeneration, climate justice, sustainable futures, social resilience, and more-than-human perspectives.
Below you will find the submissions from the Social Art Award 2021 – New Greening edition that passed the initial jury round. The Online Gallery offers public visibility to these works and encourages dialogue around their ideas and approaches; it does not replace the final jury decision.
Thank you to all artists for sharing your visionary and committed work. We invite you to explore the gallery and engage with the perspectives shaping New Greening.
The Womb
Isabella L Friis
The Womb is an architectural concept focusing on the bridge between individual, nature, and community. It attempts to connect with nature as a primary remedy against mental health issues that occur as an effect of urbanisation, self-isolation, and social distancing, creating a sanctuary for contemplation and mental well-being. The structure is to provide a sanctuary for humans and nature alike. A place where people can find peace and see nature grow in protected surroundings. The structure will also create natural barriers against surrounding noise providing peaceful seclusion. The Womb is constructed with blocks of wood (preferable cedar) and overgrown by plants and mosses. This wooden shell embraces a central tree, its canopy towering above the top circular beam creating a green roof to complete the spherical structure. The planters will be integrated into some of the wooden blocks making vegetation an integral part of the structure both inside and outside. The spheres each have 2 entrances, which are cut out of the arching wooden blocks, revealing a sanctuary for people to interact with. The internal center or the core of the Womb is an explosion of lush and dense greenery and a singular tree as the main focal point for users. The top opening of the spheres is designed to provide canopy and vegetational growth
The Womb is an architectural concept focusing on the bridge between individual, nature, and community. It attempts to connect with nature as a primary remedy against mental health issues that occur as an effect of urbanisation, self-isolation, and social distancing, creating a sanctuary for contemplation and mental well-being. The structure is to provide a sanctuary for humans and nature alike. A place where people can find peace and see nature grow in protected surroundings. The structure will also create natural barriers against surrounding noise providing peaceful seclusion. The Womb is constructed with blocks of wood (preferable cedar) and overgrown by plants and mosses. This wooden shell embraces a central tree, its canopy towering above the top circular beam creating a green roof to complete the spherical structure. The planters will be integrated into some of the wooden blocks making vegetation an integral part of the structure both inside and outside. The spheres each have 2 entrances, which are cut out of the arching wooden blocks, revealing a sanctuary for people to interact with. The internal center or the core of the Womb is an explosion of lush and dense greenery and a singular tree as the main focal point for users. The top opening of the spheres is designed to provide canopy and vegetational growth