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.
Birdsong
Rose Magee
“Birdsong'' is an ongoing, unfunded public art project that involves placing sustainable birdfeed sculptures around Berlin. Made from moulded vinyl records able to hold bird feed without getting wet. These are then left in various locations around Berlin with a note attached inviting people to take them home and use them, as well as a link to my website explaining the reasons behind the initiative. It is a means to research the possibilities of materials that are currently filling landfill sites and to develop a more sustainable art practice. By using existing materials such as vinyl records this project promotes resource saving and my aim is to encourage the public to look at waste materials in a different way as well as promoting more interaction with our local nature. Especially during this difficult time I would like to find ways in which art can take place anywhere and overcome the restrictions placed by social distancing. I strongly believe art is a powerful tool in the climate change awareness campaign.
“Birdsong'' is an ongoing, unfunded public art project that involves placing sustainable birdfeed sculptures around Berlin. Made from moulded vinyl records able to hold bird feed without getting wet. These are then left in various locations around Berlin with a note attached inviting people to take them home and use them, as well as a link to my website explaining the reasons behind the initiative. It is a means to research the possibilities of materials that are currently filling landfill sites and to develop a more sustainable art practice. By using existing materials such as vinyl records this project promotes resource saving and my aim is to encourage the public to look at waste materials in a different way as well as promoting more interaction with our local nature. Especially during this difficult time I would like to find ways in which art can take place anywhere and overcome the restrictions placed by social distancing. I strongly believe art is a powerful tool in the climate change awareness campaign.