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.
connection
Philsoo Heo
In nature, I draw inspiration and especially learn the will to life of trees. I observe trees for quite some time, and many times I think that the bark resembles human skin. When I look at the bark, I feel like I can see human traces. I want to show the similarity between nature and humans through the connection of these two skin types. The freedom and creativity of art give new inspiration to the audience. Art is not the role of determining answers, but rather of asking questions and raising awareness. Through art, I do ask questions about human prejudice, ignorance, and extreme thinking and suggest different directions. It is not only a human perspective on nature but also connected in various ways, such as the relationship between humans, wealth, poverty, and racism. Ecological perspectives are needed to create a green Earth and an eco-friendly world, but before that, we should try to learn facts and not create prejudice from ignorance. Looking at the world through facts will also have a great impact on our attitude toward nature. I can say weed as a short story. Weed is the name of the human point of view and has a negative and unifying meaning. However, weeds are our ignorance and can be seen as ignoring their respective names and personalities. I think these attitudes and answers can be found in ecological perspectives and nature.
In nature, I draw inspiration and especially learn the will to life of trees. I observe trees for quite some time, and many times I think that the bark resembles human skin. When I look at the bark, I feel like I can see human traces. I want to show the similarity between nature and humans through the connection of these two skin types. The freedom and creativity of art give new inspiration to the audience. Art is not the role of determining answers, but rather of asking questions and raising awareness. Through art, I do ask questions about human prejudice, ignorance, and extreme thinking and suggest different directions. It is not only a human perspective on nature but also connected in various ways, such as the relationship between humans, wealth, poverty, and racism. Ecological perspectives are needed to create a green Earth and an eco-friendly world, but before that, we should try to learn facts and not create prejudice from ignorance. Looking at the world through facts will also have a great impact on our attitude toward nature. I can say weed as a short story. Weed is the name of the human point of view and has a negative and unifying meaning. However, weeds are our ignorance and can be seen as ignoring their respective names and personalities. I think these attitudes and answers can be found in ecological perspectives and nature.