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.
Emergence
Amy Davis
Amy aims to challenge yet take inspiration from traditional embroidery methodologies and processes. As Covid-19 continues to thrive, people continue to miss the spaces and experiences; a simple trip to the theatre is now feared to not ever be the same again. Davis has repurposed the functional aspect of a theatre experience (the chair which is sat on) to sculpturally portray the domineering and controlling qualities of Covid-19. The “emergence” growing from the chair suggests how the virus continues to dictate over and force communities out of the spaces that they may have previously taken for granted. Sustainability for me is all about challenging, being mindful of and repurposing materials which are usually overlooked by the rest of society. I believe if we continue to use materials up like we do, they will be harder to replenish and sustain for our future generations to come. This is one reason why I’ve also taken to social media to initiate conversation regarding make, do and mend and it’s importance to educate and challenge the so- called “normalised" throw-away mindset.
Amy aims to challenge yet take inspiration from traditional embroidery methodologies and processes. As Covid-19 continues to thrive, people continue to miss the spaces and experiences; a simple trip to the theatre is now feared to not ever be the same again. Davis has repurposed the functional aspect of a theatre experience (the chair which is sat on) to sculpturally portray the domineering and controlling qualities of Covid-19. The “emergence” growing from the chair suggests how the virus continues to dictate over and force communities out of the spaces that they may have previously taken for granted. Sustainability for me is all about challenging, being mindful of and repurposing materials which are usually overlooked by the rest of society. I believe if we continue to use materials up like we do, they will be harder to replenish and sustain for our future generations to come. This is one reason why I’ve also taken to social media to initiate conversation regarding make, do and mend and it’s importance to educate and challenge the so- called “normalised" throw-away mindset.