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.
Repair-a-thon
Sasa Nemec
Repair-a-thon is a performance, of which the purpose is to inform and engage the public about responsible consumption. It is open to everyone and free of charge; the public is encouraged to bring their own clothes for repairing, mending or up-cycling. As the Earth’s natural resources are depleting, the practice of repairing is proposed as a new luxury that is brought on by the menders themselves. Together we are giving new value to the torn clothing by devoting our time and patience to the repairs while chasing the elusive strive for authenticity in a world of mass production. Art has the power to make visible, the small practices of ecologically sustainable behaviours, that if employed by a large group of people, can bring everlasting change. The human civilization is larger than the sum of its parts.
Repair-a-thon is a performance, of which the purpose is to inform and engage the public about responsible consumption. It is open to everyone and free of charge; the public is encouraged to bring their own clothes for repairing, mending or up-cycling. As the Earth’s natural resources are depleting, the practice of repairing is proposed as a new luxury that is brought on by the menders themselves. Together we are giving new value to the torn clothing by devoting our time and patience to the repairs while chasing the elusive strive for authenticity in a world of mass production. Art has the power to make visible, the small practices of ecologically sustainable behaviours, that if employed by a large group of people, can bring everlasting change. The human civilization is larger than the sum of its parts.