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.
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Annette Wesseling
My works are based on the interaction of painting, photography and natural environmental influences. Colored cotton fabrics are folded several times and exposed to sunlight and weather for a long period of time. The colors of the fabrics fade in UV light and over time, with the cooperation of nature, a hidden aesthetic potential becomes visible. Ephemeral structures are involved in the creative process until original images emerge from the passage and manifestation of time. Prerequisite for any change is a heightened awareness of time. Integration of nature and unpredictable into the practice opens up new levels of experience for the temporary and makes them perceptible.
My works are based on the interaction of painting, photography and natural environmental influences. Colored cotton fabrics are folded several times and exposed to sunlight and weather for a long period of time. The colors of the fabrics fade in UV light and over time, with the cooperation of nature, a hidden aesthetic potential becomes visible. Ephemeral structures are involved in the creative process until original images emerge from the passage and manifestation of time. Prerequisite for any change is a heightened awareness of time. Integration of nature and unpredictable into the practice opens up new levels of experience for the temporary and makes them perceptible.