The Open Call for the Social Art Award 2019 under the topic “We are the People – Peaceful Revolutions” was closed on December 15, 2019. We are very impressed by 558 submissions that were contributed by artists coming from 65 countries across all continents.
The winners of The Social Art Award 2019 are Narcissa Gold (USA), Melinda Mouzannar (Lebanon) and Bogna Grazyna Jaroslawski (Poland/Germany). The Honorary Mention goes to Kingson Kin Sing Chan (Hong Kong/UK).
Below you find the artworks, that passed the initial jury round. The public voting took place till 30 December and is a tool to give more public visibility to the topic and the artworks. It does not replace the final jury judgment. There were two wildcards for the most voted artworks that entered the final shortlist.
The focus diversity of applications shows that artists are active in the multi-faceted fields of socially engaged art reflecting on wars, genocides, femicides, traumata, violence against refugees, children, women, men, disabled people, LGBTIQs, animals. They share feelings for the planet and its living species, but also showing hopelessness due to complex crises be it climate change (e.g. in regard to water pollution), capitalism, corruption, a violation against human rights, nature, protected national parks. Many of the artists are constantly trying to give a voice to the poorest or empower unheard social groups.
It’s not only about peaceful revolutions, but it’s also about feeling a deep connection and showing love and respect for each other.
Thank you all for sharing your great and inspirational work and look at all the great contributions!
Lonely tree
Giovana Birck
open category
This photography is part of a series called 'Lonely trees', which is a project that denounces the rising deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon Forest by southern farmers, who traveled to State of Pará to plant soy and other products that cause great impact and environmental destruction. However, people are not allowed to destroy and burn all the area they own for plantation, so it is common to find lonely trees while travelling where should be the Amazon Forest. These trees rarely survive more than a year, because they can not get all the nutrients they need alone, being necessary to have other trees or plants around it in order to survive. So, every time you see a lonely tree around a soy or rice plantation, know that that is a doomed tree.
This photography is part of a series called 'Lonely trees', which is a project that denounces the rising deforestation of the Brazilian Amazon Forest by southern farmers, who traveled to State of Pará to plant soy and other products that cause great impact and environmental destruction. However, people are not allowed to destroy and burn all the area they own for plantation, so it is common to find lonely trees while travelling where should be the Amazon Forest. These trees rarely survive more than a year, because they can not get all the nutrients they need alone, being necessary to have other trees or plants around it in order to survive. So, every time you see a lonely tree around a soy or rice plantation, know that that is a doomed tree.