Welcome to the Social Art Award 2025 – Online Gallery!
We are grateful for the many powerful contributions from artists across the globe. The selected works reflect the diversity of contemporary social art practices and address urgent issues such as climate and water crises, social and economic inequality, migration, conflict, discrimination, and the protection of human and more-than-human life.
Below you will find the submissions from the edition of 2024/2025 that passed the initial jury round. The Online Gallery offers public visibility to these works and supports dialogue around their themes; it does not replace the final jury decision.
Thank you to all artists for sharing your inspiring and committed work. We invite you to explore the gallery and engage with the perspectives shaping the Social Art Award 2025.
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Monacromach
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Title:
Monacromach
Monacromach
Author:
Lauren Bickerdike
Lauren Bickerdike
Description:
This photo series delves into the evolving landscapes of coastal regions and waterways, employing manipulated perspectives to shed light on the transformations occurring due to environmental changes. Ireland's expansive coastline, stretching approximately 7,400 km, faces the relentless force of the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in widespread erosion of landscapes and cliffs, especially along the West Coast. Presently, around 20% of Ireland's coastal areas are under threat from erosion, attributed to soft sediment and an increasing frequency of storms. Over the past century, Finland has seen a one-degree Celsius temperature rise with projections suggesting a continuation of this trend at an accelerated pace. This upward temperature trend presents challenges to Finland's natural ecosystems, including reduced snowfall and increased precipitation. These environmental shifts have adverse effects on seed production and contribute to a decline in local flora and fauna. Through alterations to image layouts, this series invites viewers to ponder the future of these dynamic landscapes amidst a rapidly changing environment. By rotating the image perspective, viewers can engage with the intricate natural lines and textures sculpted by stormy weather and rising temperatures, encouraging them to perceive the images as artistic expressions rather than representations of water bodies. The photographs featured in this series were captured in Lehinch the morning following storms Isha and Jocelyn, in Buncrana after heavy rains and storms across the West Coast during the August Bank holiday and at the manmade reservoir of Seinäjoki following a rapid temperature increase of 19 degrees Celsius over three days in April.
This photo series delves into the evolving landscapes of coastal regions and waterways, employing manipulated perspectives to shed light on the transformations occurring due to environmental changes. Ireland's expansive coastline, stretching approximately 7,400 km, faces the relentless force of the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in widespread erosion of landscapes and cliffs, especially along the West Coast. Presently, around 20% of Ireland's coastal areas are under threat from erosion, attributed to soft sediment and an increasing frequency of storms. Over the past century, Finland has seen a one-degree Celsius temperature rise with projections suggesting a continuation of this trend at an accelerated pace. This upward temperature trend presents challenges to Finland's natural ecosystems, including reduced snowfall and increased precipitation. These environmental shifts have adverse effects on seed production and contribute to a decline in local flora and fauna. Through alterations to image layouts, this series invites viewers to ponder the future of these dynamic landscapes amidst a rapidly changing environment. By rotating the image perspective, viewers can engage with the intricate natural lines and textures sculpted by stormy weather and rising temperatures, encouraging them to perceive the images as artistic expressions rather than representations of water bodies. The photographs featured in this series were captured in Lehinch the morning following storms Isha and Jocelyn, in Buncrana after heavy rains and storms across the West Coast during the August Bank holiday and at the manmade reservoir of Seinäjoki following a rapid temperature increase of 19 degrees Celsius over three days in April.
Description:
This photo series delves into the evolving landscapes of coastal regions and waterways, employing manipulated perspectives to shed light on the transformations occurring due to environmental changes. Ireland's expansive coastline, stretching approximately 7,400 km, faces the relentless force of the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in widespread erosion of landscapes and cliffs, especially along the West Coast. Presently, around 20% of Ireland's coastal areas are under threat from erosion, attributed to soft sediment and an increasing frequency of storms. Over the past century, Finland has seen a one-degree Celsius temperature rise with projections suggesting a continuation of this trend at an accelerated pace. This upward temperature trend presents challenges to Finland's natural ecosystems, including reduced snowfall and increased precipitation. These environmental shifts have adverse effects on seed production and contribute to a decline in local flora and fauna. Through alterations to image layouts, this series invites viewers to ponder the future of these dynamic landscapes amidst a rapidly changing environment. By rotating the image perspective, viewers can engage with the intricate natural lines and textures sculpted by stormy weather and rising temperatures, encouraging them to perceive the images as artistic expressions rather than representations of water bodies. The photographs featured in this series were captured in Lehinch the morning following storms Isha and Jocelyn, in Buncrana after heavy rains and storms across the West Coast during the August Bank holiday and at the manmade reservoir of Seinäjoki following a rapid temperature increase of 19 degrees Celsius over three days in April.
This photo series delves into the evolving landscapes of coastal regions and waterways, employing manipulated perspectives to shed light on the transformations occurring due to environmental changes. Ireland's expansive coastline, stretching approximately 7,400 km, faces the relentless force of the Atlantic Ocean, resulting in widespread erosion of landscapes and cliffs, especially along the West Coast. Presently, around 20% of Ireland's coastal areas are under threat from erosion, attributed to soft sediment and an increasing frequency of storms. Over the past century, Finland has seen a one-degree Celsius temperature rise with projections suggesting a continuation of this trend at an accelerated pace. This upward temperature trend presents challenges to Finland's natural ecosystems, including reduced snowfall and increased precipitation. These environmental shifts have adverse effects on seed production and contribute to a decline in local flora and fauna. Through alterations to image layouts, this series invites viewers to ponder the future of these dynamic landscapes amidst a rapidly changing environment. By rotating the image perspective, viewers can engage with the intricate natural lines and textures sculpted by stormy weather and rising temperatures, encouraging them to perceive the images as artistic expressions rather than representations of water bodies. The photographs featured in this series were captured in Lehinch the morning following storms Isha and Jocelyn, in Buncrana after heavy rains and storms across the West Coast during the August Bank holiday and at the manmade reservoir of Seinäjoki following a rapid temperature increase of 19 degrees Celsius over three days in April.