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.
“TOO THIRSTY”/ 2025/ Front page/digital work...
EFI SEITANIDOU
The front page "TOO THIRSTY" addresses the overconsumption of natural resources, drawing parallels between the vital importance of water for human life and the need for data in artificial intelligence. Water, as an element of "memory" and data storage in artificial intelligence, highlights the connection between the human and technological worlds. The excessive consumption of resources, which constitute the "memory of the Earth," raises concerns about their sustainability and management, while many regions of the world continue to face shortages of essential natural resources, such as water, emphasizing the need for responsible and equitable management. By repeating the phrases “AI NEEDS WATER”, “I NEED WATER”, “DO I NEED AI?”, “MORE WATER MORE AI” in different layers, varying tonalities and typographic fonts, I create a text that refers to a front page and will be printed on newspaper-sized paper, 42X60 cm.
The front page "TOO THIRSTY" addresses the overconsumption of natural resources, drawing parallels between the vital importance of water for human life and the need for data in artificial intelligence. Water, as an element of "memory" and data storage in artificial intelligence, highlights the connection between the human and technological worlds. The excessive consumption of resources, which constitute the "memory of the Earth," raises concerns about their sustainability and management, while many regions of the world continue to face shortages of essential natural resources, such as water, emphasizing the need for responsible and equitable management. By repeating the phrases “AI NEEDS WATER”, “I NEED WATER”, “DO I NEED AI?”, “MORE WATER MORE AI” in different layers, varying tonalities and typographic fonts, I create a text that refers to a front page and will be printed on newspaper-sized paper, 42X60 cm.