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.
Sponge City
Neonature Kassandra Huynh Johannes Fuchs
Sponge City is an urban planning concept protecting cities from rainfall and flooding by mimicking nature's rainwater retention strategies. This VR artwork speculates on a near future, blending science with gamified immersion. Participants explore designs like islanding, ponding, and terracing, rooted in tropical ecology, coastal resilience, and rewilding. Sparking eco-sociocultural dialogue, Sponge City inspires collaboration, protects heritage, and imagines vibrant water-connected futures.
Sponge City is an urban planning concept protecting cities from rainfall and flooding by mimicking nature's rainwater retention strategies. This VR artwork speculates on a near future, blending science with gamified immersion. Participants explore designs like islanding, ponding, and terracing, rooted in tropical ecology, coastal resilience, and rewilding. Sparking eco-sociocultural dialogue, Sponge City inspires collaboration, protects heritage, and imagines vibrant water-connected futures.