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.
In and Of the Sea, 2025
Yuval Gur Stephanie Van Riet
Bioplastic (potato starch, corn starch, glycerin, gelatin, sand, mineral pigment), C stands, 25 stringed instruments, whale recordings, boat motors, ocean sounds, 29 speakers. In and Of the Sea is an immersive installation exploring the entanglement of human and marine life. Stephanie Van Riet’s large-scale bioplastic sheets, made from biodegradable materials and sand collected from local waterways, evoke the fragility of aquatic ecosystems. The installation features an original spatial composition by Yuval Gur for 25 stringed instruments, integrating Gur’s hydrophone recordings of boat motors and underwater environments with whale calls contributed by NOAA. Presented through a 29-speaker array, the work immerses viewers in the complex sonic reality of today’s oceans, raising awareness of sound pollution’s impact on marine biodiversity while envisioning new forms of harmony between species.
Bioplastic (potato starch, corn starch, glycerin, gelatin, sand, mineral pigment), C stands, 25 stringed instruments, whale recordings, boat motors, ocean sounds, 29 speakers. In and Of the Sea is an immersive installation exploring the entanglement of human and marine life. Stephanie Van Riet’s large-scale bioplastic sheets, made from biodegradable materials and sand collected from local waterways, evoke the fragility of aquatic ecosystems. The installation features an original spatial composition by Yuval Gur for 25 stringed instruments, integrating Gur’s hydrophone recordings of boat motors and underwater environments with whale calls contributed by NOAA. Presented through a 29-speaker array, the work immerses viewers in the complex sonic reality of today’s oceans, raising awareness of sound pollution’s impact on marine biodiversity while envisioning new forms of harmony between species.