IDEAL URBAN FUTURES

IDEAL URBAN FUTURES COMPETITION

Skanda R (India)

My entry is more of a personal experience I had when I visited Chandigarh which is a city in northern India. It is one of the best planned cities in the country. Me coming from a background where we weren't aware of the effects of good urban planning. It surprised me to the core how much sense it made when visiting the streets and how public spaces were given importance which in turn created a conducive environment for local culture to thrive.

Bingyu Zhou (USA)

The scene of this artwork is dominated by three large, pristine white windows where majestic white birds soar freely and gracefully through. The graceful flight signifies a peaceful coexistence between animal and human life. The absence of discord, conflict, and environmental harm in this ideal urban future is encapsulated, showing a harmonious relationship between the natural world and urban environment. In contrast with the white birds, the city bursts with lively hues of red, orange, and yellow.

Asya Sevdalinova Dzhankova (Netherlands )

Don't Destroy My Future'' is criticising environmental issues from a child perspective by digital illustration and invite audiences to think about daily lives. What people bring this planet? Who is going to solve these issues? Are we thinking next generation? Are they able to live on this planet after our lives? The work invite human beings to take action for future about environmental issues by a digital collage. On the work, everything is colourful but the child figure is black and white. The approach asking to audiences why people steal children's future.

Caleb Williams (Nigeria)

This piece of art aptly illustrates how nature itself may mitigate the consequences of climate change. In order to effectively and adaptively address societal challenges like climate change, human health, food and water security, and disaster risk reduction while also benefiting biodiversity and human well being, it is necessary to protect, sustainably manage, or restore natural ecosystems.

Dada Nifemi Emmanuel (Nigeria)

This piece of art richly captures the main theme of Addressing the effects of climate change. This process requires a multifaceted approach. As conveyed through this piece depicting how healthy flow of water and nature from the vision gadget into her present reality, the present reality in this piece is feeling the adverse effect of climate change already in the dryness of the soil leaving it unfit for crops and plants.

Yuliia Khovbosha (Canadan)

The sculpture "Rainforest" symbolizes my concern about the interdependence between deforestation and its impact on climate change and, consequently, our life on the planet. In this sculpture, I depicted the ongoing destruction of the rainforest as a representation of a significant question and pressing issue before us by using a sculpted ceramic glazed head, symbolizing humanity and hyperrealistic handmade polymer clay flowers. Rainforests, vital for global biodiversity, face habitat loss due to widespread logging and agricultural clearance.