Compromised Art

Several projects at the fourth edition of Hybrid Art Fair engage with issues related to ecology and consumerism. Artistic explorations on the consequences of living in a world deep in environmental crisis.

Discover the submissions from Susana Pardo Gallery, Barcelona (Spain); Pow Wow, Marousi (Greece); Yuan Ru Gallery, Taipei (Taiwan); and TSUC, Jávea (Spain).

Spray sobre papel, Mary Roussioti.

The artists that participate in this space, each in their own way, take the audience to parallel worlds where growth is dysfunctional; it diminishes rather than increases and looks to the past to find new solutions for the future. Here, decadence is revealed as the result of growth.

Urban Talisman by Voula Ferentinou.

All the works form part of a series called "The Opposite of Growth."

Pills, Mima.

Growth is a basic vital function: all organisms grow while they are alive. For the artist, "in our modern society, the concept of growth goes hand in hand with economic growth and is considered the epitome and a measure of the success of the system."

Stop motion animation, Despina Nissiriou.

The opposite of growth, i.e. recession, must be avoided; it is a terrifying prospect, symbolizing the death of the system.

Learn more about these submissions at Pow Wow.

Culosdebolsa,by MRCQ

MRCQ plays with sculpture to compose a visual message around the waste overflowing from consumerist society.

Discover all these artists at Cadmium Art Gallery.

The theme of the exhibit presented at the fourth edition of Hybrid centers on the conservation of biodiversity and raising awareness of climate change.

Their web page can be found at The Sea Urchins Container.

Little Molli, Gloria Santacruz.

This is also the theme of the next edition of the residence, which is supported by the Faculties of Fine Arts and Information Technology of the Complutense University of Madrid.

The project hopes to assemble artists and technologists, applying interdisciplinary research and collaboration, to generate ideas, objects, works, and tools that can help slow down the environmental, biological, and climate degradation that the planet is experiencing.

Nest Self-Portrait, Evelyn Hellen Schmidt.

A small act, like changing the way you do something, also entails a creative change.

This premise is demonstrated by U.S. research centers, where artists, computer technicians, philosophers, and others work together to understand and shape a new reality that needs to be created in a multifaceted way.