Re-Imagining The Earth Through The Power of Words
Ecosystem X E-Zine
The sequential, generational impact of climate change, paired with social and spatial geopolitical inequities and injustices have ignited deep conversations and collective alliances around how to envision our roles as stewards of a just transition. How do we have a direct impact on the din of an indifferent world and replace it with an urgent appeal demanding action through every means and mediums possible? It is within this very context that a timely rhetorical query emerged, “How can art help society reimagine the future of life on Earth?” This question gave rise to MOZAIK Philanthropy’s 3rd cycle of The Future Art Awards: Ecosystem X — an arts-based exploration of life on planet Earth.
The featured writers in this publication are the winners of the 2022 Future Art Writers Award. Their literary contributions are a manifestation of their perspectives and experiences with the art on view in the exhibition. We are honored to recognize the 2022 Future Art Writers for their literary excellence and hope that the power of their words serve as seeds for a regenerative future.
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Featured Pieces
The Future is Non- Fungible
By Virginia Valenzuela
Mother Earth
By Stacey R. Queen
Ecosystem X: The Hybrid in Art History, from Monster to Survivor
By Shana Nys Dambrot
Google Maps Exhibition in Four Landscapes
By Leah Gallant
Palabras guardan secretos, hidden by time, revealed by sacred sight
By Abrava Ormiga
B.A.D A.R.T. (Bridging Ancestral Distances And Resurrecting Truth)
By John “Jahni” Moore
aWAKE / aGAIN
By Jayla Tang
Hope and Beauty on the Edge of Collapse: The Artist as Care-giver and Composter in Times of Ecological Uncertainty
By Elisabeth Buchet-Deák
The Circle of Life: Sacred Geometries and Other Forms
By Rodney Murray Jr.
God is Change, The Future is a Return
By Donasia Tillery
Radical Art: Healing through Nature and Remaking
By Haven Worley
Positive Futures: The Genesis of Demise
By S. Kenan
Learn, Live, Prepare: A Guide to a New Ecosystem
By David Adamo
Love Realized: On an Earth—and the Limits Beyond—No Longer Alien
By Kathryn Simmons
This Painted Sky
By Rob Goyanes