The Naked Truth
by Antone Dolezal & Lara Shipley
Winning project for the Charta Award 2025 This project is a response to a sea change in American and global politics and culture over the past decade, characterized by a rise in prominence of opportunists using misinformation and mistrust of institutions for personal gain. Looking to the past, we found the true story of a […]
NIEMANDSLAND
by Daniel Chatard
In Niemandsland, Daniel Chatard (DE) investigates the impact of brown coal extraction in the German Rhineland, where energy giant RWE operates some of Europe’s largest open-cast lignite mines, in particular Hambach and Garzweiler. Not only are these mines the biggest source of CO2 emissions on the continent, they have also dramatically altered the landscape, swallowing up […]
Pollen
by Nicole Schwartz
Pollen blends nature and gesture to create images that resonate on an emotional, almost subconscious level. Soft tones, otherworldly textures, and shifting perspectives draw the viewer into a space that mirrors the delicate flow of memory and experience. In this work, I explore the intersections of nature, memory, and change, and how the fragile processes of […]
Sacre
by Uta Genilke
“The title refers to Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), the first I ever saw performed on stage as a young girl. As ballet students, we received free tickets to the opera; until recently, our teacher had danced here herself as a soloist. The ballet tells the story of the sacrifice of a […]
War is a Disaster
by Henri Airo
War is a Disaster, examines how a collective memory of war is maintained and reproduced within society through media, rituals and upbringing. For those without who’ve not lived through it, historical wars remain obscure events that challenge and defy imagination. Visual culture serves as a means of imagining and identifying with past conflict. It is […]
This Place is a Message
by Tamás Cseke
Shortlisted Artist for the Charta Award 2025 My interest in nuclear energy and nuclear waste facilities are based on a study which argues that nuclear waste is the only mark that we leave on this planet, that will survive us and every culture we develop.Radiation stays with us, and it is the most persistent mark […]
There Is No Death
by Jason Hendardy
Shortlisted Artist for the Charta Award 2025 There Is No Death looks at the process of seeking meaning within new age spirituality and religion, examining how that search can open people up to misinformation. Anchored in a critical reading of Theosophy, a movement founded in 1875 that blends esoteric ideas from multiple religions, the project […]
Presence
by Alessandro Silverj
Shortlisted Artist for the Charta Award 2025 Long time ago, fear and superstition shrouded many Italian towns, giving rise to ruthless witch hunts targeting women, healers, outsiders, or anyone who defied social norms. Accused of witchcraft, these women endured brutal persecution, leaving behind a legacy of violence that deeply marked communities and still lingers in […]
The South Is Infinite Yet Finite
by Zhu Gaocanyue
Shortlisted Artist for the Charta Award 2025 When principles are framed and generalized as knowledge, how do we view everything when the unknown remains infinite? The title, The South is Infinite Yet Finite, comes from a section called “Tian Xia 天下” (Under Heaven) from Zhuangzi, where Zhuangzi and Hui Shi engage in a debate in […]
The Elegance of Your Absences
by Gilles Mercier | TALK
“I lived for a long time under the unmoving gaze of a few photographs discreetly placed on my father’s desk. In those images, my grandfather Pierre appeared like a secret hero, frozen in an aura of mystery, closer to a myth than a man of flesh. All I knew of him were the fragments of […]