Eco-Art Competition 2022

My collage explores the importance of actively planting seeds as the world engulfs in food shortages, soil erosion, and air pollution. I believe sowing could potentially put an end to these hazards. The hourglass represents the dilemma with different colors used to show the changes brought to the world by sowing or not. The upper side of the hourglass is about sowing, germinating, and growing plants, creating a hopeful atmosphere. The hourglass itself symbolizes the passage of time. The bottom part of the hourglass is symbolizing droughts, pollution, and death with the skull emanating despairs. The hand reaching out from the soil symbolizes the apocalyptic consequences if nobody plants anything. As seed is a symbol of hope; if nobody plants anything, there wouldn’t be any hope either. The hand is trying hard to get out from despair but couldn’t. Zooming out, the contrast between the barren left and vibrant right is indicative of two worlds: one with people actively planting while the other without any signs of lives. The left side is painted with gray and black, heralding aggravating environmental problems. Panning to the left, land erosion, deforestation, and excessive amount of carbon dioxide would eventually result in food shortages for the whole world. The bottom right is the top five food crops plants grow in the world each year. Buildings above trees suggest the importance of co-development between the rural and urban areas. In the top right, flowers on the roadside suggests the importance of sustainable development. The clock in the middle with the Sun and Moon shining on a gray earth indicates the urgency of the issue. Day after day, there would be potentiality of either positive or negative changes. Sowing requires persistence. Just like the sand in the hourglass, it takes time change the