2024 Impact Award Finalists
Call for Life
Call for Life
Efe Alpay
After the February 2023 earthquake in Turkiye, I transformed a rescue sound data into a 3D 'Mnemonic Data Sculpture' called 'Call for Life.' Using FFT analysis, I visualized a rescue moment to symbolize hope and raise funds as an NFT, creating a lasting memory and aid effort.
Butterfly Plan I
Butterfly Plan I
Fangchao Bi
The Butterfly Plan I is based on the integration of literature and real-time data to visualize the impact of human development on species diversity.
Twin Cloud
Twin Cloud
Black Void
Twin Cloud is a climate data-driven generative art project and a sustainable art initiative. Drawing data from satellites, it generates climate identities for 300 cities worldwide. It returns carbon to ground by linking digital art collection to on-chain carbon credits.
Auntlantis
Auntlantis
Niceaunties
Inspired by Plato and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, Auntlantis is a three part A.I. video series set in a parallel world overwhelmed by plastic waste. A commentary on our plastic culture and a spinoff story of the Auntieverse project by Niceaunties.
A Book of Diaspora/Disquiet
A Book of Diaspora/Disquiet
Reconnected Outsiders
This project explores the arduous immigration journey - through projection and printed materials, it reveals the dual narrative of achievement and struggle, inviting viewers to engage with this intricate experience
Undergrown | drafting a hedge against existential risk exposure
Undergrown | drafting a hedge against existential risk exposure
Lukas Truniger
The installation is re-purposing obsolete crypto mining hardware, which would otherwise have become e-waste. It is hacked to participate in scientific volunteer computing and thus contributes a tiny bit to reduce our existential planetary risks exposure.