Some says it’s an ability,
some says it’s an action.

All we need is empathy.

Let’s. Stop. Alienation.

Why can’t we just do that?

To understand and accept each other as Earth beings is to transcend the limitation of languages, that is to embrace the living commonalities we share with fellow humans as well as non-humans. The way we use life around us defines the way life will eventually treat us. Regimes of abuse must be countered with ones of acceptance.

We still need to learn how to coexist and we’ve got to entangle ourselves in each other again and again and again.

Racism must stop. #blacklivesmatter

Not only can our language be traced back to our collective roots, it is still the trunk of our society.

We are all: We share a common land, we follow the same law and we belong to the same demographic groups. We are one: We have our own agendas, our own value system and beliefs. We are alone: Is there still enough common ground for our society to function?

While the media is mainly focused on COVID-19 the living conditions in the refugees camp getting worse. In our homes we deal with the emotional difficulties of physical distancing while in Moria there is no possibility to keep distance to one and another. People are still suffering on Lesbos, we can´t even imagine. The idea of the Europeon Union is failing during this time.

I’ve heard a lot of people say they want things to return back to normal. I don’t think we should return to the old ways. There is so much more we have to fight for than the pandemic. We have to create new structures and systems.
We have to create more “equal rooms” to shape better future for our society and fight against the climate crisis, poverty and racism. We have to reshape our future and escape from old patterns and structures. We as designers should use our power to support those issues and create a visual awareness.
Those could be for example: Equal room of opportunity, equal room of hope, equal room of communication, equal room of empathy, equal room of safety…

My typographic posters show the transformation from egotism, which is to be distinguished from egoism, to coexistence, which needs a society that thinks collectively and expands peacefully into the future and which does not try to put only individual interests of single people in the foreground. It sometimes requires a change of the state of conscience. Here this is suggested by shifting letters, which gradually change from the term EGOTISM to COEXIST. The single letters contain both glyphs united in a three-dimensional form that changes by turning.

For this artwork I concentrated on the decision between the topic “coexistence” and the consequences of not being able to coexist.
Because in the end, that’s all it really is: a decision. A change in everyone’s mindset, that can lead to a more peaceful life for everyone. It doesn’t cost much to go through life with more thoughtfulness. On the other hand, if everyone keeps on caring just for themselves without the necessary consideration or hindsight, what will follow is the “co-exit”. At this point we realise that we didn’t do our homework, but we are too far gone to make changes now.
I really hope for the outcome A, but honestly I feel like outcome B is more likely to happen.

My approach to the proposal of COEXIST emerges from the obsessive idea I had in these unsettling times: the key element in survival and growth, evolution, is taking care of your ecosystem. Be it the family core, friends or colleagues, the attitude and behavior must be directed in the same way to those who are strangers to you. In this way, the annotations and the images are part of the visual material I registered during isolation and short walks outside the house, destined to take care of close ones.

untitled (intention) is a immediate and yet generally valid comment on the global state of society and planet. The work does not prescribe a particular reading, but symbolises aspects of fragility, vulnerability and the power of active intervention.

destruction or liberation?
And who actually throws the first stone?

I wanted to create something organic using shapes, which overlap and blend into each-other, hinting at coexistence. The solid shapes and thin lines suggest movement and growth but also fragility.

With this work I have tried to clarify the meaning of the term “coexistence”. A core statement of this word for me is clearly the coexistence of different individuals, who are able, despite their different origins, their appearance or their opinion, to get involved with the unfamiliar and leave behind outdated ways of thinking and behaviour.

These are four images, that provide simple awareness about the fragility of our world and the need to take care of it all together.

As Art and culture were highly impacted during the covid-19 crisis, this drawing represents in humoristic way a post covid sculpture/installation/performance (choice is open).

Whether we are not from the same country, or we have not the same voice, today, more than before we need to coexist and be stronger together. In my artwork, the different shapes aim to diversity and the right balance among them is a synonym of coexistence.

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