WINNERS

A Martyr Shall Thee Become

  • Photographer
    Arno Zhao, France
  • Prize
    Honorable Mention

This composition depicts an unloved figure of ecocidal civilization, facing the sky. This spectral object could be an offering to heaven, or a bloody corpse seeking salvation. A centric handle stands as a theatrical invitation, but, the door seems irreparably closed. The 4 elements of Alchemy are discreetly summoned. Air of the sky, metal of earth, traces of fire, and rust from water. The magic of physics and chemistry have reduced this sophisticated chassis to the vulgar stage of raw material; raw material that was necessary for the construction of this graphically surprising sculpture.