04 December 2019 - 09:06Artist Vik Muniz's work acknowledges the power of art and of a participating community to amplify the impact of positive change.The Social Impact Arts Prize, as a newly established arts initiative aimed at making the world a better place, asks the creative community to apply their talents and skills to engage with social challenges - and in this case - challenges specific to the communities living in and around the Karoo town of Graaff-Reinet.
In 2009, Muniz considered community as a starting point for a significant environmental project called “Waste Land”. He focused on a group of 5,000in his native Rio, a community who sorts the rubbish of the city’s 6m-strong population. They work on one of the largest landfills in Latin America - a vast open-air dump surrounded by toxic waste - reclaiming a vast proportion of the rubbish generated.as his physical models for a body of artworks.
Ultimately, this project succeeds in conveying a deeply humane presence that emerges from this overlooked community ofEnvironmental art - often associated solely with nature and ecology - has become intricately entwined with politics and social issues, because artists like Muniz consider their surroundings as part of a cohesive system in which humans have a central part to play.
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