In honor of COP28, Art Partner hosted a challenge for artists to submit work related to climate and environmental issues, honoring the importance of storytelling in this activism. The second place winner was Kasha Sequoia Slavner, whose documentary 1.5 Degrees of Peace highlights four young activists fighting for demilitarization and environmental justice in their respective homes. Another woman artist, Chloe Karnezi, was one of 5 runner-ups for her piece Junkspace. Junkspace gives disposed items a second life through imaginative imagery and art. Another winner, Julia Daser, developed an interactive art piece called Flooded House where the viewer decides the extent of destruction, encouraging participants to feel empathy and responsibility for destruction caused by climate change. María Legaristi Royo, another winning artist, created a series of photographs titled Mhaijeratt Tales: Living Amidst Landfills displaying the resilience of a community uniting to protect their environmental health despite their proximity to hazardous waste. These women artists, among the other competition winners, instill feelings of loss, anger, resilience, and community through their artwork, setting the tone for COP28 and future international meetings.
