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WHO Futures Art Exhibition

Welcome to the WHO Futures Art Exhibition: Envisioning the Future of Health in 2050. 
Art is a powerful tool in understanding ourselves and the world, and health has been at the center of our hopes and fears. This is why the World Health Organization (WHO) Regional Office for the Western Pacific is hosting the Region’s first art exhibition of the kind.  

Here, artists from around the world shared their vision of the future health in the Western Pacific Region. They addressed some important questions: How might our health and well-being be impacted by society by 2050? How will economic development affect health in 30 years? Will there be inequalities, and how will they threaten people’s health? How might our health and well-being be impacted by technology by 2050? What will the climate look like in 30 years? What will be the status of air, water and soil? What will be the state of biodiversity in the Region? 

While you enjoy the artwork, please share your ideas, your reflections, or your own vision of the futures of health in 2050 of the Western Pacific Region in the comment section under each piece.

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"The Sky Above the Port was the Colour of Television, Tuned to a Music Video"
"The Sky Above the Port was the Colour of Television, Tuned to a Music Video"
Miguel Punzalan
Future vision of the Open Category

Artist Statement: In William Gibson's dystopian novels, his Asian-Pacific visions of the future were constantly bleak and full of uncertainties - with what remains of humanity dependent on hallucinogenatrix and an absence of arborescence. My artwork is an attempt to subvert these inauspicious prognostications of his, using generative, digital engineering to produce a scintillating distillation of a robust, kaleidoscopic, and jubilant 2050, eschewing a pessimistic purview that mirrors the present.
Sprawl
Sprawl
Miguel Punzalan
Future vision of Technology

Artist Statement: The disembodied voice of PharmaCoreAsia boomed all over the plaza: "We're designing the first neural implant that will let you control a device anywhere you go. Micron-scale threads are inserted into areas of the brain that control movement. Each thread contains many electrodes and connects them to an implant, the Link. The threads on the Link are so fine and flexible that they can't be inserted by the human hand". Am I daydreaming fifty odd so year from now, or is this happening now?
Starman
Starman
Adrian Novac


Artist Statement: Throughout history humanity has faced many obstacles, catastrophes, disease and most of all conflict. Overcoming difficulties, solving complex problems and striving towards a better future is an integral part of what it means to be human. As individuals we all have a duty to explore our inner universe in order to create positive change.Starman' is an ideal but also a possibility of the potential we all have as people-to be happy, healthy and well connected to our environment.
Proud Mary
Proud Mary
Igor Zusev


Artist Statement: My art, whether photography or painting, aims to establish an emotional connection. I explore my feelings about topics and what they mean to me. How I wish to represent them in color, style, technique and a form that present my meaning . Over the years as I mature so does my art and my vision. When I take photographs of subjects I don't only see a person, I see a way to express feeling. I interact with my subjects on a very personal level and work to pull emotions from them utilizing a variety o
imprisoned by class
imprisoned by class
Igor Zusev


Artist Statement: My art, whether photography or painting, aims to establish an emotional connection. I explore my feelings about topics and what they mean to me. How I wish to represent them in color, style, technique and a form that present my meaning . Over the years as I mature so does my art and my vision. When I take photographs of subjects I don't only see a person, I see a way to express feeling. I interact with my subjects on a very personal level and work to pull emotions from them utilizing a variety o
War Kangaroo
War Kangaroo
Igor Zusev


Artist Statement: My art, whether photography or painting, aims to establish an emotional connection. I explore my feelings about topics and what they mean to me. How I wish to represent them in color, style, technique and a form that present my meaning . Over the years as I mature so does my art and my vision. When I take photographs of subjects I don't only see a person, I see a way to express feeling. I interact with my subjects on a very personal level and work to pull emotions from them utilizing a variety o
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Frank Saiyavong


Artist Statement: AllAlONE
Transparencies in Time: Cuahpohualli embedded in ethnopoetic language poetry:.
Transparencies in Time: Cuahpohualli embedded in ethnopoetic language poetry:.
Jose Trejo Maya


Artist Statement: I am a remnant of the Nahuatlacah oral tradition a tonalpouhque mexica, a commoner from the lowlands (i.e. Mexico) from a time and place that no longer exists. At present my poetry has been reified as it has been published in the UK, US, India, Spain, Australia, Argentina, Germany and Venezuela. I have been exhibited in different venues with a work that’s titled: Transparencies in Time: Cuahpohualli embedded in ethnopoetic language poetry:. I seek to expand on this work into a comprehensive exhi
2050 Dessert
2050 Dessert
Jesung Bang


Artist Statement: Indiscriminate food consumption and climate change have made all food resources extinct except some insects. In 2050, insects are served for dinner in high-end restaurants. You should think about what you can do to prevent your birthday dinner from being full of insects.
Way to Health and Happiness
Way to Health and Happiness
Annebeth Riles


Artist Statement: Live in the moment…Transforming Wellbeing…Happiness & Health
Emergence
Emergence
Marie Negaard


Artist Statement: Entering a new space of environmentalism, humanity is opening it's eyes to the possibility that we just might not be at the center of everything. This work reflects a future in which we have embraced a symbiosis with the environment, giving more and taking less. A future in which we recognize that our condition is far more reliant on the wellbeing of our environment than we realized. It is a hopeful emergence toward something better.
Sink or Swim
Sink or Swim
Danielle O'Malley


Artist Statement: My work is rooted in an environmental consciousness that derives from my concern for the Earth's rapidly declining health. I use it to highlight the misuse and abuse that we inflict on the natural world. My forms are influenced by domestic and industrial objects that I experience in my daily life that are indicative of eco-friendly tools and warning symbols. I marry my earthen objects with industrial surplus. The mixed media speaks to the complex relationship that humanity has with nature.
If it isn't safe, it isn't food
If it isn't safe, it isn't food
HuiMin Su


Artist Statement: The work uses the image of red bell pepper and durian as creative elements to visualize it as a little monster with a mouth full of sharp teeth. The work implies that when food becomes no longer safe, it will no longer be called food, and it will definitely pose a threat to human health.
Unity
Unity
Jovel SAMILLANO


Artist Statement: After this urge storm surge of pandimic, people always think the negative side... But what about the positive side.......? Think of it... Anything happens that God Allows because of its purpose...
Caged
Caged
Danielle O'Malley


Artist Statement: My work is rooted in an environmental consciousness that derives from my concern for the Earth's rapidly declining health. I use it to highlight the misuse and abuse that we inflict on the natural world. My forms are influenced by domestic and industrial objects that I experience in my daily life that are indicative of eco-friendly tools and warning symbols. I marry my earthen objects with industrial surplus. The mixed media speaks to the complex relationship that humanity has with nature.
Over and over
Over and over
HuiMin Su


Artist Statement: Every year, humans produce 300 million tonnes of plastic waste, including 11 million tonnes that eventually wind up in the ocean. Ninety-nine per cent of plastic is the product of chemicals derived from dirty, non-renewable sources. Most of it never really disappears. Instead, it becomes smaller, with particles being swallowed by fish or farm animals and eventually consumed by humans in their food and tap water.
Global Green
Global Green
Jovel SAMILLANO


Artist Statement: All creatures will restored, new plant base machineries will be operated by Biofuels that leads to Green Revolution.
Hopes and Dreams
Hopes and Dreams
Tyrome Tover


Artist Statement: Hopes and Dreams - Distinctive personal style and use of color permeates throughout this work. Use of acrylic paints over black canvas. Hopes and Dreams for the future of humanity and creating an environment of wellness looking forward to 2050.
Stigma
Stigma
Tyrome Tover


Artist Statement: Stigma - Distinctive personal style and use of color permeates throughout this work. Use of acrylic paints over black canvas. Stigma and the whispers that go along with health and wellness RE: mental health, HIV, COVID and others.
Wellness
Wellness
Tyrome Tover


Artist Statement: Wellness - Distinctive personal style and use of color permeates throughout this work. Use of acrylic paints over black canvas. Wellness - creating a safe space for your overall wellness and addressing your health needs now and in the future.

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