2023 Science Without Borders® Challenge Finalists: 15-19 year old students
The Khaled bin Sultan Living Oceans Foundation is delighted to announce the finalists in our 2023 Science Without Borders® Challenge! This international contest engages students in important ocean issues through art. This year we asked students to create a piece of art that highlights the beauty and importance of a marine species that is on the brink of extinction.
This year we received more entries than ever before. Over 1,200 entries flooded in from 67 different countries, and let us tell you, it was no easy feat to choose the finalists. We hope you will be as impressed with the submissions we received as we were.
Entries to the Science Without Borders® Challenge are judged in two categories based on age. Here are the finalists selected from the older group of applicants, students 15-19 years old:
"The Currents of Pollution" by Celine Yang, Age 15, Republic of Korea
ARTIST’S STATEMENT: When it comes to the topic of the sixth extinction, many may think we need to make a choice between industry and the environment. In order to convey the effects of an industrializing society, factories producing fossil fuels and an airplane are positioned as a 'reflection' of the Humpback whale in order to visually portray the close proximity of human industrialization and its impacts on marine life. The ships surrounding the whale exhibit a juxtaposition between the beauty of the whale and the harsh reality of sound pollution that interferes with the whale’s ability to navigate. By illustrating the oblivious actions that contribute to marine life becoming endangered, this piece aims to shift negligent views on the sixth extinction, establishing the perception that taking action is a necessity rather than a mere choice.
