VAR SAHAKYAN’s shortlisted portfolio on

environmental issues

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1. New York Times November 30th cover This

hypothetical NYT cover addresses the very

definition of sustainable development according

to Brundtland report ….( Sustainable development is

the kind of development that meets the needs of the

present without compromising the ability of future

generations to meet their own needs.) In the face of COP21 meeting in Paris in

November-December 2015 this work poses

questions of urgency to the unspoken concepts

underlying all climate dialog.

2. COP21: Oceans and Markets

This work aims to visualise through abstraction

and magnification, the whole aspects of nature

at unrest and people’s priorities being

elsewhere. It invites to examine our agendas

and pay attention to what nature is telling us.

3. Changemakers

This work is a former

DVD case that has been

painted, and populated

with cut figures that are

climbing the system,

breaking the system

with their heads. It is a

metaphor for change

and the price of

persistence that it can

be achieved.

4. EARTH

Titled as Earth this work is a combination of a

various household items come together. A

plastic lamp that has been painted over with

acrylic paint, an ice bucket turned upside down

as a pedestal and a pair of stove gloves that say

HOT on them glued to the side. During night the

lamp illuminates as if the Earth shot from space.

This work is an irony to the whole climate

change politics.

5. Titled as “Was Nice meeting you” this work depicts the irony of the one night stand attitude that

mankind has taken in relation to Planet Earth and its resources.

6. The Box Out series

The box out series are works where figures tell stories as their bodies relate to the space of a box –

which is more than a space.

7. Reality Show

Using common objects this

work is assembled to pose the

question of what’s the next

thing on TV?

8. What a Wonderful World series.

Titled as “What a Wonderful World” these series of portraits are meant to be portraits of the world.

To see more of Var Sahakyan’s works visit www.vartists.tv