SCôP Exhibition | "Hope" Prix Pictet exhibition opens today

"Hope" Prix Pictet 

2021.09.11 - 2021.10.24

Opens today

SCoP is delighted to present the Prix Pictet debut in China with the exhibition of twelve international photographers entitled "Hope" that comes to Shanghai after a first showing at the V&A Museum, London, and a tour of major museums around the world.

The Prix Pictet is the world's leading prize for photography and sustainability. It was founded in 2008, with the aim of harnessing the influence of photography to draw global attention to issues facing humanity and, in particular, the environment, and is held on an 18-month basis "Hope" represents the eighth cycle of the Prix Pictet award. The shortlisted photographs offer twelve diverse perspectives on the theme of "Hope", which range from moments of triumph in the face of adversity to successful attempts to repair and regenerate the natural world.

The exhibition at SCoP presents the works of the twelve shortlisted artists of “Hope”, offering a wide range of creative possibilities and a strong set of connections to Prix Pictet’s overriding theme of sustainability. Recycling, reforestation, rewilding, science – advances in medicine, and technological solutions for global environmental problems are just some of the issues explored through an artistic lens. The shortlisted artists examine positive actions on sustainability that are beginning to emerge, in contrast to the alarming analysis in the global media that constantly assails us: hope in the face of adversity.