THE FOUNDATION
Founded in 2014, ACT ON YOUR FUTURE is a Swiss non-profit foundation based in Geneva that works to foster civic engagement among the next generation of socially active youth. Through social and cultural projects, the Foundation harnesses the power of visual arts to transform the way the youth learn about human rights and engage in social causes.
OUR PROJECTS
The Foundation currently undertakes three main projects: the Human Rights Photography Prize for young European artists, the Human Rights Watch Prize for high school students of the Geneva area, as well as cultural mediation activities to gather testimonies of refugees in Geneva.
HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE
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NEWS FEED
GUIDED TOUR OF THE EXHIBIT | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
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Joerg Bader, Director of the Centre de la photographie Genève (CPG), and Christian Lutz, photographer and Jury member, present the exhibition of the winning projects of the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize on the theme "No Planet B: human rights in times of ecological crisis ”. The winners of the 2020 Prize: Lowena Poole (RCA) and Romain Roucoules (ECAL). We warmly thank the participating art schools, our partners and the donors who made this fifth edition of the competition possible. |
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WINNERS | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
The Act On Your Future Foundation is very pleased to announce the two tied winners of the fifth edition of the Human Rights Photography Prize on the theme "No Planet B: Human Rights in Times of Ecological Crisis": Lowena Poole for Stop Time By Smashing Clocks (RCA/Royal College of Art, London) Romain Roucoules for Global Solutions (ECAL/École cantonale d'art de Lausanne) Their work and that of the other finalists will be included in the retrospective book that the Foundation will publish this autumn to mark the competition's five-year anniversary. |
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DIGITAL PROGRAMME | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
Following the current health crisis, the format of the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize has been adapted to present the finalists' projects online, via our platforms and those of our partners. The Foundation thus wished to pursue its mission of supporting young artists and raising awareness of human rights through art.
This new programme was based on a series of 7 videos produced by Mousqueterre, a collective that wishes to give meaning to the ecological and social transition through various audiovisual tools.
The videos of the digital programme are to be (re)discovered below:
This new programme was based on a series of 7 videos produced by Mousqueterre, a collective that wishes to give meaning to the ecological and social transition through various audiovisual tools.
The videos of the digital programme are to be (re)discovered below:
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FINALISTS | HUMAN RIGHTS PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE 2020
We are pleased to announce the names of the five projects selected by the Jury as finalists for the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize:
We are pleased to announce the names of the five projects selected by the Jury as finalists for the 2020 Human Rights Photography Prize:
