The Challenge
The COVID-19 pandemic has had large and/or small consequences for most of us. In many cases, it has united the world in expressions of hope and grief and in demonstrations of bravery and resilience.
As we have explored in many of the other challenges on this site, the socio-economic consequences of the outbreak have had many different types of environmental impacts. In addition to the health risks posed by COVID-19, there have also been psychological, social, and economic impacts on humans from living under stressful quarantine conditions in relative isolation from one another. Living and working in isolation is a topic that NASA has shared a lot of information about during the COVID-19 pandemic.
What have you learned about yourself or the world as a result of living through the COVID-19 pandemic? Your challenge is to express your experience of living through this historic time through a work of art. How have you adapted? How have you been challenged? How have you been frustrated or impacted? How do you resolve to live from now on?
Let your inspiration run wild! Any type of work of art is welcome, whether it be a graphic, a video, a musical composition, a sculpture…. There is no wrong answer!
Considerations:
- If you choose to do a craft, sculpture or other tangible artifact, how will you show it to the world through your Space Apps project page? Will you take photos or a video? How will you convey the emotion that is captured in your work of art?
- Remember that to be eligible for global judging by our panel of Space Apps experts, your solution to the challenge must contain or reference NASA, ESA, JAXA, CSA, or CNES (or other space agency) data in some way. Here’s where your creativity will really have a chance to shine! Check the Example Resources section for links to insights from NASA astronauts about living in isolation. Be sure to make clear what data you used and how you used it.
- As a reminder, your submission must be in the English language or contain English-language subtitles or translations. (Of course, your work of art does not need to use written or spoken words, but at the very least you will need to include a description explaining how you used space agency data).
- Keep in mind that by participating in Space Apps, you are agreeing that your solution/project is open-source and freely available for others to use during and after the event. You can learn more about our open-source policy here: https://www.spaceappschallenge.org/legal/
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