Melpomeni Chatzipanagiotou
Greece
Imagine a world without transplants or surgeries… Without effective antibiotics to treat infections, life-saving procedures such as organ transplants, chemotherapy, and surgeries could become extremely dangerous.
“Imagining a world without modern medicine… it would be a sorrowful world.
Throughout the illustration there are visual representations of life, blooming flowers, and butterflies that symbolize rebirth. Death as well, the fragility of life, of fallen hopes, collapsing medical tools and an hourglass to highlight the urgency of how decisions and choices cost time and lives.
Raising awareness by showcasing two altered rooms, weighting the pros and cons, light and darkness, hope and fear. By portraying antimicrobial resistance not just as a common biological phenomenon but as an ominous risk to medical advancement, of life saving therapies, routine procedures and global health consequences.”