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> Future Generations Cymru > Future Generations Report 2025 > Artist Commissions: Future Generations Report 2025Artists and creatives can not only connect us and communicate complex issues, but can also inspire, challenge and help us to imagine the positive future we are striving towards.
Derek Walker in conversation with artists Paskaline Maiyo and RightKeysOnly.
Mi
Tik’ Tok’ (Living Canvas for Climate Change)
Map of Dreams
What’s Our Future
Balancing Act/Gweithred Cydbwyso
Song: 'Mi' by Rightkeysonly
Rightkeysonly says, “Mi addresses climate action from a Disability accessible perspective.
Combining samples of birds, bellowing wind and tree branches with synth bass lines and electronic strings, I was able to embed nature as a strong collaborator within the track, gifting the natural world with a voice it does not often have.
Interestingly, this is a similar experience shared by many members of the Disabled community. As a Disabled person, I have often recognised the irony in stating we must all be involved in the conversation on climate change whilst not providing accessible spaces for Disabled people to contribute.
After reading the Communities and Climate Change in a Future Wales: Storybook, I recognised that members of the Disabled community had great fears of climate change, with some even experiencing further health implications due to the amount of pollution in the air. Some Disabled individuals also experienced implications on their wellbeing due to climate actions that directly contradicted with their needs, such as using less electricity or generating less waste. The No Climate Action Without Us report and a few Google searches highlighted simple, cost-effective, ways to adapt climate actions to better support the needs and voices of Disabled people, such as painting recycling bins colour-blind friendly colours and ensuring community hubs have ramp access to support wheelchair users. These papers inspired the lyrics.
With elements of the Welsh National Anthem integrated into the chorus and a pounding drum beat to accompany it, Mi not only forces the listener to recognise the fears and adverse experiences of the Disabled community in Wales, but also highlights how we can work together to build a climate friendly Wales that is inclusive of the Disabled communities that call it home.”
Tik’ Tok’ (Living Canvas for Climate Change) - Paskaline Maiyo
Tik’ Tok’ (Living Canvas for Climate Change), is an evocative artwork that transforms the human body into a visual narrative, illustrating the progression of a day from morning to evening to convey the causes, impacts, and solutions related to climate change.
The artwork’s lower section, spanning from the toes to the knees, depicts a lush green forest bathed in the light of a rising sun over the Sea and the Mountains. This imagery symbolizes the Earth’s original, unspoiled state—a fresh, sustainable world untouched by pollution. It represents the dawn of a new day, filled with potential and harmony.
Moving upward, the central portion of the body—from above the knees through the thighs to the chest—captures the turmoil of midday, a time when human activities peak. This section portrays various environmental degradations:
Adjacent to this depiction of crisis is a vision of a “Green City,” illustrating a climate-conscious world:
A poignant element is the handshake, where one arm appears engulfed in flames while the other remains unscathed. This symbolizes the daily choices we face, pursuing harmful practices leading to destruction or adopting sustainable decisions fostering restoration. Midday Crisis and Green city is Positioned over vital organs—the heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, uterus, and bladder— this section emphasizes the critical stakes of climate change, affecting the very core of life.
The uppermost part of the artwork, symbolizing evening, portrays a phase of restoration. Animals are shown returning to their habitats, and a pristine waterfall cascade, represented by the model’s flowing hair. The model’s serene expression suggests a deep inhalation of fresh air, embodying a sense of renewal and the fulfillment that comes from making positive environmental choices throughout the day.
Overall, the model’s pose, gazing intently at an hourglass, serves as a powerful reminder of the urgency of time. It emphasizes that the window for impactful action against climate change is narrowing, urging immediate and conscious efforts to preserve our planet.
Map of Dreams by Flatboy (Seren Thomas)
Map of Dreams captures the artist’s hopes for what a Wales which fully understands and operates on a social model of health could one day look like. It highlights how health is not just about our bodies, but it is connected to all areas of life, and it is especially important to how we, as a society and as individual people, care for one another. The map illustrates the importance co-production, prevention and alleviating inequalities to the future health of Wales. In addition to visions of what could be, the map takes inspiration from initiatives that are already operating in Wales, showing how the work towards a socially informed and community driven understanding of health in Wales has already begun.
Set against the dramatic backdrop of the Rhondda Valley from Maerdy Mountain, Kyle delivers a powerful spoken word piece that demands action. He highlights the critical need for improved mental health support, greater investment in arts and culture, and a renewed appreciation for nature’s healing power. He passionately believes institutions must prioritise individual well-being and fair pay, while also acknowledging the essential link between our environment and mental health. This conviction extends to educational settings, where Kyle believes enhanced learning environments are vital for students’ mental and emotional development.
Kyle’s inspiration is driven by the lived reality of neurodivergence in consistently unsupportive educational and professional environments, Kyle refuses to be silenced; the persistent undervaluing of his contributions ignites a fierce determination to fight for fair pay across all sectors.
Balancing Act/Gweithred Cydbwyso is a performance to film where Teulu Von Flap try to keep and tip physical balance through play. This film work focuses on factors that will contribute to future health and well-being such as climate, culture, food inequality, housing crisis, health and culture, through the lens of family dynamic. These themes are represented through animation and prop, material and digital as Teulu Von Flap move between real and virtual spaces; and endeavour to find meeting points to play through these complex issues. Through this, they attempt to uphold the themes- a visual articulation of our attempt to work together physically and metophorically to achieve the Cymru Can missions.
See the artist commissions featured in the Future Generations Report 2025.
