EDIS ONE — NEW BORN ART SERIES

OUR FUTURE, THEIR HANDS

NEW BORN MURAL

Our Future, Their Hands is a mural by EDIS ONE from the NEW BORN series, exploring how generations shape the future.

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PROJECT OVERVIEW

Our Future, Their Hands explores the direct relationship between past, present, and future. At the center of the mural, a child wearing an astronaut helmet represents the future — still undefined, fragile, yet full of potential. The child’s direct gaze confronts the viewer with a shared responsibility for what lies ahead.

PROJECTOur Future, Their Hands
ARTISTEDIS ONE
SERIESNEW BORN
MEDIUMMural

BETWEEN GENERATIONS

On either side, two elderly faces rendered in a graphic, line-based style symbolize the past. They embody previous generations whose labor, decisions, and sacrifices shaped the world we inhabit today. These figures are not idealized; they appear as witnesses of time, carrying memory, experience, and consequence.

The phrase integrated into the mural reinforces the core concept: the future does not emerge in isolation. It is built upon the actions, values, and hands of those who came before us, and reshaped by the choices we make now.

THE FINISHED MURAL

Natural elements, such as the birds resting on the astronaut helmet, introduce a subtle layer of symbolism connected to fragility, balance, and coexistence between humanity and nature — recurring themes within the artist’s practice.

Our Future, Their Hands stands as both a silent warning and a collective invitation: tomorrow is being shaped today, but it rests firmly on the foundations left by yesterday.

BEHIND THE SCENES

See how the NEW BORN mural came together in the behind-the-scenes film on Instagram.

OUR FUTURE, THEIR HANDS: MURAL GALLERY

Child astronaut in a red suit with orange-breasted robins on either side.
Blue-eyed child in an astronaut helmet and red suit.
The word “Tomorrow” over a monochrome portrait in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Monochrome portrait behind the words “Tomorrow Is Built” and an orange-breasted robin.
Close-up of an older person’s eyes rendered in black and white in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Orange-breasted robin beside the child astronaut in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Orange-breasted robin painted in front of bold lettering in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Detail of the words “Yesterday’s Hands” across a monochrome portrait in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Monochrome portrait overlaid with the words “From Yesterday’s Hands” in EDIS ONE’s mural.
Monochrome stencil detail of an older person’s eyes and forehead in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Child astronaut beside a monochrome portrait in EDIS ONE’s Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Close-up of the child astronaut’s blue eye and layered brushwork in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Detail of a painted blue eye beneath a dark eyebrow in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Close-up of the child astronaut’s painted lips in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Close-up of the child astronaut’s face and blue eyes in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Close-up of warm brown and pale blue paint on the mural surface.
Close-up of a blue-and-white floral tile motif in the Our Future, Their Hands mural.
Detail of the mural lettering above a dark diamond shape in Our Future, Their Hands.
EDIS ONE’s blue signature on the Our Future, Their Hands mural.

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