PLEDGE CARDS
The 2025 Summit will ask how art can respond to a world on the brink—marked by rapid digital transformation, shifting geopolitical tensions, and evolving identities.
As part of this dialogue, we invite you to create a "Pledge Card" where you can share your vision for shaping cultural resilience and understanding.
How to Create Your Pledge Card
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Choose a theme – Do you think a better future should be driven by INNOVATION, ART, COMMUNITY, ACTION, or EXCHANGE?
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Fill in your details – Enter your name, country, role, and a brief statement (max. 300 characters) on what you believe will shape a better tomorrow.
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Upload your photo – Add a profile picture to personalise your card.
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Share your pledge – Once created, your Pledge Card will appear in the section below. You can also post it on social media to spread your message—and we’ll be sharing selected pledges too!
Join the conversation. What inspires you to shape a better tomorrow?
The Verbier Art Summit is proud of their dedicated community. Don’t forget to take a screenshot of your Pledge Card to share on social media and #verbierartsummit.
Let’s amplify the voices of people demanding change. Join us on the journey towards a better future.
Need some inspiration? Check out our Pledge Card Library below!
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION
Neuroscience, art and technology can influence the relation between our body, mind and self.
Olaf Blanke
Professor
Switzerland
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION
I'm very excited that the 2025 Summit will once again offer space and time for artists and cultural leaders to explore, question and respond to today's profound shifts. The innovative ideas generated will be shared globally and contribute to the new 'culture' that is so urgently required.
Anneliek Sijbrandij
Summit Founder
Netherlands
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION
As an educator with over 30 years of experience, my inspiration to shape a better tomorrow stems from my unwavering belief in the transformative power of education. Teaching is not just a profession for me—it is a mission to empower individuals, shape futures, and contribute to a more enlightened so
Munawar Hameed
Educator
Pakistan
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION
I am a firm believer that artists are co-creators of realities, institutions, and politics—not just art. The next twenty years of Pluto demand that we tap into disruptive energies/ systemic ruptures, responding with agility and clarity. This is a time for radical imagination, for breaking silos.
Defne Ayas
Curator as Medium
Netherlands
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION
"I believe innovation is rooted in imagination. I pledge to explore new creative technologies to tell stories that inspire empathy, provoke thought, and shape a more connected future."
Fried-Jan van den Eerenbeemt
Creative Director
Netherlands
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
I am inspired by listening and learning about stories out of the "norm", out of the boundaries that society makes us believe we should also fit in. These stories help me reinvent myself and art is the medium that allows me to explore my boundaries respectfully to myself and other species.
Eleni
Artist
Greece
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
As an artist, I always need to be thinking ahead of our present time and seeking the potential and possibilities of the future.
Cao Fei
Artist
China
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
The resilience of Queer artists across the world resisting through their art, government suppression and oppression against our Queer cultural community. In the USA Trans persons are being erased from society and culture by the Trump transphobic administration.
janus ourma
artist/curator
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
I feel like today, it’s on us, the younger generation to be involved and I see more young people taking an active interest in our cultures.
Dana Awartani
Artist
Palestine
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
What can machine consciousness teach us about being human?
Lawrence Lek
Artist
UK
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
I use art as a means of connection. I am interested in balancing the personal with the collective.
Janeth Berrettini
Artist
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
My battle includes
yours.
Wang Tuo
Artist
China
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
I aspire to engage my students with diverse cultures and global perspectives through literature. By exploring works from authors spanning Europe, Africa, Polynesia, and beyond, I encourage them to embrace cultural diversity and develop a deeper understanding of the world.
Ahyskel León
Literature teacher
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
As Joseph Beuys famously stated, "Everyone is an artist." I believe art has the power to shape a better world through diverse mediums. As a coffee professional, I use coffee as a medium to create 7000 Coffee Trees, a social sculpture that integrates art, sustainability, and community engagement.
DC
Artist
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
Nature’s resilience is remarkable, but it’s not limitless. My work examines the tipping point between recovery and irreversible damage.
Claudia Comte
Artist
Switzerland
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ART
share through photos changes occurring at sites of climate change, such as Greenland.
steve giovinco
artist
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH COMMUNITY
In this time of crisis, the Summit provides an opportunity to listen closely to each other and arrive together at fresh perspectives. We look forward to the bold ideas that these practitioners will share with the world.
Philip Tinari
Partner
China
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH COMMUNITY
people coming together, talking, exchanging, showing ideas and experiences without non stop screen communication
Katia Roessel
Artist
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH COMMUNITY
As a Board Member and representative of the Founding Members of the Summit, I'm keen to bring together the leading artists, thinkers, and cultural pioneers in the stunning setting of Verbier
Helena Bjäringer
Board Member
Switzerland
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH COMMUNITY
The collective intelligence and the shared heritage of living in a community can save lives and guard knowledge until it is ready to be passed on. So, go on, create your own communities wherever you go.
Tejal Gala
Designer & Paper Artist
India
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH COMMUNITY
What does it mean to run the oldest public owned art collection in the world?
Elena Filipovic
Director
Switzerland
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH COMMUNITY
To enter a museum, no exam is necessary.
Clémentine Deliss
Director
Belgium
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ACTION
What matters is having a dialogue — with people, with institutions and with history. It’s a collective project of reclaiming space.
Zanele Muholi
Artist
South Africa
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ACTION
Start by taking actions, now.
Diane
Event Manager
Switzerland
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH ACTION
I believe in the power of collectives coming together. By fostering collaboration and sharing ideas, we must make it easier for people to lead better lives by improving the environments we live in, work in, and share.
Emma Carr
Communications & Marketing
UK
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH DEBATE
A planetary thinking is primarily an imperative for diversities.
Yuk Hui
Philosopher
Hong Kong
I, SHAPE OUR FUTURE THROUGH DEBATE
In passively consuming what I was interested in, had I given up my agency to figure out what was truly meaningful to me?
Kyle Chayka
Writer
US
