Ecological problems are among the concerns of the contemporary
world. In recent years some artists in Iran have been using the new art
media to express and understand these problems in order to challenge the
audience. Urban art, in addition to providing aesthetic aspects, can play a
more effective role in raising public awareness of the issue of ecology
protection through its proximity to interactive art and by considering
citizen audiences as the primary target of such artwork. In this regard, it
seems that the many commonalities between the new art media and the
urban art have made it possible for artists in this city to reach their
audiences more than ever. Studying and recognizing the ecological
artworks in urban spaces of Iran shows that among the new media,
environmental art is more aligned with the artist's goals and expressing
ecological concerns in the city because of its quick and easy
communication with the environment and the audience. Other media have
been favored by artists. In this descriptive-analytical study, an ecological
approach is used to examine the reasons for artists' attention to new media
in Iranian urban spaces by evaluating the extent of their presence in the
urban context and how they succeed in conveying the ecological concepts
in their creative works.