SOLAR FUTURES · Discover the winning artists

Publish on 29 May 2026

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The European SOLAR FUTURES project is rooted in the solarpunk movement and supports artists who envision desirable and alternative futures. It comprises three strands:

renewable energy and the circular economy
permacomputing and digital sobriety
new political and societal imaginaries

Following an open call, three artists : Carolin Schnurrer (DE), David Lazar (RO) and Jin Lee (DE/KR), were selected to explore these themes.

Carolin Schnurrer (DE)

New Imaginaries for Political and Societal Organisation

Carolin Schnurrer is a Berlin-based artist working across sound, installation, performance, moving image, workshops, and DJ sets under the alias GAKKO. Her multidisciplinary practice creates transformative sensory experiences informed by speculative fiction, somatic psychology, and ritual, exploring rhythm and embodiment as forms of care and resistance.

Drawing from her personal experience with chronic illness, Schnurrer’s practice of recent years has been informed by how vulnerabilities intersect with power structures, gender-based discrimination, misdiagnosis, lack of research, and social exclusion.

After completing her MA at the Royal College of Art London, her projects have been presented at Tate Lates, Hyperdub’s Night Ø, Serpentine Park Nights, ACCA Melbourne, MIRA Festival and soft power. Schnurrer works as an ECA-certified life coach supporting individuals experiencing exhaustion and challenges around self-perception, a practice that directly informs her artistic research

David Lazar (RO)

Permacomputing and Digital Sobriety

David Lazar is an artist and researcher working at the intersection of software engineering and artistic practice. His work examines technological systems not as neutral tools but as infrastructures that quietly reshape human identity, behaviour, and public space.

Through installations, web-based projects, and code-driven works, he traces the technical structures behind automation, surveillance, and data extraction — then translates them into spatial experiences that can be physically and emotionally felt. His practice is grounded in permacomputing: working with locally-run systems, reused hardware, and minimal energy use as a conscious refusal of corporate infrastructure.

His work sits at the tension between the allure of technological spectacle and the risks concealed within its accessible, easy-to-use design. David Lazar holds an MA in Computational Arts from Goldsmiths, London, and has held residencies at Tate Modern and HKW Berlin.

Jin Lee (DE/KR)

Renewable Energy and Circular Resources

Jin Lee is a Berlin-based media artist who constructs digital interactive environments using computational systems and electronic circuits. His work explores the liminal space between order and chaos, where unpredictability is an invited systemic element rather than an anomaly.

He holds a Meister degree from the Berlin University of the Arts (UdK), studied under Prof. Joachim Sauter, and a Bachelor’s from Musashino Art University in Tokyo.

Utilizing machine language and physical circuits, Lee builds kinetic systems that blur the lines between the digital and the organic. His projects challenge the boundaries of control, revealing emergent behaviors within the patterns of nature and technology. Beyond his solo practice, he collaborates with international studios, translating complex technical frameworks into perceptible artistic phenomena. His work has been exhibited internationally, reflecting a constant inquiry into the hidden mechanisms of our technological landscape.

They will be in residence at Electroni[k] in Rennes from 1 to 15 June 2026 to develop outreach activities and adapt their work for a variety of performance settings.

On 13 June from 2 pm to 5 pm, come along and take part in a workshop to discover their work at the Le Grand Déballage event at Les Halles en Commun in Rennes (FR).

SOLAR FUTURES is a Creative Europe-supported collaboration between four leading cultural organizations working at the intersection of art, science and technology: Ohme (BE), Electroni[k] (FR), iii (NL), and LEV Festival (ES), in partnership with Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB).