SOLAR FUTURES · Open call

Publish on 22 January 2026

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SOLAR FUTURES invites three individual artists to create new works exploring Solarpunk, a movement envisioning optimistic, ecologically harmonious futures where humans, technology, and nature coexist sustainably.

SOLAR FUTURES is a Creative Europe-supported collaboration bringing together four leading cultural organizations working at the intersection of art, science, and technology: OHME (Belgium) together with Electroni[k] (France), iii (The Netherlands), and LEV Festival (Spain), in partnership with two associated universities, Université Libre de Bruxelles (ULB) and Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), to support transdisciplinary artistic practices that imagine alternative, desirable futures.

Three Works, Three Formats, Three Themes

Each artist will create one work choosing a specific format linked to a thematic pathway:

→ Physical Installation, on Renewable Energy and Circular Resources
Explore energy autonomy, decentralized infrastructures, recycled materials, bio-based design, and circular economy principles.

→ Screen-Based Experience, on Permacomputing and Digital Sobriety
Engage with low-impact digital creation, energy-efficient code, open-source tools, and alternatives to extractive tech models.

→ Live Performance, on New Imaginaries for Political and Societal Organisation
Envision post-capitalist, inclusive futures through alternative governance, care economies, community resilience, and prefigurative politics.