SUNPLUGGED
About SUNPLUGGED
SUNPLUGGED - Sustainable Solar Rituals is a transnational sunlight art festival.
It invites artists and citizens to re-interpret old and contemporary relationships between people(s) and the sun, and gives form to new sustainable solar rituals in which artistic practices re-imagine new ways to power ecologically-resilient lifestyles and regenerative transition of socio-ecological systems.
Intangible and tangible sun-related heritages across Faro (Portugal), Ystad (Sweden) and Bari (Italy) will be activated with talks, walks, creative workshops, arts exhibitions, design labs and conferences, in order to expand the concept of light art, transitioning it from an energy-intensive nighttime experience to a nature-based, energy-efficient experience accessible in urban and rural landscapes.
It invites artists and citizens to re-interpret old and contemporary relationships between people(s) and the sun, and gives form to new sustainable solar rituals in which artistic practices re-imagine new ways to power ecologically-resilient lifestyles and regenerative transition of socio-ecological systems.
Intangible and tangible sun-related heritages across Faro (Portugal), Ystad (Sweden) and Bari (Italy) will be activated with talks, walks, creative workshops, arts exhibitions, design labs and conferences, in order to expand the concept of light art, transitioning it from an energy-intensive nighttime experience to a nature-based, energy-efficient experience accessible in urban and rural landscapes.
Our activities
Residencies
Short-term artistic residencies about mapping solar heritages and creative exchange with local communities
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Festivals
Exhibitions of original non-electrical light art works with a programme of nature walks, artist talks and creative workshops
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Solar Design Labs
Design labs prototyping innovative sunlight-enabled design products by emerging creatives.
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Our Artists
The artistic team for SUNPLUGGED 2024-25 is:
- Tó Quintassculpture, scenographySelf-taught, set designer, model designer, airplane builder, visual artist, sculptor, inventor, he has the gift of transforming everything and making dreams come true. At his place of work, in Faro, Tó Quintas has brought to life several scenarios for various artistic collectives in the Algarve region.
- Kah Bee Chowinstallation, performanceWorks with forms of enclosures in relation to animals and the human body, with close attention to particularities of space and site, through sculpture, video and text. She lives and works in Malmö, Sweden, and Penang, Malaysia. Chow received her MFA in 2012 from Malmö Art Academy.
- Teatringestazionemultidisciplinary performing art companyFounded by the artists and curators Gesualdi | Trono, is a multidisciplinary performing art company. Their artistic action aims to subvert the everyday coordinates to inaugurate a space of crisis collective questioning. They work in national, international, independent, institutional, artistic, and social contexts.
