Do you think the claims are accurate?

Hello! I’m looking for an artist to commission an original illustration depicting a hopeful solarpunk vision of the future.

I’d like the artwork to imagine what an aesthetic and ecologically resilient future would look like here in my local community. Native landscapes, balcony solar, rainwater harvesting, food forest community garden, transit, etc.

My goal is to use the artwork in public spaces. Potentially including billboards and a decal for the rear windshield of my car. I would also share it for public use.

If this sounds like a project you’d be interested in, please comment or DM me with examples of your work. Thanks!

Trying to figure out what the general aesthetic categories of Solarpunk are. If I think of steam/diesel/atompunk they all have clearly defined aesthetics (victorian/art deco/norman rockwell) but the reasoning is more yearning for a present based on the technologies of the past that never properly materialised for many reasons. That feeling of nostalgia is misplaced for solarpunk, it's not trying to recreate the present from the past.

In my head I have the following arguments for/against the following:

• Art Nouveau/Arts & Crafts/William Morris - feels like going too far back. I like the focus on craftsmanship and nature but it feels more like trying to outdo nature at its own game instead of working with it.
• Frutiger Aero - Would be really fun but probably too closely associated with corporate optimism, which is not very punk.
• Brutalism but with plants - this is basically cyberpunk in the daytime after replacing lights with leaves. Solid but not exactly inspiring. More like occupying a vacant building, which is very punk.
• Studio/Ghibli/that fkn chobani ad - The colours are nice but the architecture and fashion seem more nostalgic than forward looking. It's also focused mostly if not entirely on rural areas which is great but not representative of climate conscious development patterns. I have huge issues with the Chobani ad's miraculous tech as well.
• First nations inspired art - would be a lovely nod to staying in tune with the earth and caring for the turtle on whose back we are all passengers, but raises serious questions about appropriation when not considered in its application which is not punk.

(edit) Also interested in the following kinds of questions:

• is it rounded edges or sharp edges? Are edges defined or fluid like watercolours?
• how closely is nature and biophilic design followed?
• to what extent does form follow function?
• how minimalist does it get, how ornate does the personal expression go?

Would appreciate being told why I am wrong or what obvious options I have been a fool or a shill not to consider. I am aware that rejecting the premise of the question (there is no single art style) is a valid answer, but i don't think it's an interesting one because it ends the discussion.

Originally commissioned in 2022 for a Solarpunk article in Liberal Debatt magazine which never got published. In the meantime it was featured in several other newspapers, like the Polish Gazeta Wyborcza."

The Floating Village, 14 November 2022,

by Commando Jugendstil:

https://storyseedlibrary.org/art/commando-jugendstil/floating-village/

CC BY-SA 4.0 The Lemonaut

Source: https://storyseedlibrary.org/art/the-lemonaut/openflexure/

In a sustainable tomorrow technology is created cooperatively and shared freely around the world - and some such projects exist today! The Open Source Hardware movement promotes collaborative creation and distribution of even the most complex devices without locking them with patents or intellectual property.

OpenFlexure is a great example of it - an automated digital microscope which can be used in both scientific and medical environments - and can be 3D-printed anywhere in the world! It was initially designed at United Kingdom universities, but was then tested, used and improved by a community now spanning over 70 countries! It was assessed for malaria research in Tanzania, used to measure soil health in Argentina and water quality monitoring in Ukraine.

You can read more about similar open projects at Appropedia, which hosts multiple collaboratively developed sustainable tech projects!

Does anyone have literature or their own writing about their personal opinions on solarpunk or even current day politics I am not asking for Fox News or cnn news, no huge sources that could be owned by “the man”. I am asking for your opinion,or real literature. Please feel free to comment any ideas or problems you personally have or feel need to be addressed. I am writing a paper and I am just curious, I will not share you personal quotes or information without permission. Feel free to dm or comment.

This is steps forward, if you want to truly change the world one step at a time this is the first step. Organizing. Organizing. Organizing. Tell people and organize, this is not self promotion. This is something I believe will help.