Solar power artwork

What is solar-powered art?

According to Nathanson, many large “solar installations” are actually connected to the grid, so it’s important to him that anything claiming to be “solar-powered art” actually uses functional solar cells instead of merely speculating about how the cells could be used, or using the cells only as decoration.

Do solar-powered art projects light up at night?

When you think of solar-powered art projects, it’s probably surprising to see them lit up at night like the amazing night garden by Israeli designers O*GE.

Are contemporary artists re-imagining solar energy as an art form?

In this post, I shift our focus to contemporary artists who are re-imagining solar energy as an art form. In particular, I am fascinated by those artists who, at the dawn of the Anthropocene, have adopted the ubiquitous rectangular blue solar photovoltaic (PV) panel as an artistic medium in and of itself. It was only a matter of time…

Who were the first artists to use solar panels as artistic canvas?

The Beam, Shala. and LAGI were the first to adopt solar panels as artistic canvas. I can’t wait to see what the second wave will bring. Stay tuned. (Top image: Two solar panels created by Korean artist Choi, Jin-youn downloaded from The Beam website.)