[Alexi Scheiber]

Rachel always rooting for you to get funding and continue your work!

[Alexi Scheiber]

Hi Kate,

Just wanted to make sure you also saw the Solarpunk call at the Crow’s Nest (includes seperate, free programming call) https://www.crowsnestbaltimore.com/solarpunk-call We are very aligned in purpose!

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Call for Art Due March 03-- Solarpunk

Speculative artwork allows us to envision the future, but this genre is dominated by dystopia– notably cyberpunk and steampunk. In visual arts, dire warnings get lost in the allure of cybernetic partners and elegant Victorian costumes. “Solarpunk” was devised as … Continue reading

[Alexi Scheiber]

Solarpunk Dollhouse

Hi All– This is Alexi putting on my artist hat,

— First of all, checking if this is the right place to do the first step in applying for the EDC Project Awards!

— I would also like to ask how expansive ‘design’ is! My artistic practice sits between fine arts, animation, and illustration. ‘Antidotes to Toxicity’ aligns a lot with work I recently made for my MFA thesis.

The problem I am engaged with:

I am thinking a lot about our capacity to imagine a world where the climate crisis is actually solved. I have found it is incredibly difficult for most people to do. For many, it is easier to imagine the destruction of humanity than humanity living in harmony with nature.

The project I am proposing is a solarpunk dollhouse.

I believe play is a great space for us to expand our imaginations. The first barbie dreamhouse was incredibly powerful– allowing young women to imagine themselves as single homeowners, yet unheard of at the time. I find a dollhouse is a powerful way for us to imagine new ways to live. The solarpunk could take the form of upcycling a found dollhouse as a single unique interactive sculpture, collaborating with other artists on individual rooms. This could also take the form of making multiple copies of a pop-up book dollhouse, again inviting different artists to take their own illustrative spin on different rooms. I am happy to pursue the latter if it counts as more ‘design oriented.’

Apologies if this is the wrong location!

[Alexi Scheiber]

Hi Siyu, thank you so much for posting our current opportunities! We’ve got just over 2 weeks left on our solarpunk call, we’re looking forward to the final wave of submissions!

[Alexi Scheiber]

Hi, this is Alexi! Love this concept– Wanted to say on behalf of the Crow’s Nest, please reach out if you’d like to work with us as a participating venue in your proposal.

[Alexi Scheiber]

Lindi, thank you for introducing me to Alyssa’s work! Her portfolio is completely revelatory.

[Alexi Scheiber]

Hi Lindi! Thank you so much for your reply and for attending Rejjia’s talk! I’m very interested in play as a worldbuilding space– the act of designing the dollhouse as collaborative play (pro version of crafting with friends) as well as its use afterwards!

I’m also very inspired by Noel Phyllis Birkby’s “Women’s Environmental Fantasies” https://www.architexx.org/subtexxt/flashback-feminism-phyllis-birkby-and-womens-environmental-fantasies

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Flashback Feminism: Phyllis Birkby and Women's Environmental Fantasies — ArchiteXX

By Stephanie Schroeder"It appears that if you were a man, you should be studying architecture." With that dismissal, in 1948 Noel Phyllis Birkby’s suburban New Jersey high school career counselors squashed her career aspirations. Based on their rigid notions of … Continue reading

[Alexi Scheiber]

Hi Lindi! Thank you for the clarifying message! I will be deleting my other comments to avoid making anyone else confused!

[Alexi Scheiber]

Hi Lindi! from the language, it seems like contestants need to have a local venue already lined up to even be considered– just double checking this is the case?