Solarpunk Futures Game Play

  • General Creative Arts
Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 S Livingston St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
Aug 11 2021
Free enrollment option ($0)
$0.00
Sliding scale contribution ($15 — thanks for helping with materials costs!)
$15.00
Sliding scale contribution ($30 — thanks for helping with teaching fees!)
$30.00
Sliding scale contribution ($60 — thanks for funding enrollment for a neighbor in need!)
$60.00
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Description

Looking for some serious summer fun, collaborative future-building, and a sneak-peak into an artist’s process as they create work? Join us for playtesting Solarpunk Futures, a new artist's game designed by members of Solarpunk Surf Club! Participants will be introduced to game play, playtest a few rounds, and offer feedback to the artists. This is a unique opportunity to directly shape the direction of an artist’s project before it’s available to the general public. Registrants will be notified of the outdoor meeting place prior to the start of the game session.


Solarpunk Futures is a rules-light role playing game where players imagine the pathways to a desirable world from the perspective of a utopian future. Players use a deck of cards to adopt Personae (e.g. grower, engineer, newcomer) and work together using Tools (e.g. recycled materials, equipment library, off-grid energy) and Values (e.g. care, responsibility, usufruct) to overcome a set of real-world Challenges (e.g. borders, ableist infrastructure, climate refugee crisis). Through dialogue and collaborative worldbuilding, collective and visionary narratives emerge of a new society, along with plausible scenarios for how to get there.

 

Max Puchalsky is an artist and cultural worker involved in a range of projects that reflect his interest in collaboration and engagement with local community issues. Blending new media and social practice, his research interests include utopian realism, palliative design, memetics, and multimedia installation. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and has taught with the UW Art Department, Arts + Literature Laboratory, and the Bayview International Center for Education And The Arts. Max is Creative Director of Midwest Story Lab and a member of the arts collective Solarpunk Surf Club. He was born at 354.39 ppm on the isthmus called Madison.

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EVENT ENROLLMENT DETAILS:

 

This playtest session is for teens and adults. Space is limited, so be sure to enroll each participant individually to ensure that there is space. Guardians who intend to stick around should also enroll. Participants should arrive with the understanding that this is an intergenerational workshop centering gentle instruction for all ages. Adults can enter their own names or an additional emergency contact in the guardian section of the registration form.

 

This is an IN-PERSON, OUTDOOR workshop for kids and adults. Unless otherwise specified, this workshop will be held outside Arts + Literature Laboratory (111 S Livingston St) and is limited to ten participants, so expect an intimate and flexible learning atmosphere. Please arrive wearing masks and weather-appropriate clothing, if possible. This workshop may be rescheduled due to inclement weather or any changing public health guidelines.

 

SLIDING SCALE CONTRIBUTIONS to this workshop help us stock our studios, pay teaching artists, and support creative learning for families all over town.

Class dates

08/11/2021

Restrictions

Participants must currently be 13 years to 120 years old.

Program enrollment capacity

Minimum: 1

Maximum: 10

Registration period

Registration starts on 05/11/2021.

In-person location

Arts + Literature Laboratory: 111 S Livingston St, Madison, WI 53703, USA
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