Lockdown Location

27 June 202026 June 2020 by Chloe Uden

This new solar artwork by Jenny Ayrton was created during lock down with support from Kaleider.

solar door number 1 – Turns light into electricity

27 June 202026 June 2020 by Chloe Uden

A new solar artwork by The Art and Energy Collective was made during a workshop with staff and students at the University of Exeter to consider was of combining divergent subjects to create new things.

Here is a video of the resulting artwork.

Scrapstore solar signs

27 June 20209 March 2020 by Naomi Wright

We spent a Saturday morning with Plymouth Play Scrapstore, Nudge and Plymouth Energy Community imagining and developing a new world of solar artwork signs for their window, using recycled materials.

Moths to a flame

7 March 202024 September 2019 by Chloe Uden

Art and Energy are working with people across Torbay and Devon to make a new work about our relationship with electricity and the natural world for the Wavelength Festival in November.

Please join in!

Colourful solar cells – Our supplier

6 September 20196 September 2019 by Chloe Uden

We often get asked where we get our colourful solar cells! It is so rare to see them in the UK! In fact very few people have ever even seen them.

Here is an article about LOF Solar Corp, our supplier in Taiwan.

Hidden Spaces – Solar Roots – by Naomi Wright

16 August 201916 August 2019 by Chloe Uden

Naomi has just got back from a residency in Norway at Brekkegarden. This article reflects her thoughts and processes using cyanotypes and roots to consider our solar roots.

Exhibition of Art and Energy works at The ESI in Penryn

7 March 20204 August 2019 by Chloe Uden

You can see artworks by Chloe Uden and Naomi Wright at the ESI at the University of Exeter in Penryn from Friday 30th August until Friday 11th October.

The artworks are the result of an ongoing creative exchange with post-doc researcher Katie Shanks at the Renewables department at the University of Exeter.

Girl power

4 August 20192 July 2019 by Chloe Uden

To be fair, no-one ever told me I couldn’t make solar panel artworks, no-one ever said I couldn’t work in a STEM job and no-one said power-tools are for boys.

But somehow I still felt like power was in the male domain.

We think giving young people the chance to experience their ability to make electricity can give confidence to participate in discussions about our energy future.