SOLANDIUM 2063
Solandium 2063 is an experimental 3D solarpunk strategy computer game with integrated artificial intelligence, developed by new media artist Nejc Trampuž and his team. Set in the dystopian future of 2063, your mission is to strategise through dialogue with the AI to transform an abandoned robotic centre into an eco-community – will you succeed in creating a sustainable society? This hybrid between artwork, computer game and interactive education tool is also a technological experiment, as the game elements have been generated using then latest AI tools. It follows the aesthetics and values of solarpunk, optimistically striving for a just and ecological society and the responsible use of technology. In a time of rising inequalities and radical societal shifts (partly accelerated by AI), the project stresses the need for transparent, accountable, and socially grounded technological systems. Solandium 2063 explores the role of AI in the transition towards sustainability, highlighting its potential in addressing environmental challenges and drawing attention to the downsides such as high energy consumption and biases. At the heart of the project is the belief that every individual has the power and responsibility to contribute to a better future and invites people to actively co-shape the world.
Play the game for free & see more about the project: www.nejctrampuz.com/en/solandium-2063/
Nejc Trampuž | SI
Nejc Trampuž (1993) is a multi-award-winning new media artist who has presented his work at around 100 exhibitions, festivals, and other events in Slovenia and internationally. His practice operates at the intersection of intermedia art, technology, ecology, social issues, and activism. He is recognised for his speculative audiovisual, often interactive digital art experiments, characterised by a distinctive saturated, collage-based aesthetic. Trampuž studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and Design in Ljubljana (SI), where he also received an award for his master’s thesis. Through artistic approaches and technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), the web, interactivity, film, glitch, and related media, Trampuž explores possible futures and their social and ecological implications. Among Nejc’s most prominent works is the solarpunk strategy computer game Solandium 2063, which received an Honourable Mention at the Social Art Award in Berlin (DE) and has been exhibited, among others, at Galerija Miklova hiša (SI), Svilara (RS), and the Stevens Institute of Technology (USA). He is also the author of Rooted in Code, the first Slovenian film created using AI, which received the Best Film Award at Balkans Beyond Borders 2024 (GR) as part of an extensive international festival tour. Another major work is the research-based multimedia project Another Future Entirely, exhibited at venues including Cukrarna (SI), Moderna galerija (SI), Galerija Simulaker (SI), Kvaka 22 (RS), Galerija Velenje (SI), and MFRU (SI). More: www.nejctrampuz.com/en/