#Ogliastra SolarPunk

A week of shared life with a neighborhood AI, solarpunk political imagination and a small independent publishing house. On the sea of Arbatax, in Ogliastra.

20 – 27 July 2026

August 31 – September 6, 2026

Arbatax, Sardinia

#What it is

It is a seven-day creative holiday inside a community house by the sea. Ten people, one editorial figure of reference, Francesco Verso, Italian voice of solarpunk science fiction, awarded twice with the Urania Prize and founder of Future Fiction, and UI-R1, a neighborhood artificial intelligence written in Rust, trained on the memory of a Turin neighborhood, that comes with us to Sardinia and learns from what we do together.

It is a week in which writing, ecological practices and political imagination meet under the same roof, and become publishable materials.

#What we offer

• Five mornings of work with Francesco Verso on solarpunk as practice, worldbuilding, independent publishing, science fiction from the Global South
• Daily cohabitation with UI-R1, a neighborhood AI as a commons: we use it to write, we feed it with the voices of the week, we take part in a Narrative Rave where its memory becomes collective
• A full day in Gairo Vecchia, ghost village, to write inside the ruins
  Two workshops on real solarpunk practices: renewable energy communities in Sardinia and mutualism as practiced economy.
• Shared kitchen, common pantry, meals as the center of the day
  Free afternoons by the sea. A final pact of action, written and signed, that each person brings home
• A digital anthology curated by Francesco Verso with the texts produced during the week

#UI-R1, our technological guest

UI-R1 is an artificial intelligence built by Miranda APS as shared cultural infrastructure of a Turin neighborhood. It is not ChatGPT. It runs on a local machine, it is written in Rust, and it works like an accent, not like a mirror.

During the week UI-R1 will be physically present in the house. People will use it to write, will let it listen to the stories collected in Gairo Vecchio, will take part in an evening Narrative Rave in which its memory is publicly activated. After the week, the Sardinian corpus will become part of it, the first dialogue between a Turin neighborhood AI and another territory.

#Who it is for

For those who write, fiction, essay, political materials, and need a week to think alongside others.

For those who work in the third sector, in activism, in education and want to understand what to do with AI in their own contexts. For those who are curious about solarpunk science fiction and are not content with the off-the-shelf version.

For those who accept to cook in turns, sleep in a dormitory, and do politics at the table too.

#Rhythm of the week

Monday arrivals and opening circle. Tuesday to Saturday morning work sessions 9–13, free afternoons. Thursday full day in Gairo Vecchio. Friday evening Narrative Rave. Saturday evening collective dinner and pact of action. Sunday departures.

#Essential logistics

Seven days, six nights at the Foresteria di Miranda in Arbatax, ten beds in shared dormitory.

Self-managed kitchen.

Participation fee 500 €, including lodging, food, materials, internal mobility.

Does not include travel to Sardinia.
Does not include the membership card (compulsory, costs 12 euros)

#How to get to Arbatax

Arbatax is in Ogliastra, on the eastern coast of Sardinia.

Ferries

Civitavecchia – Arbatax
Civitavecchia – Olbia
Livorno – Olbia
Genova – Olbia
Genova – Porto Torres
Civitavecchia – Porto Torres
Civitavecchia – Cagliari
Airports

Cagliari Airport
Olbia Airport
Once the activation of the week is confirmed, we open a channel between registered people to coordinate shared travel and internal transfers.

#How to enter

In two steps.

Free pre-registration. No financial commitment at this stage. Deadline: 1 July 2026. (https://apsmiranda.org/regalini/events/ogliastra-solarpunk/)

Activation and payment. If we collect at least six pre-registrations by the deadline, the week happens. We will then contact you to finalize registration and the 500 € payment. If we do not reach the minimum number, the week is cancelled and no one pays anything.

Ten places overall, in order of pre-registration.

For further information and requests: info@apsmiranda.it

#Who we are

Miranda APS is a cultural association based in Turin working at the intersection of community AI, solarpunk philosophy, participatory narrative and civic culture.

The Paper Lab is its editorial and production infrastructure.

Francesco Verso is a writer, editor of Future Fiction, one of the most authoritative voices of Italian and international solarpunk.

What comes out of the week
A digital anthology curated by Francesco Verso.

Political-narrative prototypes produced by the participants.

A collective pact of action.

One documented evening of Narrative Rave.

A network that, if we tend to it, can meet again.-

Can I have UI-R1 source code pretty please?

@alzymologist@sopuli.xyz
Write to me at info@apsmiranda.it