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​Imagine solarpunk worlds — as diverse and colorful as our global societies — powered by fresh frontier Chinese tech ⛵️

​SAIL is a monthlong (mu-long 🤓) solarpunk and artificial imagination laboratory in conjunction with muShanghai.

​muShanghai: Be a Chinese builder for a month.
SAIL: Be a global solarpunk dreamer too while you're at it!

​What is invented in China today
enables how people might live tomorrow
everywhere (not just China)
and especially across the global South 🗺️

​What are the solarpunkiest versions of these worlds imaginable? 🤔

​What about we SAIL there, together? ⛵️

​SAIL is hosted by Seapunk Studios in collaboration with Stanley Qiufan Chan (陈楸帆, Chinese sci-fi writer) and muShanghai.

​ℹ️ What to expect TL;DR

• ​SAIL studio at muShanghai campus

  • ​Solarpunk lounge and library

  • ​Imagination hub — meet / share / remix ideas with other Sailors!

• ​SAIL sessions

  • ​Writing workshops

  • ​Reading / film / game groups

  • ​Solarpunk studies

  • ​In-town events and excursions with local partners

​🌅 Solarpunk & Artificial Imagination

​Why SAIL? Why China? Why now?

​How we live today exists downstream of what was invented yesterday. We now find China and Chinese technologists at many of today's frontiers: AI, biotech, robotics, solar panels, electric vehicles, and more. What tomorrows might we find downstream from these?

​How might today's frontier inventions shape how we live tomorrow across our diverse multicultural world, especially across the many different societies and development levels of the Global South (where Chinese tech's scale, modularity, and affordability has helped make it part of everyday life)?

​This is not just a question of tech, but of how (different) societies use tech, and how they adapt, learn, and evolve with it. This is not just about science — it's about science fiction.

​Solarpunk

​Enter solarpunk. Solarpunk is a creative genre about positive visions of sustainable human futures. Solarpunk is not just interested in what science and tech enable; it is interested in exploring and imagining hopeful 'happy ending' versions of our worlds.

​Artificial Imagination

​In Chinese, the term for 'artificial' (as used in 'artificial intelligence', etc.) is ren-gong (人工) or 'man-made'. Unlike in English, where 'artificial' often connotes unnatural or inferior imitations of the 'real' thing (as with artificial sweetener or artificial grass), ren-gong in Chinese evokes a positive sense of the potential of human creativity, invention, and imagination. Ren-gong is about human possibility.

​SAIL is about applying this lens of human possibility to imagining the systems and societies accompanying our new technologies. When cars were invented, we had to also imagine road systems, seat belts, traffic lights, and suburbs — none of which had clear 'natural' predecessors. What artificial imaginations will we need to accompany an era of abundant solar, affordable robotics, DIY drones, AI-in-everything, and so on? How might future societies handle safety? Access? Reliability? Volatility? Cultural relevance?

​These intersections of solarpunk and artificial imagination are what SAIL is about. And we can't imagine a better place for it in 2026 than Shanghai.

​🐣 Laboratory — where anyone (yes, you too!) can solarpunk

​SAIL isn't just about solarpunk and artificial imagination. It's also an open laboratory, where you can get involved in imagining and creating solarpunk ideas, visions, and worlds, along with other fellow Sailors from around the world!

​Many people have ideas for new technologies and their possibilities, but sometimes feel that they don't have the right background or education or qualifications to write or share them.

​Well, this is a punk lab. The spirit of punk is that anyone can DIY. At SAIL we will have resources and workshops so that anyone — regardless of language, tech capability, education, or experience — can get started imagining characters, systems, protocols, and worlds.

​So not only will you have the chance, at muShanghai, to be a Chinese builder for a month. With SAIL, you will also have the chance to be a global solarpunk dreamer for the same month — so you can take all the inspiration you get from learning about frontier Chinese tech and apply it to imagining what possibilities this might unlock for the places, people, and societies you know and care about most.

​muShanghai will gather builders from dozens of countries around the world. SAIL will be a place where many diverse dreamers and sailors can also meet and weave together.

​🎟️ Access & Registration

​SAIL is open to all muShanghai attendees (note: muShanghai's separate application) and generally free to attend.

​SAIL's excursions and in-town events might have separate policies (e.g., if we host an event with a local art gallery, there might be a separate ticket charge, and it might be open to folks beyond muShanghai).

​Registering for SAIL (via this Luma) will add you to our SAIL list and channel so you can stay up-to-date on SAIL activities and connect with other Sailors 🧑🏽‍🚀.

​🪸 Hosts & Partnerships

​SAIL is hosted by Seapunk Studios in collaboration with Stanley Qiufan Chan (陈楸帆) and muShanghai... but also many more collaborators!

​We actively welcome local and global partners (since the purpose of both muShanghai and SAIL are to connect global builders-dreamers-sailors with frontier Chinese ecosystems). Please reach out if you would like to explore collaborations.

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​想象太阳朋克的世界—— 像我们的全球社会一样多元而多彩，由中国前沿科技而驱动着 ⛵️

​SAIL 是一个月长（mu-long 🤓）的太阳朋克与人工想象实验室，与 muShanghai 联合举办。

​muShanghai: 用一个月的时间成为一名中国建造者。
SAIL: 与此同时也成为一名全球太阳朋克梦想家！

​今天在中国所发明的
将赋予人们明天如何
在世界各地（不仅是中国）生活
尤其是在全球南方 🗺️

​在这些可想象的世界中，最具太阳朋克精神的版本会是什么样的？ 🤔

​不如我们一起，向那里扬帆起航（SAIL） ？ ⛵️

​SAIL 由 Seapunk Studios 戏洋朋克工作室联合陈楸帆（中国科幻作家）和 muShanghai 共同主办。

​ℹ️ 将有何期待（TL;DR）

• ​SAIL工作室（位于 muShanghai 园区）

  • ​太阳朋克客厅与图书馆

  • ​想象力枢纽——与其他“水手”相遇、分享、碰撞创意！

• ​SAIL活动

  • ​写作工作坊

  • ​阅读/电影/游戏小组

  • ​太阳朋克研究

  • ​与本地伙伴合作的市内活动与游览

​🌅 太阳朋克 & 人工想象

​为什么是 SAIL？为什么是中国？为什么是现在？

​我们今天的生活，是昨天发明的延伸。如今，中国和中国科技人员正站在多个前沿领域：人工智能（AI）、生物技术、机器人、太阳能板、电动汽车等。这些领域的”明天”又会如何延展下去呢？

​今天的前沿发明，将如何塑造我们多元文化世界的明日生活？尤其是在全球南方各不同的社会与发展程度中（其中，尤其中国科技凭借其规模化、模块化、可负担性，已成为当地日常生活的一部分时）。

​这不仅仅是一个科技问题，而是关于（不同）社会如何使用科技、如何适应、学习和随之演化的问题——这不只关乎科学，更关乎“科学幻想”。

​太阳朋克

​来走进太阳朋克。太阳朋克（Solarpunk）是一种创意流派，描绘可持续人类未来的积极愿景。它不仅关注科学和技术能实现什么，更致力于探索和想象我们世界中充满希望的“美好结局”版本。

​人工想象

​在中文里，人造、由人制作通常由“人工”（artificial）一词表示（用于“人工智能”等词）。而英文中的“artificial”（人工）常带有“不自然”或“次于真实”的含义（如人工甜味剂、人工草坪），中文的“人工”则传递着人类创造力、发明与想象力的潜能的积极意涵。人工，是关于人类可能性的。

​SAIL 正是要将这种“人类可能性”的视角，应用于想象伴随新技术而生的系统与社会。汽车被发明时，我们还需要同时想象出道路系统、安全带、红绿灯和郊区住宅——这些都没有明确的“自然”前身。在太阳能普及、机器人平民化、DIY 无人机、AI 无处不在的时代，我们需要哪些人工想象相伴？未来社会将如何处理安全、可及性、可靠性、波动性、文化相关性等问题？

​这些太阳朋克与人工想象的交汇点，正是 SAIL 的核心所在。在 2026 年，我们想不到比上海更合适的地方。

​🐣 实验室——任何人（是的，包括你！）都可以太阳朋克

​SAIL 不只是关于太阳朋克与人工想象，它更是一个开放的实验室，你可以与来自全球的“水手”们一起，参与想象和创造太阳朋克的理念、愿景与世界！

​很多人对新技术及其可能性有自己的想法，却常常觉得自己没有合适的背景、学历或资历去写下来或分享出去。

​那么，这是一个朋克实验室。朋克精神就是：任何人都可以 DIY。在 SAIL期间，我们将提供资源和工作坊，让任何人——无论语言、技术能力、教育背景还是经验——都能开始构想角色、系统、协议和世界。

​在 muShanghai，你不仅有机会用一个月的时间成为一名中国建造者，在 SAIL你也将有机会在同一个月里成为一名全球太阳朋克梦想家——把你从中国前沿科技中获得的灵感，转化到对你所最熟悉和最在乎的地方、人群与社会的未来想象之中。

​muShanghai 将汇聚来自数十个国家的建造者，SAIL 则是众多多元梦想家和水手相聚、共同编织的地方。

​🎟️ 参与方式与报名

​SAIL 对所有 muShanghai 参与者开放且一般可免费参加（注意：muShanghai 有独立的申请流程）。

​SAIL 的市内游览与活动或另有说明（例如，若我们与本地艺术画廊合办活动，可能需要单独购票，且可能对 muShanghai 以外的人开放）。

​通过此 Luma 链接报名 SAIL，将把你加进 SAIL 通讯录与联络频道，方便你随时了解活动动态，并与其他水手建立联系 🧑🏽‍🚀。

​🪸 主办方 & 合作伙伴

​SAIL 由 Seapunk Studios 戏洋朋克工作室 联合陈楸帆和 muShanghai 主办……当然还有更多合作伙伴！

​我们随时欢迎本地和全球的合作伙伴（因为 muShanghai 和 SAIL 的共同目标，就是将全球建造者-梦想家-水手与中国前沿生态系统连接起来）。如有合作意向，欢迎联系我们。