{"id":1249,"date":"2026-05-07T07:27:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:27:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/?p=1249"},"modified":"2026-05-07T07:27:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T07:27:46","slug":"speculative-energy-futures-workshops-in-cape-town","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/?p=1249","title":{"rendered":"Speculative Energy Futures Workshops in Cape Town"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lalela.org\/\">Lalela,<\/a> the <a href=\"https:\/\/lodef.co.za\/\">LO-Def Film Factory<\/a>\u00a0and GaudiLabs teamed up to co-run a workshop where participants learned how to build their own solar-powered devices, and learners were invited to think beyond solar energy as just a technical solution.\u00a0By using the LO-Def Film Factory method for speculative storytelling and character design, The workshop participants explored how energy, technology and <em>power<\/em> are experienced and shared in South Africa. They also imagined how these resources could be harnessed for more just collective futures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By combining imagination with practical skills, learners were able to connect creative thinking with real-world application, gaining both technical knowledge and new ways of understanding the world around them.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lalela-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1264\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lalela-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lalela-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lalela-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lalela-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/wp-content\/uploads\/Lalela.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lalela, the LO-Def Film Factory\u00a0and GaudiLabs teamed up to co-run a workshop where participants learned how to build their own solar-powered devices, and learners were invited to think beyond solar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1249"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1265,"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1249\/revisions\/1265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.gaudi.ch\/GaudiLabs\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}