Nantes based artists Jenny Pickett and Julien Ottavi created Solar Return in 2009.

Julien Ottavi is a media activist, artist-researcher, composer / musician, poet and tongue destroyer, experimental filmmaker and anarchitect, founder and member of APO33. He is involved in research and creative work, combining sound art, real-time video and body performances. He completed his PhD on new artistic practices using networks in 2018 at the University of Lorraine and is an active developer of audio/visual programs with Pure Data and has also developed for many years DIY electronics in the perspective of knowledge sharing on technological development.
noiser.org

Jenny Picket is a member of the artists’ collective APO33 (art and technology research lab) in France, where she works on projects ranging from interactive installations to experimental music and performance. Pickett is a PhD candidate at Cyprus University of Technology where she is attached to the Media Arts and Design Research Lab (MADlab). Her research interests include critical approaches to music and technology, interactivity, hybrid and participatory practices in art.
jennypickett.art

Participation in IMA projects
DigiDic - The Exhibition