ABOUT

SOLARIS

Film and multimedia production company founded by Jesper Wachtmeister. Solaris is based in Stockholm, Sweden.

JESPER WACHTMEISTER

Jesper Wachtmeister is a Swedish artist, filmmaker and producer based in Stockholm. He develops films, exhibitions and public artworks for cultural and commercial clients, alongside an independent practice in documentary film and installation.

His films include Kochuu, Microtopia, Test Site and Reset, with international broadcasts and presentations at museums and festivals. He received Architects Sweden’s Critics’ Award in 2017; Reset won Best Documentary Feature at the Viva Texas Film Festival in 2023.

His installations include Reflections at Karlsruhe Palace and Arctic Sky at Nordiska museet. The touring exhibition Shelter combines documentary film and virtual reality to explore life after displacement, and his research and development work includes V4Design and Apparat.

Educated at the California Institute of the Arts, Wachtmeister is the founder of Solaris.

Selected International Press

• ArchDaily — The Best Architecture Documentaries
• Sveriges Arkitekter — Filmare skapar årets bästa arkitekturkritik (2017). Critics’ Award announcement.
• Aeon — In the American West, a man named Hat sets out to leave no trace (2026)
• Aeon — Why Bennie tried to disappear, and what happened when he was found decades later (2025)
• Psyche — For Lucy, surviving on a remote island was hard, but returning was harder | Psyche Videos
• ArchDaily — Kisho Kurokawa’s Nakagin Capsule Tower in Visually Captivating Film ‘Kochuu’ (2022)
• ArchDaily — Superstudio- and Lebbeus Woods-Inspired Projections Light Up the Karlsruhe Palace (2015)
• Domus — Jesper Wachtmeister’s installation Reflections is a video projection inspired by Superstudio and Lebbeus Woods.
• VICE / The Creators Project — A Light Show on a Castle Commemorates a German City’s 300th Anniversary (2015)
• DER SPIEGEL — Kuenstler Jesper Wachtmeister werfen lichtspiel auf karlsruher schloss-fassade.
• ZKM | Center for Art and Media — Schlosslichtspiele: Reflections — Interview with Jesper Wachtmeister / Solaris Filmproduktion (2015). Video interview.

Selected National Press

• Arkitekten — ”Jag klipper bort komplicerade förklaringar” (2018). Henning Eklund. Archived clipping.
• Dagens Nyheter — ”Man frågar sig om det är värt att vara bankens livslånga gisslan för ett litet bo”. Niklas Wahllöf, on Microtopia. Archived clipping.
• Dagens Nyheter — Andningshål. Niklas Wahllöf, on Test Site. Archived clipping.
• Dagens Nyheter — Modernismens våghalsar (2007). Tomas Lisinski, on Great Expectations. Archived clipping.
• Svenska Dagbladet — Konstnär trollar med Stadsmuseet.
• Dagens Nyheter — Stadsmuseet täcks i 3D-gelé.
• Dagens Nyheter — Stadsmuseets planerade statyer trollas fram i helgens ljusshow.
• Skånska Dagbladet — Konsten ska lysa upp Odarslövs kyrka.
• Landets Fria — Zombiekyrkor eller levande kulturarv.
• SVT Nyheter — Nu spelas VR-film om hemliga flygbasen in (2021). Johan Hedlund.
• Sveriges Radio P4 Väst — Tre timmar om dagen åt appar. Archived radio report.
• Sveriges Radio P4 Skaraborg — Så använder vi våra mobilappar. Archived radio report.
• Kntnt Radio — Så använder vi smarttelefoner. Archived audio.
• SVT Nyheter — Lunds stift vill få kyrkorna att leva igen.
• Sveriges Radio — I Odarslöv har kyrkan blivit konst
• SVT Nyheter — Gävleborna får ta del av reningsprocessen.
• Sveriges Radio — SVERIGES RADIO – KULTURNYHETERNA ”VR-besök i flyktinglägers vardag”
• SVT Nyheter — SVT NYHETER – Nu kan du uppleva flyktingläger via VR på Tom Tits
• Omni — OMNI – Ny utställning på Tom Tits visar flyktingläger i VR
• Svenska Dagbladet — Shelter — syndicated report. Syndicated coverage.

Selected – Research & development

• Internetstiftelsen — APPARAT on The Swedish Internet Foundation. Apparat — research. Article / institutional or project link.
• V4Design — project website. V4Design — research and development. Article / institutional or project link.
• ec.europa.eu — Horizon2020. V4Design — research and development. Article / institutional or project link.
• ResearchGate — V4Design for Enhancing Architecture and Video Game Creation. V4Design — research and development. Research paper.
• Springer Nature — Using smartphone logging to gain insight about phone use in traffic | Cognition, Technology & Work | Springer Nature Link. Apparat — research. Web article / reference.
• ResearchGate — (PDF) Using smartphone logging to gain insight about phone use in traffic. Apparat — research. Web article / reference.

Selected Exhibitions, artworks & partner sources

• Stadsutvecklarna i Värtahamnen — Nytt ljuskonstverk lyser upp Stockholms Hamnkvarter. Commissioner / partner announcement.
• Stockholms Hamnkvarter — Ett konstverk som bidrar till än mer trygg och levande miljö på kvällstid.. Strömmar / Currents. Commissioner / partner / press release.
• Niam Real Estate — Niam Real Estate lights up Stockholm Harbour Blocks with new artwork by Jesper Wachtmeister. Strömmar / Currents. Commissioner / partner / press release.
• Södra Änggården — Konst. Turbulens / Turbulence. Commissioner / partner / press release.
• Effektljus — Effektljus about the project.. Riddarhuset / House of Nobility. Article / institutional or project link.
• Hufvudstaden — Arkitekturen i korsningen Kungsgatan/ Sveavägen i Stockholm kommer att förändras över en natt.. Arkad / Arcade. Commissioner / partner / press release.
• krigsflygfält16.se — Krigsflygfält 16. Spaningsflyg. Article / institutional or project link.
• Svenska kyrkan — Digital konst väcker kyrka till liv.. Uppåt / Upwards. Commissioner / partner / press release.
• Uppsala universitet — From living heritage to zombie churches. Press release.
• Plan B — Gästrike Vatten synliggör sin hållbara utbyggnad.. Visualization. Article / institutional or project link.
• Shelter / Arkitekter utan gränser — SHELTER – VIRTUELL FLYKT TILL VERKLIGHETEN. Shelter — exhibition, press and touring. Official exhibition website.
• Arkitekter utan gränser — Shelter. Shelter — exhibition, press and touring. Partner project page.