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PLAN*B PRESENTATIONS AND DISCUSSIONS
Participation to all PLAN*B events is free of charge, no advance
reservation necessary. All presentations and discussions will be
held in English, except the last discussion on Sunday 6 Feb (Public
Opinion) which will be held in Finnish. The discussions are moderated
by Juha Huuskonen & Aura Seikkula (Plan*B).
Updated 29 Jan 2005
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Alexander Rose / Long Now
Foundation
Kiasma seminar room : Thursday 27 Jan, 5-7 pm
Language: English
The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to
today's
"faster/cheaper" mind set and promote "slower/better"
thinking. The foundation was established by a group of people who
have been influential in helping us understand the social and cultural
effects of technological development. These people include Stewart
Brand and Peter Schwartz (founders of the Global Business
Network), Brian Eno ('the father of ambient music') and Kevin
Kelly (founder of WIRED magazine). Alexander Rose, the
executive director of The Long Now Foundation, will give a presentation
about the foundation and its activities.
More information >> The
Long Now Foundation
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Micronations
Kiasma Theatre : Wednesday 2 Feb, 5-7 pm
Language: English
Micronations are nations which have been established by individual
people or small (artist) groups. These 'self-made' nations are introduced
by Oliver Kochta and Tellervo Kalleinen, who were
the curators of Amorph!03 Festival. The Amorph!03 performance art
biennale hosted the first »Summit of Micronations«,
where the kings, presidents and representatives of "self made"
countries met each other for the first time. A documentary film
from the Amorph!03 festival will be presented as a part of the presentation.
More information >> Amorph!03
/ Micronations
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Our right to vote - a limited
form of democracy?
Kiasma Theatre: Friday 4 Feb, 4-7 pm
Language: English
The themes of this discussion are Referendums and direct democracy.
Should we possess more power as members of a nation by having a
right to vote multilaterally and more often? Or would this conclude
to direct populism? Per Norbäck introduces the Demoex-party,
a direct democracy experiment. Paavo Arhinmäki (Vasemmistonuoret)
and Jiri Räsänen (Leader of The Free World-project)
will also participate in the discussion.
Per Norbäck is a 35-year-old teacher who has put direct
democracy through the internet in practice in his home town Vallentuna,
located north of Stockholm. After an intensive discussion about
democracy he and his students decided to start a non-partisan political
party that would make all their decisions with the help of a specially
developed e-democracy solution for the internet. They called this
party Demoex that stands for "Democracy Experiment". The
Demoex internet system is open for all the inhabitants in the city
of Vallentuna to join. Demoex took one seat in the local community
council of Vallentuna in the elections of 2002.
More information >> Demoex
/ Utopian World Championship
More information >> www.leaderofthefreeworld.com
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Utopias of democracy /
Brand New Worlds
Kiasma Theatre : Saturday 5 Feb, 1-3 pm
Language: English
Jon Brunberg introduces Utopian World Championship, a worldwide
competition in utopian thinking. The competition was started in
2001 and the first winner was T.R.O.Y. with an essay New
World Disorder - a global network of direct democracy and community
currency. The competition is currently running its second championship
round and one of the entries this time is from the Demoex-party.
Other participants of the utopian discussion are Oliver Kochta
and Tellervo Kalleinen (Amorph!03 / Micronations), member
of the Finnish Parliament Irina Krohn and Kaisa Eskola
(Attac).
More information >> Demoex
/ Utopian World Championship
More information >> Amorph!03
/ Micronations
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Julkinen Mielipide / Public
opinion
Kiasma seminar room - Sunday 6 Feb, 1-3 pm
Language: *Finnish* !!
The last PLAN*B discussion will focus on the results of the PLAN*B
Referendums and Public Opinion. The participants of the discussion
are Plan*B projects 2000.katastro.fi, Homokaasu.org
ja Kaulbach Society.
More information >> 2000.katastro.fi
More information >> Homokaasu.org
More information >> Kaulbach
Society
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