[Nettime-bold] Grand finale in The Utopian World Championship 2001

[SOC <info {AT} soc.nu>]

Welcome to the grand finale in the 1:st Utopian World Championship 2001!


On the 19:th of january we will announce the winner of the championship at 
the Utopian World Championship Gala at Galleri Enkehuset at Norrtullsgatan 
45 in Stockholm, Sweden. The gala starts at 8 pm and the prize ceremony 
takes place from 9 to 9.30 pm. The winner will be awarded 1000 USD and the 
his/hers proposal will be distributed to heads of state and other powerful 
institutions all over the world. Special guest is the Swedish philosopher 
and critc Sven-Olov Wallenstein, who will speak about the notion of utopia. 
The Utopian Party continues troughout the night with Fredrik Söderberg in 
the DJ booth.

The Utopian World Championship 2001 is an open global competition in 
utopian thinking that started in Sweden in march 2001. The website 
http://www.soc.nu/utopian/ has been the place where to enter the 
championships, where the competitors submitted their proposals and the 
public could elect ten finalists. In december a jury composed of four 
persons and one representative from SOC.Stockholm begun the work to chose 
one winning proposal from the ten finalists. The members of the jury are 
Rebecka Lettevall (PhD History of Ideas, Teacher at Södertörns college), 
Edward Soja (Professor, Urban Planning Department at UCLA, U.S.A.), Sverker 
Sörlin (Professor, Environmental Sciences and Ideas at Umeå University), Bo 
Södersten (Professor, Economics at Jönköping International Business
School.).

The ten finalists are: Armando Ernesto Alferez (Australia), Barry Kort 
(U.S.A), Neil Coulter (Australia), Janet Sealy (Australia), John O. Sutter 
(U.S.A), Mark Roeder (Australia), Noel Edward Mundy (Australia), T.R.O.Y 
(Sweden), Theo Engelaer, (Australia) och William Gillespie (U.S.A).

The winner will be presented at http://www.soc.nu/utopian/ after the 
announcement on the 19:th. On the website you can currently read about the 
finalists and the jury, take part of the competing proposals and discuss 
utopian related events. If you want to contact us please e-mail info {AT} soc.nu 
or call Annika Drougge +46 (0)8 718 28 75, Jon Brunberg +49 (0)30 29 77 11 
79 or Tobias Sjödin på +46 (0)8 641 13 17.


Yours sincerely
Jon Brunberg, SOC.Stockholm


The Utopian WC 2001 Gala is arranged by SOC.Stockholm and Galleri Enkehuset.

SOC.Stockholm, Bondegatan 64, 116 34 Stockholm, Sweden
www.soc.nu/utopian, info {AT} soc.nu, + 46 (0) 8 640 98 07
SOC is suppported by The Foundation for Future Culture / Swedish Art Grants 
Committée.

Galleri Enkehuset, Norrtullsgatan 45, 113 45 Stockholm, Sweden
Tel: + 46 (0) 8 34 36 56 fax + 46 (0) 8 34 33 41
info {AT} enkehuset.nu, www.enkehuset.nuGalleri
Enkehuset is suppported by Statens Kulturråd / Sthlms stad / Sthlms Läns 
Landsting / Swedish Institute 

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