Vote in the First Utopian World Championship 2001!
17/09/2001
The Utopian World Championship is a worldwide competition in utopian thinking that has been going on since the 18:th of january 2001. All the people of the world were then invited to take part in this unique competition. During this summer the competitors have been working on their proposals wich can be viewed today on our the web site
http://www.soc.nu/utopian/.
We now invite the public to help us to elect seven finalists. The voting process will be held online at the web site http://www.soc.nu/utopian/ and will continue until the 31:st of October. Among the contributions that will not be elected by the public, SOC.Stockholm vill choose three contributions that will qualify for the final.
All voters that submit an valid e-mail address will take part in the lottery of a masterpiece in utopian theory, the book "The principle of hope" by Ernst Bloch.
In december, a jury composed of six idea historicians, political analysts, philosophers and artists will choose a winner among the ten finalists who will recieve 1000 US Dollar and whose contribution will be presented to governments and other poweful institutions around the world.
Welcome to vote at http://www.soc.nu/utopist/ !
The Utopian World Championship 2001 is arranged by SOC. Stockholm, an artistic, socio-cultural, experimental forum run Jon Brunberg, Pernilla Carlsson Sjödin, Annika Drougge, Anna-Lena Lundmark, Johan Malmström, Tobias Sjödin and Karin Willen.
Contact SOC.Stockholm at:
E-mail: info@soc.nu
Tel: +46 8 640 89 07
Address:
SOC.Stockholm
Bondegatan 64
SE-116 41 Stockholm
Sweden
