PLAN*B - AN ALTERNATIVE PARLIAMENT HOUSE

PLAN*B FOR ARKADIANMÄKI is an alternative Parliament House. It will have its home opposite to the Finnish Parliament House, in Kiasma Museum of Contemporary Art. The name of the project refers to the location of the Finnish Parliament House - Arkadianmäki ('Arcadia hill') is the Finnish Capitol Hill.

PLAN*B FOR ARKADIANMÄKI presents alternative views on how we can share our opinions and influence the world around us. The project consists of a series of Referendums on the Internet and public events at PLAN*B headquarters.

The PLAN*B voting period is 24 Jan-6 Feb 2005. The results of the Referendums will be submitted to the Finnish Parliament.

PLAN*B PROJECT GALLERY

The PLAN*B Project Gallery presents projects created by artists and activists. Each project has chosen a question for a PLAN*B Referendum.

Utopian World Championship is a worldwide competition in visionary thinking. For PLAN*B FOR ARKADIANMÄKI, they have decided to present one of the competition entries from this year; an experiment in direct democracy called Demoex, which has become a part of the local decision-making process in the Vallentuna municipality of Sweden.

The Long Now Foundation hopes to provide a counterpoint to today's "faster/cheaper" mindset and promote "slower/better" thinking. The foundation has initiated a series of ambitious real world projects to creatively foster responsibility in the framework of the next 10,000 years.

Amorph!03 Festival gathered together the official representatives of the Micronations for the very first time. Micronations are 'do-it-yourself nations', nations which have been established by individual people or artist groups.

2000.katastro.fi project collected the thoughts of the Finnish people during the last weeks of the previous millennium. The Yes Men and Kaulbach Society use creative means to criticize national and global power structures. Homokaasu.org is a mystifyingly popular website, which features projects requiring collective participation, such as the Kill Everyone Project.

EXPLORE AND PARTICIPATE!

Please check out the Guidelines for the Citizens to find out how you can participate in PLAN*B FOR ARKADIANMÄKI!