THE OTHER BRIONI
September 28, beginning 14:00

Utopian thinking is a practical matter — a tool to change the present, to see the future here and now

Welcome to THE OTHER BRIONI, a one-day festival on Tito´s former summer island/archipelago located in the Istrian Sea, in Croatia. THE OTHER BRIONI is a perfect late summer excursion and a unique opportunity to interact with the participants of the Summit of Practical Utopias.

On Saturday, September 28, we invite you to an alternative tour of Brioni. Existing sites and sights will be re-interpreted by the participants of the Summit of Practical Utopias. Among others, an audible intervention at the Tito Museum, a reanimated zoo, and a summit of parrots will make this tour different from the usual fare for tourists. For children a special 2.5 hour game has been designed, so that parents will be free to roam the island. After the tour, we’ll invite you to a picnic where performers, visitors, organizers and summit attendees can continue their conversations started during the tour.

The evening program will begin at the open air cinema – once frequented by celebrities, now slightly defunct – where Paul Poet will present his movie “Empire Me” – a personal journey through European Utopian communities. Finally, it’ll be time for Tito Disco, with music that would have made the old General shake his booty. Join us!

THE OTHER BRIONI is the Open Day of the Summit of Practical Utopias collaboratively organized by YKON, DRUGO MORE and ELECTRA within the framework of the MINE YOURS OURS FESTIVAL.

PROGRAM
14:00
WELCOME TO THE OTHER BRIONI
Receive your guide and take off to explore

14:00-17:00
THE TOUR
Stroll around the island at your own pace, visit stations of utopian delights and futures in the making. Among the stations are: an alternate audio guide to the Tito museum, A high tea party station, open studio work stations, the zoo will be somehow reanimated and you can change your personality on the road side.

For the children we will host a 2.5 hours YKON GAME facilitated by YKON.

17:00
THE PICNIC
This is where we all come together, where performers, organizers, guests and summit attendees mingle and indulge

20:00
THE SHORT MARCH
There is nothing like arriving together. Joined by live music we walk and digest and get ready for what is next

20:15-22:15
THE CINEMA
Next. A communal, audio-visual desert at Tito’s former Open Air Cinema, premiering (Croatia) Paul Poet’s Empire Me (running time 99min)

22:30
THE SHORT MARCH BACK
For the ones who must part with the last ferry we will guide you to the harbor.

23:00
TITO DISCO
A moving after program with maybe fog

THE OTHER BRIONI is with Noora Aaltonen & Maiju Suomi (ukumbi.org), Fouad Asfour, Tina Auer & Tim Boykett (Time’s Up), Đorđe Balmazović & Dragan Protić (Škart), Jon Brunberg (Utopian World Championship), Cecilia Carlsson (Non-Violent Communication), Teo Celakoski, Nik Gaffney & Maja Kuzmanovic (Fo.am), Gilles Fontolliet (Palestinian Space Agency), Eva de Groote, Lauren Higgins (MetaCurrency, The Hub), Deborah Hustić (Radiona), Juha Huuskonen (Open Knowledge Foundation, Pixelache), Raed Ibrahim, Sonal Jain & Mriganka Madhukaillya (Desire Machine Collective), Laurence McKeown, Dejan Kršić, Ivica Mitrović, Ivan Novak (NSK), Pepe Nummi (Grape People), Dinko & Miranda Veljačić (Platforma), Gordana Ristic, Christopher Robbins (Ghana Think Tank), Mabel Tapia, Richard Thomas (ex-Resonance FM), Emina Višnić, Stephen Wright and Georg Zoche (Transnational Republic).