Best of P05 (Ballot)
The Suomenlina gang (that is Robert, Cecilia, Eleonora, Karthik, etc.) were talking about our favorite moments at P05. So we made a ballot to find out what everyone’s favorites are. Send your vote+other nominations to info(at)disappearedinamerica.org
I will compile the votes in a non-scientific process (which may bear some similarities to the ‘04 US Presidential elections) and send back the results by weekend.
Best of Pixelache ‘05
Best Pixelache organizer:
Best Pixelache organizer whose last name is not Huuskonen
(Aura Seikkula, Antti Ahonen, Petri Lievonen, Jenni Valorinta, Pete Ruikka, Ville Hyvönen, Teijo Pellinen, Petri Kola, Ari Nykänen, Perttu Hämäläinen, Mikko Lindholm, etc.)
Best DJ
Best VJ session
Best projection
Best political discussion
Best installation
Best hands-on workshop
Strangest Helsinki street trend
(Palestinian kufiyahs as fashion statements, aged punk rockers, white tux wearing teens blocks away from Kiasma, Takatukka, etc)
Best art piece at Kiasma
(Heli Rekula’s bouncing wool, Peter Forgacs multi-screen video, Otto Zitko, etc.)
Best new technology
Best “old” new technology (cell phones, laptops, etc.)
Best analog technology (ummm..paper? pencil…?)
Most overused phrase/jargon
Best new phrase/jargon
Best use of Bluetooth technology (loca, etc)
Best open-source software
Best use of PD
Best evidence of non-European trends
Best use of analog technology
Best prediction for “what will the future look like?” (”we will all be older” is disqualified)
Best blog
Best accent
Best thing about being on Suomenlina island (the post office-cum-video store-cum-grocery store, walk from the ferry,museum, japanese tourists, free laundry, etc.)
Best thing about being in a hotel in city (not dealing with ferry, etc.)
Best thing about crashing on somebody’s couch in city
(Hotel-Hacking, etc.)
Best bar (M-bar, Hotel bars, Loud & Clear, Bundolo, Uniq,etc.)
Best performance venue ( Umo Jazz, Sibelius, etc.)
Best spontaneous hanging-out venue (hostel kitchen, etc)
Best late night food joint
Most widespread food (bread , cheese, and beer are really the only nominee
Best drink (absinthe, campari, etc.)
Best reminder that Helsinki is world’s 3d most expensive city
Best tech troubleshooter
Best URL (katastro.fi, etc.)
Best snack during Pixelache break (you can have 2 separate
Most likely accident waiting to happen when 10 laptops are side-by-side at Kiasma cafe
Best thing about Kiasma venue
Best thing about Nifca venue
Most often mispronounced name (Suomenlina, etc.)
Best info table giveaway/sale item (Used In india poster, tiny-shirts, Machinista DVD, DJ Spooky cd, etc.)
Best anti-corporate rant (Cecilia’s Nokia blog, etc…)
Best response to surveillance state
Best synergies between Europe and America
Best “Nokia guy”
Best supporter (Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Arts Council of Finland, AVEK, NIFCA, Goethe, Centre Culturel Français, British Council, Mondriaan Foundation, UCSD Visual Arts Department, CRCA, Experimental Game Lab (UCSD), etc.)
Thing you’ll miss most about P05 (wireless everywhere, etc.)
Thing you’ll miss the least about P05 (getting 2 hours of sleep a night, getting lost on island, etc.)
Best Jim Jarmusch moment
(drunk guys giving directions to ferry)
Pixelache organizer asked to setup most powerbooks (Ville Hyvonen, etc.)