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The importance of personal encounters - issue 75
SEPTEMBER 2018 / FREE “Our personal encounters become all the more important to understand the ever more complicated and fast-moving society we live in. We all need help to talk to and understand each other.” So says Jakob Grandin, the founder of the Gather conference and festival. We agree wholeheartedly with that sentiment. And even if we don’t talk back, we can understand our world a whole lot more by just listening to other people. Especially at inspiring speaker events discussing the way forward in society, technology, economy and science. Apart from Gather, this September sees an onslaught of conferences, conventions and talks investigating our future. The Mercedes and South By Southwest collaboration Me Convention is kicking things off with 100 plus speakers during three days of fascinating talks where you get, quote, front row tickets to the future. There’s also September festivities on a lighter note as well, when the theatre and performance carnival that is the Stockholm Fringe Festival arrives yet again, with Christeene and Peaches as their main draws. September events aside, we met Zacharias Zachrisson, former Tussilago drummer who’s made his return to the spotlight, post-breakdown, under the name Vacation Forever. Find him inside, and on the cover. Peter Steen-Christensen Responsible under Swedish press law Pelle Tamleht 070-633 27 63 pelle.tamleht@ng.se Totally Stockholm is a monthly HKM publication and is distributed from 350 selected distribution points. 6 Roadmap Peaches, festivals and the future. 8 Vacation Forever Post-breakdown art-rock. 12 Me Convention Shaping the future. 14 Gather 18 Wine Shaping the future again. The Sound of Soil 20 Gastronaut The lovely Allegrine. 21 Bitesize The future of food 26 Highlights Who, what where, when? Art Direction and Design Abdul Hamid Ali 076-999 14 48 aa@hkm.se Advertising Jordache Naran 073-316 14 42 jordache.naran@ng.sew André Vial 070-421 19 68 andre.vial@ng.se Contributors Stine Landin Alexandra Lundbladh Austin Maloney Pär Strömberg Beatrice Trodden Pelle Tamleht Daniel Stigefelt Lykke Li Timotej Zachrisson Totally Stockholm Nöjesguiden Media AB Slussplan 11 111 30 Stockholm 75 Editor in chief Peter Steen-Christensen 0708-867101 peter.steen@hkm.se Editor and Social Media Austin Maloney 073-689 28 34 am@hkm.se Plus STOFF GATHER ME CONVENTION and THE FUTURE OF FOOD Cover photo: Daniel Stigefelt This page: Gather Festival, 2017 #totallystockholm #totallysthlm All things Stockholm for visitors and Stockholmers alike. Your culinary needs, cultural treats, dirty deeds and nightlife sleaze. Revealing interviews, highlights, news, reviews and the ultimate guide for things to do. totallystockholm.se 4