YKON was founded as an artistic initiative and platform for exploring utopian fantasies and the political imaginary in relation to concrete sociopolitical structures and concerns. Emerging from and working in the field of contemporary art, YKON merges the languages and approaches of a number of disciplines, such as game design, scenario development, experimental education, dynamic facilitation, social architecture and alternative economies. YKON emerged from the organizing team of the First Summit of Micronations in 2003 in Helsinki. Ten years later, in September 2013, YKON organised the Summit of Practical Utopias on Brioni island, Croatia.