Full Description
State of Sabotage was founded as a sovereign state on the uninhabited Finnish island Harakka by the Austrian artist Robert Jelinek in August 2003. They have a flag, stamps, coins, and an anthem. But particularly the passport (designed by Austrian artist Heimo Zobernig) triggered a dynamism which catapulted the artists' state all of a sudden into the field of political reality. State of Sabotage was de facto recognized by Slovenia, Switzerland, Monaco, Andorra, San Marino, and Italy. "Offshore" is a tribute to the some 14,000 citizens. The book contains a cultural topography by Irina Ulrike Anderl as well as texts regarding the phenomenon state and art, and the art of state. The main part of the book shows the portraits of the citizens of SoS.
Contents
Mikronationen in Raum und Zeit, Form und Wandel (Irina Ulrike Andel) Der Staat als Keimzelle (Alfred Goubran) Staatskunst im Kunststaat (Didi Neidhart) In der Rambo Zarathustra Metastase. Pioniertrippeln mit Mikrowelten (Paul Poet) Kustennahe Volkserhebung (Robert Jelinek) Citizen Census ----- Micronations in Space and Time, Form and Flux (Irina Ulrike Andel) The State as a Gamete (Alfred Goubran) State Art in the Art State (Didi Neidhart) In the Metastasis of Rambo Zarathustra. Pioneer-Tripping with Microworlds (Paul Poet) Offshore Census (Robert Jelinek) Citizen Census
