Offshore Census: The Citizens Of The State Of Sabotage (english And German Edition)

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. 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 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 State of Sabotage Front Matter....Pages 1-8 Micronations in Space and Time, Form and Flux....Pages 9-23 The State as a Gamete....Pages 25-28 State Art in the Art State....Pages 29-34 In the Metastasis of Rambo Zarathustra....Pages 35-50 Offshore Census....Pages 51-65 Back Matter....Pages 66-396 This book is a tribute to the artists' State of Sabotage, founded off Finland by the Austrian artist Robert Jelinek in 2003. The book includes a cultural topography by Irina Ulrike Anderl and writings on the phenomenon state and art, and the art of state.