OFFSHORE CENSUS

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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.
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.

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Robert Jelinek

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Ausstellungsbuch Kunstprojekt Künstlerbuch Micronation State of Sabotage

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“[…] Das eben im Springer Verlag erschienene Buch “Offshore Census” fast diese Geschehnisse zusammen, bietet Einblick in Projekte des State of Sabotage und gibt den inzwischen rund 14.000 Bürgern im großzügigen Abbildungsteil ein Gesicht.” The Gap, Nr. 1
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