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In 2011, artist Alex Hartley and an expedition team sailed to a new island in Svalbard in the Arctic.

In 2011, artist Alex Hartley and an expedition team sailed to a new island in Svalbard in the Arctic. They used part of the island to make a new island, sailed into International Waters in the Arctic and declared this new territory, Nowhereisland: a brand new nation.

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In 2011, artist Alex Hartley and an expedition team sailed to a new island in Svalbard in the Arctic.

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  1. In 2011, artist Alex Hartley and an expedition team sailed to a new island in Svalbard in the Arctic.

  2. They used part of the island to make a new island, sailed into International Waters in the Arctic and declared this new territory, Nowhereisland: a brand new nation.

  3. The team came up with a Declaration document after a lot of debate and discussion Nowhereisland is a new nation declared on behalf of its citizens. Nowhereisland’s territory originated from an island newly revealed by a retreating glacier in the High Arctic archipelago of Svalbard. Nowhereisland is established in response to the failure of nation states to adequately address interconnected global crises, such as environmental exploitation. The island’s territory crossed into international waters north of Svalbard on 20th September 2011. Nowhereisland seeks to redefine what a nation can be. Nowhereisland embodies the global potential of a new borderless nation, which offers citizenship to all; a space in which all are welcome and in which all have the right to be heard. Nowhereisland’s constitution is and will be cumulative and consensual, open to all citizens and subject to change during the nation’s lifetime. Nowhereisland is a displaced nation journeying south in search of its people. 80° 14N  10° 30E

  4. Here’s a map of their Svalbard journey

  5. Nowhereisland is now on its journey to south west England. It will make a journey along the coast from Weymouth to Bristol this summer.

  6. You can become a citizen of Nowhereisland.

  7. Arctic stories: The Snow Queen by Hand Christian Andersen

  8. Arctic stories: The Northern Lights by Phillip Pullman(filmed as The Golden Compass)

  9. Arctic stories: Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

  10. Island stories: Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Dafoe

  11. Allegory: The Wizard of Oz

  12. Allegory: The Hare and The Tortoise

  13. Allegory:V for Vendetta by Alan Moore

  14. Island stories: On My Island by Marie-Louise Gay

  15. Island stories: Islands Magazine

  16. Shifting landscapes: Quarries

  17. Land and art: Sculptural rocks, Beijing

  18. Land and art: Moon rock

  19. Land and art: Polar Sea/The Destroyed Hope,Caspar David Friedrich, 1824

  20. Land and art: The Wanderer Above the Sea of Fog, Caspar David Friedrich, 1818

  21. Land and art: Displaced/Replaced Mass, Michael Heizer, 1969

  22. Land and art: Surrounded Islands, Christo and Jean-Claude, 1980-83

  23. Land and art: Floating Island, Robert Smithson, 1970/2005

  24. Land and art: When Faith Moves Mountains, Francis Alys, 2002

  25. Land and art: Wheatfield – A Confrontation, Agnes Denes, 1982

  26. Land and art: A Line in the Himalayas, Richard Long, 1975

  27. Active citizenship: posters

  28. Active citizenship: placards

  29. Art, proposals and slogans: Mark Titchner

  30. Art, slogans and proposals: Bob and Roberta Smith

  31. Art, proposals and slogans: Jenny Holzer

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