Cabinet magazine and the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at the New School held a conference recently. Here are the details:

The Summit: A General Assembly with Representatives of Real and Possible Countries

June 23rd (Thursday), 5:30 pm, FREE

The New School, New York

Scholars, diplomats, and spokespersons from both internationally recognized and self-declared countries will gather to consider, propose, and debate what constitutes a country. The evening’s panel discussion, party, and citizenship drive coincide with Cabinet’s forthcoming “Fictional States” issue (summer 2005) and with the Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School’s year-long investigation of the concept of “Homeland”
Conference

5:30 to 7:30pm

The Theresa Lang Community and Student Center, 55 West 13th Street, second floor (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

Participants Include:
— Jonathan Bach, Associate Professor of International Affairs, The New School
— Eames Demetrios, artist and Geographer-at-Large, Kymaerica
— Gregory Green, artist and citizen, The New Free State of Caroline
— Ambassador Raymond Loretan, Consul General of Switzerland in New York
— George Pendle, cultural critic and author of “Strange Angel: The Otherworldly Life of Rocket Scientist John Whiteside Parsons”

Party, Film Screenings, and Citizenship Drive
7:30 to 9pm

The Vera List Courtyard, 66 West 12th Street (between 5th and 6th Avenues)

Participants include:
–Jonathan Cedar and Evan Skow, “E Mare Libertas” (screening)
–Ken Montgomery, Minister of Lamination, The Royal Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland
–Lary 7, Minister of Audiology, The Royal Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland
–Jaime Davidovich, “interview with Zush” (screening)
Of related interest is “We Could Have Invited Everyone,” an exhibition featuring dozens of micro-nations and self-declared countries. The exhibition, curated by Robert Blackson and Peter Coffin, will be on view from June 24 to July 29, 2005 at Andrew Kreps Gallery, 516 West 20th St, New York.

For further information about Cabinet, visit www.cabinetmagazine.org
For further information about the Vera List Center for Art and Politics, visit www.nsu/newschool.edu/vlc

The toolbox of The Minister of Lamination

The Minister of Audiology at work

The French Ambassador must be congratulated for his vigilance!

One day, in sunny Caen, Normandie, he happened to be strolling down the street, when he saw, to his AMAZEMENT, some clothes in a shop window bearing the KREV logo – the double-headed crown!!! The clothes were in the window of Projection – 7 rue Paul Doumer. Use of this logo was not authorised by the Kings!!! And interestingly, they bear the logo of international high street clothes designer von Dutch… who have denied all knowledge of this and claim the clothes are counterfeit.

The French Ambassador sensibly purchased one of the T-Shirts and kept the receipt…
We will keep you updated with news concerning this story…

In attendance at the UK Embassy on 31st May 2005 were:

KING MICHAEL 1st
KING LEIF 1st
THE KING OF SCOTLAND
THE MINISTER FOR DIRTY TRICKS & SMEAR CAMPAIGNS
THE MINISTER FOR MEDIA
THE MINISTER FOR WORDS
THE MINISTER FOR ASTRAL PROJECTION
THE MINISTER FOR SHAGGING
THE MINISTER FOR DISTRESSED BORDERS
THE MINISTER FOR CONTEMPLATION [incorporating The Scooter Protectorate]
CITIZEN ESTHER WILLIAMS
PRINCESS MARIA von HAUSSWOLFF
and
THE FILIPINA MAID

Apologia
THE MINISTER FOR NOSTALGIA
and
THE MINISTER FOR PIERCINGS & INCONSOLABILITY
express their condolences, but are in Washington DC.

photos by Maria von Hausswolff:

Warmest congratulations to the Minister for Dirty Tricks & Smear Campaigns who last night won a BAFTA for Best New Director. The award was for his direction of the Film “Dirty War” [HBO/BBC Films] which was co-written by The Filipina Maid.

DMZ_2005 is an invitation to international artists to renew a focus on the philosophical, political, social, economical and cultural ramifications of the Korean DMZ and other enforced divisions of territory and nations by addressing global and local issues of specific concern to the individual artists. It is envisaged that the works and research of these artists will explore concepts about territory, zoning of memory, division of national identities, the politics of information, control and access to information, territory, and memory.

The New United States of America have approached the UK Ambassador to ask for recognition of this new nation. More info to follow…

The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland National Anthem was performed at the IDEAL festival in The Atelier Grande in Nantes, France, April 08 – 09, with versions by John Duncan, Edvard Graham Lewis, Leif Elggren and Carl Michael Von Hausswolff. Also appearing at the festival were Charlemagne Palestine and Tony Conrad, NSK/Laibach, Einsturzende Neubauten, and The Balenescu Quartet.

Here is the French Ambassador, Thierry Weyd, at the festival:

On this day, the 10th of January 2005 we announce the formation of the New United Nations [N.U.N.], the 59th anniversary of the first meeting of the UN General Assembly in London.

On this day there was a meeting of the Kings and various Ministers to establish the New United Nations. A dinner was held at Two Brydges, London at 1930hrs to commemorate this event.

Attending this dinner were:

The King of Elgaland, Leif l
The King of Vargaland, Michael l
The King of Scotland
HM Ambassador KREV UK
The Minister of Shopping
The Minister of Piercings & Inconsolability
The Minister of Astral Projection
The Minister of Shagging
The Minister of Media
The Minister of Nothing
The Minister of Memory Lapse
The Minister of Distressed Borders
The Minister of Contemplation [incorporating the Scooter Protectorate]
and
The Filipina Maid

The KREV gift shop is proud to present you with the opportunity to purchase three sets of limited edition stamps designed by Leif Elggren and Gta Gustafsson for Elgaland-Vargaland. The three designs (“Royal”, “Royal Restlessness” and “The Triumph Of Death”) each come presented in a booklet.

Please visit the KREV gift shop to view the designs and purchase securely online.