Elgaland-Vargaland at The Venice Biennale | May 2017
the pavilion was an older site for a canoe club by the railway station : some of the boat people came and asked what was going on and then ok:d it : then an armed guard came and asked what was going on and ok:d it after telling us that filming is not possible : then four armed police officers came and told us to leave the area since it belongs to the railway : we re-located to the small park just outside the pavilion where we laid out the All Gates Are Open sheet : then the armed police officers came again and said that we could not have our flag on the gate to the pavilion and then the police confiscated the red and black Elgaland-Vargaland banner : the second day we re-located to the former house where wine barrels were made in the past (Corte Botera) and proceeded to taste the Elgaland-Vargaland wine (a wonderful Nebbiolo) brought by the KREV Minister for Wine an Pleasure Mr Allessandro Avataneo : then we had the National Dish in the area.
credit goes to:
Yelena Mitrjushkina, Maria von Hausswolff, Leif Elggren, Carl Michael von Hausswolff, Adrian Notz, Marietta von Hausswolff von Baumgarten, Dorit Chrysler, Alessandro Avataneo and Mats Bigert.
KREV 25 | 13th May 2016
NATIONAL ANTHEM POWWOW live at CABARET VOLTAIRE by:
EDVARD GRAHAM LEWIS • DORIT CHRYSLER • CARSTEN NICOLAI • MICHAEL ESPOSITO KEN MONTGOMERY • LUNA MONTGOMERY • SCOTT KONZELMANN • DAVE PHILLIPS • TARA BHATTACHARYA • MARJA-LEENA SILLANPÄÄ • THIERRY CHAROLLAIS • KLARA LEWIS ACHIM MOHNE • JOHN DUNCAN • FRANCISCO MEIRINO • RICK REED • LARY SEVEN
• hosted by ADRIAN NOTZ • LEIF ELGGREN • CM VON HAUSSWOLFF
• Book launch: Elgaland-Vargaland 25 years – published by Cabaret Voltaire and Art & Theory.
• dublab radio special hosted by Mike Harding in Los Angeles
14th May 2016
Annexation of Switzerland as a Border by the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland. Speeches by MKW Michael I, MKW Leif I and KREV Ambassador for Zürich Adrian Notz. Concert and dance by CM von Hausswolff and Leif Elggren.
place: Main Railway Station, Zürich.
Report from Achim Mohné
15th May 2016
Creation of the KREV Manifesto 2016 by all artists at CABARET VOLTAIRE!! “The Open Word / The Open Mouth / The Open Speech”
Spiegelgasse 1, 8001 Zürich
KREV 25 Book
300 pages edited by CM von Hausswolff and Leif Elggren.
2000 copies printed. Available from TouchShop.
Published by Cabaret Voltaire (Zürich) and Art & Theory (Stockholm)
Available in international art book around the world stores and here:
www.artandtheory.org/about-contact.html
DIE KÖNIGREICHE VON ELGALAND-VARGALAND – ANNEXION DER SCHWEIZ ALS GRENZE
Die Könige Michael I und Leif I von Elgaland-Vargaland (KREV) und das Cabaret Voltaire annektieren die Schweiz als Grenze. Die offizielle Annexion wird von Reden von Königen, Ministern und Botschaftern sowie dem Spiel der Nationalhymne der KREV umrahmt.
KREV Constitution & Presentation [French]
Here you can read the Constitution of The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland and Håkan Nilsson’s Presentation in french. Translated by Thierry Charollais, to who grateful thanks are due…
KREV in Cyprus
Turkish Cypriot and Greek Cypriot leaders with the Elgaland-Vargaland flag (and map of KREV territory) at the green line – Ledra Palace crossing, Cyprus.