Inauguration of Elgaland-Vargaland [KREV] Embassy in Oslo
In conjunction with the opening of Runo Lagomarsino’s exhibition “ThisThing Called the State”, The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland’s [KREV] new embassy will be inaugurated at Oslo Kunstforening.
KMW Michael I & KMW Leif I
The KREV Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden
Ambassadors: Marina Schiptjenko and Cilene Andréhn
Andrehn-Schiptjenko, Markvardsgatan 2, 113 53 Stockholm, Sweden
The KREV Embassy in Sälen, F.R. Dalarna (Sweden)
Ambassadors: Peter Johansson and Pernilla Dure
Storfjällsgraven, Sälen, F.R. Dalarna
The KREV Embassy in Reykjavik, Iceland
Ambassador: Andrew M. McKenzie
The KREV Embassy in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ambassador: Marjolein Kuijsten
NYX Global, Alexander Boerstraat 30, 1071 KZ Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The KREV Embassy in Copenhagen, Denmark
Ambassador: Kim Foss
The KREV Embassy in San Francisco, California, USA
Ambassador: Mark McCloud,
3466 20th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
The KREV Embassy in New York City, NY, USA
Ambassador: Mark Ohe
431 East 12th Street, 2C, New York, NY 10009, USA
The KREV Embassy in Thessaloniki, Greece
Ambassadors: Thanasis Chondros and Alexandra Katsiani
Alli Poli, Konst. Melenikov 34, Tessaloniki 546 35, Greece
The KREV Embassy in London [HMKREVUK]
Ambassador: Michael Harding
13 Osward Road, London SW17 7SS
The KREV Nomad Embassy
Ambassador: Stephen Travis Pope,
5100 Camino Floral, Santa Barbara, CA, 93111, USA
The KREV Embassy in Basel, Switzerland
Ambassador: Udo Breger
The KREV Embassy in Oslo, Norway
Ambassador: Casper Evensen
Lysverket, Maridalsveien 87, 0461 Oslo, Norway
The KREV Embassy in Oslo, Norway
Ambassador: Marianne Hultman
Oslo Kunstforening, Radhusgaten 19, 0158 Oslo, Norway
The KREV Embassy in Berlin, Germany
Ambassador: Bernd Scherer
Haus der Kulturen der Welt, John-Foster-Dulles Allée 10, 10557 Berlin-Tiergarten, Germany
The KREV Embassy for the Mandan Tribe
Ambassador: Rising Buffalo/Zig Jackson
610 Irving Street, no.50, San Francisco, CA 94122, USA
The KREV Embassy in Osaka, Japan
Ambassador: Koji Marutani
The KREV Embassy in Kaliningrad, Russia
Ambassador: Vladimir Igoshin
The KREV Embassy in Vienna, Austria
Ambassador: Rehberg and Bauer
The KREV Embassy in Johannesburg, South Africa
Ambassador: Bongi Dhlomo
The KREV Embassy in Porto, Portugal
Ambassador Heitor Alvelos
Rua de Santos Pousada 738 – 4 dir., 4000 Porto, Portugal
KREV Ambassade à Caen, France
Ambassadeur Thierry Weyd
The KREV Embassy in Sofia, Bulgaria
Ambassador: Pepa Ivanova
The KREV Ministry in Morocco: Mohammed Benhaddou
Dhar Lamhalla No. 961, 60000 Oujda
The KREV Consulate in Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Consul: Edgar Jäger
The KREV Consulate in Smedsby, Östra Ämtervik, Sweden
Consul: Per Svensson
The KREV Consulate in Hamburg, Germany
Consul: Uli Rehberg
The KREV Consulate at Fort Barry
The Headlands Consuls:
Holly Blake and Kathryn Reasoner
Headlands Center for the Arts
944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965, USA
The KREV General Consulate in New York City, NY, USA
General Consul: Thomas Nordanstad
The KREV Consulate in Gothenburg, Sweden
Consul: Margaretha Orreblad
Mors Mössa, Husargatan 11, S 411 22 Göteborg, Sweden
The KREV Consulate in Skellefteo, Sweden
Consul: Tage Martin Hörling
The KREV Consulate in New Jersey, USA
Consul: Brian Gruben
Box 533 Roseland, NJ 07068-0533, USA
KREV Consulate in Los Angeles, USA
Robert Berman Gallery
Consul: Robert Berman
2525 Michigan Ave C2, Santa Monica, CA 90404, United States
The KREV Special Envoy for the South Sea Islands
Special Envoy: Kate Croft
KREV Consulate in Cyprus
Consuls: Özgül Ezgin and Argyro Toumazou
The KREV Ministry of Airwaves
Minister: Fabio Roberti
The KREV Ministry of Persuasion
Minister: Marietta von Baumgarten
The KREV Ministry of Scrap
Minister: Scott Konzelmann
The KREV Ministry of Good Will
Minister: John Peter Nilsson
The KREV Ministry of Bloody Marys
Minister: Håkan Nilsson
The KREV Ministry of Revelations
Minister: Kent Tankred
The KREV Ministry of Audiology
Minister: Lary 7
The KREV Ministry of Cartography
Minister: Nina Katchadourian
The KREV Ministry of Ambiguity and Indecision-Making
Minister: Sina Najafi
The KREV Ministry of Visual Resources and Photographic Documentation
Minister: Robert R Marsters
The KREV Ministry of Fruits
Minister: Charles Powne
The KREV Ministry of Pleasure
Minister: Carina Westling
The KREV Ministry of Toxins
Minister: Freddie Wadling
Lavettgatan 9, S 421 76 Västra Frolunda, Sweden
The KREV Ministry of Digital Food
Minister: Ulf Bilting
Lings Vag 16, 754 27 Uppsala, Sweden
The KREV Ecumenical Minister
Minister: Carl Abrahamsson
The KREV Ministry of Mizzinforrmation and Mizzpellhing
Minister: Bram Angstrom
PO Box 16930, 1001 RK Amsterdam, The Netherlands
The KREV Ministry of Vibrations
Minister: Cecilia E. Parsberg
Smedjeg. 5, 411 13 Goteborg, Sweden
The KREV Ministry of Secrets
Minister: hE who Verily shAll not be nameD
Location: Somewhere near San Francisco, California, USA
Address: (that’s a secret, of course)
The KREV Ministry of Science and Technology
Minister: Michael Sattler
San Francisco, California, USA
The KREV Ministry of Lamination
Minister: egnekn@MinstryofLamination.com
The KREV Ministry of Agriculture
Minister: Katrin von Rettig
The KREV Ministry of Ministers
Minister: Andreas Gedin
The KREV Ministry of Lost Illusions
Minister: Teresa Wennberg
The KREV Ministry of Astral Projection
Minister: Marcus Davidson
The KREV Ministry of Misplaced Persons
Minister: Kristina Rigert
The KREV Ministry of Sorts
Minister: Fetish 23
The KREV Ministry of Photography
Minister: Annika von Hausswolff
The KREV Ministry of The Heavenly Phenomena (Over The Physical Territory)
Minister: Lauri Dammert
Ministerium fur Hochverrat, Hochstapelei und Heiratsschwindel
Ministerin: Sirkka Moller
The KREV Ministry of Interaction and Intelligent Volumes in Space (I+IVIS)
Minister: LUXA Lieblich
The KREV Ministry for Missing Persons
The Minister has gone missing, having closed the Ministry
The KREV Ministry of Finance and Numismatics
Minister: Henning Radtke
Brückenstrasse 2, 29549 Bad Bevensen, Germany
The KREV Ministry of Alchemy and Art
Minister: Per Svensson
The KREV Ministry of Trashraq
Minister: Ingrid Engarås
The KREV Ministry of Distressed Borders
Minister: Paul Williams
The KREV Ministry of Shopping
Minister: Eileen Quinn
The KREV Ministry of Detours
Ministers: till kniola & christian blaha
The KREV Ministry of Post [KREVPOST]
Postmaster General: Michael Harding
Master of the Posts: Charles R N Weston
The KREV Ministry of Lost and found
Minister Bob Marsters
The KREV Ministry for Words (all words ever
uttered, written or stated in any form in the past, now or in the future) and Magic
Minister: Manda Rose Levin
The KREV Ministry of Monetary Doubt
Minister Simon Goldin
The KREV Ministry of Heresy
Minister Jack Tourette
The KREV Ministry of Viniculture and Beauty
Minister: Dusty Limits
The KREV Ministry for Reinstatement of Obsolete Technology
Ministers: Sophie Laurimore and William Hamlyn
The KREV Ministry of Nostalgia
Minister: Bob Jezzard
The KREV Ministry for Inconsolability and Piercings
Minister: Leo Tiernan
The KREV Ministry of Dirty Tricks and Smear Campaigns
Minister: Dan Percival
The KREV Ministry of Appearing and Disappearing Lands
Minister: Jacob Kirkegaard
The KREV Ministry of Reinventions
Minister: Johannes Bergmark
The KREV Ministry of Frequencies
Minister: Jana Winderen
The KREV Ministry of the Past
Minister: Michael Harding
The KREV Ministry of Nothing
Minister: Philip Marshall
The KREV Ministry for Synchronicity (It’s a meaningful coincidence that you’re reading this right now)
Minister: Tantrabella (who just by chance happens to be known as a Christine
The KREV Ministry of Names
Minister: Michael Harding
The KREV Ministry of Shagging
Minister: Clare Smith
The KREV Ministry of Contemplation and Reforestation
[incorporating the Scooter Protectorate]
Minister: Alexander Hope
The KREV Media Minister
Minister: Kate Carter
The KREV Minister of Memory Lapse
Minister: Parker
The KREV Minister of Beginnings
Minister: Jean-Philippe Antoine
The KREV Minister of Holes
Minister: Finnbogi Pétursson
The KREV Minister of Pornography
Minister: Russell Haswell
The KREV Minister of Babies
Minister: Ektor Kariofilis
The KREV Minister of Pedantry
Committee Members:
The Minister of Nothing
The Minister of Names
The Minister of Words
The Minister of Nostalgia
The Minister of Media
The Minister of Dirty Tricks & Smear Campaigns
The KREV Minister of Change
Minister: John Duncan
The KREV Ministry of Wolves-Hours
Minister: Herman Lohe
c/o The Artstudio, Jarnvagsgatan 10, 891 35 Örnsköldsvik, Sweden
The KREV Minister of Books
Minister: Peter Boden
The KREV Minister of Exploration
Minister: Charles R N Weston
The KREV Ministry of Fifteen More Minutes
Minister: Alisa Wolfson
The KREV Ministry of Etherology
Minister: Dorit Chrysler
The KREV Ministry of Unidentified Underwater Objects
Minister: Jana Winderen
The KREV Ministry of Relativity (or not…)
Joint Ministers: Mike Harding & Philip Marshall (that depends…)
The KREV Ministry of Waste
Minister: Yan Jun
The KREV Ministry of Not Knowing What To Be a Ministry Of
Minister: Marc Behrens
The KREV Ministry of Bankrupt Shopping Malls
Minister: Anselmo Canha
The KREV Ministry of Inverse Speech
Minister: Maria Manuela Alvelos
The KREV Ministry of Thresholds
Joint Ministers: Daniela Cascella and Lucia Farinati
The KREV Ministry of Caps
Minister: David Lawrence Knapik
The KREV Ministry of Mess
Minister: Anla Courtis
The KREV Ministry of Gullibility
Minister: Anouska Jipps
The Minister of Spoons
Minister: Philip Marshall
The KREV Minister of the Collecting of Collections
Minister: Sven Schlijper
The KREV Ministry of What?
Minister: Daniel Lowenbruck
c/o Rumpsti Pumsti (Musik)
The KREV Minister of Inbetween Languages
Minister: Agnes Villette
The KREV Minister of Tumescence
Minister: Gerard Forde
The KREV Ministry for Pants, Socks & Bullshit
Minister: Yordan Dimitrov Radichkov
The KREV Ministry of Cats and Dogs
Minister: Dave Knapik
The KREV Ministry of s’goD
Minister: Stig
King Martin I
King of Bulgaria
Ana I
King of Hollywood
Jake I
King Thomas I
The Queen of Everything
Cecilia Heisser
The Polish Queen
Agnieszka Lewalski
Pontifex Maximus
Michael Harding [2002-]
King of Scotland
Idi Dada Amin [d. 2003]
Kate Croft [2003-]
King of Italy
Daniel Menche
The KREV Scottish Minister
Steven Duffy
KREVAIR: The Grand Master General of Air Traffic Control: Leo Tiernan, Pilot Lary 7
The KREV Secret Police (KREV Sakerhets Polisens Kor, or ‘SPK’)
The KREV Cultural Attaché of The Republic of Northern Gotland
Vsigda Gatov & Fabian Larsovitch
The KREV National Football Coach
Nick Hurwitz
The Mistress of Ceremonies
Manuela Benetton
The Master of Ignoramus
The Minister of Nothing
The Queen of Poo
Vicki Bennett
The Inauguration of the ROYAL PRIVY of The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland took place on September 22, 2012, at Opptuna, Sweden in the presence of KMW Michael I and KMW Leif I.
For the occasion the Royal Cook, the Royal Cup Bearer, the Marshal of the Realms, the Minister for Persuasion and other dignitaries were present.
Hosted by David Weinstein
Originally aired on Monday, July 23rd, 2012
A 2012 conversation and listening session with the two Swedish artists, Leif Elggren and C.M. von Hausswolff who created the enduring geo-political conceptual work known as The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland whose territories consist of all trans-border, interstitial spaces: geographical, mental and digital (including the space between life and death). David Weinstein and guest host Egnekn Montgomery, one of the ministers of the kingdoms, get a rare and complete explanation of the project.
The two Swedes have worked extensively with sound and many examples are contained in this program. Individually and together they also employ a number of unusual or non-traditional media and methods such as group collaboration, electronic voice phenomena (EVP), dream drawings, and cross-century partnerships such as with the long dead iconoclast Emanuel Swedenborg.
The program also includes an alternate recording of their national anthem made by Berlin artist Alva Noto.
The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland hereby announce the annexation of the borders between Sudan and South Sudan, and Mali and Azawad
The Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland hereby announce the annexation of “No Fixed Abode” and “Address Not Known”.
Lamination Ritual at AVA / The Dependent Art Fair
Comfort Inn, Room #602 (Queen Size Bed)
136 Ludlow St., NYC
Saturday, March 10th
Room open 12-8pm Free
Exotic Room Service Lamination Ritual at 6pm sharp
Compliments of Egnekn, Minister of Lamination and Andrea, The Enchantress of Bioluminosity
plus Lary 7, The Minister of Audiology will drop in to “tune-up” the laminator!
Be our guest, bring something to laminate, listen to The Sound of Lamination. We want to make sure your stay is comfortable. Something is Happening!
Enjoy Your Stay!
Oyez! Oyez! Let it be known that here in Chicago, IL, USA on the 7th day of the 3rd month of 2012, the Ministry of Dead Communications was founded by Michael Esposito in the presence of Dave Knapik (the Minister of Caps, see below), Rin Burch, half a brisket sandwich and two portions of pomme frites.
The new website for The Ministry of Caps is now online.
The Minister, Dave Knapik, requests that you “please don appropriate headwear” before entering and adds, “All flat caps must face forward. Those choosing to turn them backwards will be denied biscuits.”
As performed at the official inauguration of the embassy of the Kingdoms of Elgaland-Vargaland for Moscow – 10 Nizhnaya Syromyatnicheskaya, 105120 Moscow, September 22, 2011. Performed by Vlad Badin and Danil Dasyatov.