"The Diplomatic Mission of State of Noland in Russian Federation", installation (24 aluminium prints and 2 printed flags), 2018

unique; exhibited at Agency of Singular Investigations in CCI Fabrika, Moscow (RU), in May 2018.

The large rhizomatic map, consisting of 24 panels, is aesthetically resembling the illustration of Thomas More's Utopia. The largest panels (quadrat in shape) feature the eight fundamental elements of the nation state, named in Latin: "institutio" (institutionalised governance), "symbolum" (symbolic materialisation of the state, such as flag, anthem, coat of arms, etc), "cultura" (the designation of the national culture), "educatio" (national education system), "disciplina" (civil order), "tributa" (judicial system), "vis" (image of an external enemy, danger or evil), "hostis" (image of an internal enemy, danger or evil). All the panels feature imaginary lnadscapes, which are named in accordance with the leading thinkers, concepts, agents, events, etc that contributed to the naturalisation the imaginary of the nation state (for example, "Peak of Morgenthau", "Forest of Legitimacy", "River Westphalia", etc). All together, the conceptual map is a superposition of naturalised but imaginary elements that constitute materiality of the nation state. The map, which in itself acts as coat of arms (somewhat nullifying the imaginary of the nation state), is installed in between of the two hanging banners of State of Noland - which feature a joint representation of the superimposed symbols of the queer agents of power from Ancient Greek mythology, Athena and Dionysus (among them owl, panthers, pine cone).