SCHATTENLAND

Citizens :
the shadows of
Christian SCHLOH
Ayumi MATSUZAKA
McCloud ZICMUSE
your shadow can become a part of this nation, if you wish so, send your shadow in the same manner of the shadows above to this contact email.

Schattenland is a nation composed of shadows. The nation was defined in Berlin Germany on the 28 of April 2008. We each have the right to declare that our shadows are citizens of this country. We document our shadows and capture the shadow structures in drawings and photos. We make shadow puppets to entertain our shadows. We tell time by sundials. Our shadows are dependant on us, we take care of them but they have a life of their own. Our bodies act out the movements necessary for our shadows to live and make their place in the world. When the sky is grey or during the night we have different relationships and our shadows exist in different ways. The shadow of the earth is what surrounds us and we are thus dependant on our shadows.
The sun is very important to this country as are all light sources.

Schattenland arrived from a discussion of Germany, and the feelings that many Germans have about being German. There is also a large question of being European, and how this is also something to think of. In the last one hundred years Germany has had a difficult history. Perhaps SCHATTENLAND can heal the wounds of the past and present an all inclusive canvas for all people living in the world.

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It is the time when all the numbers are the same. It was a little nation that existed for one second on the 24 April 2008 in Oslo, Norway. All we did was say "youp !"
Citizens:
Ingeborg AARSAND
McCloud ZICMUSE

CUNODER

CUNODER existed between the dates of 18-20 April 2008, superimposed on the city of Malmö, Sweden. With the folks of C.CRED

Citizens:

Jesper CEDERBERG (documentation of node 12)
Jesse KAUPPILA
Carl LINDH
Ola STÅHL
Kajsa THELIN
McCloud ZICMUSE


Ola & Kajsa invited us to to their house for a meeting.


Jesse brought a 33cm2 copper intaglio plate to the meeting.


In the midst of our sill and akavit tasting, we decided to make a "map" of our country using this plate.

The method chosen was to place the plate on Ystadvägen in Malmö for two beer units of time. Cars ran over the plate. We drank our beers.


Jesse picked up the plate and emphasized certain points by dropping a knife onto the plate. It was then passed around with a burin and we sketched in the lines of relations we saw between the marks on the plate.



Serendipitiuosly, the size of the plate roughly corresponded to a map of Malmö. Jesse tranferred the information using transparent sheets and overlayed our marks onto the map.

Thus we decided to explore our territory the next day.

The enhanced map of the Malmö area contained roughly 16 circled areas, we made a visit to 12 of these on the first day, then shared our observations through text and photos. We followed rather closely the lines from the copper plate .
the following nodes were visited:
1. terrain vague near the intersection of Lönngatan & Rolsgatan

2. 46 Idunsgatan, homes

3. behind Lönngatan & Lantmanngatan a woodshop
4. Torekovsgatan housing blocks
5. Betania Church
6. back of the main police station


7. Södergaten baggage store
8. Malmö Central Station


9. Bagars Plats A parking with maintainence building and metal sculpture (national instrument)
we played this and Carl recorded our national anthem (along with other field recordings).
10. Repsl.gatan & Långg.gatan historic homes district

11. Slottsparken south of the Kommendantbron between the canal and a lake.
Jesse & I shared a picnic here.

12. Pildammsparken near Tubo.gatan & Roskildevägen north of the northern lake


We then realised the "nodal" qualities of our country and thus came up with the name in our discussion that evening.
The name comes from the table of elements sign CU for copper and Noder which is Swedish for "nodes".
We chose five of the spots to explore further the following day.
plus
13. a Cherry Tree near 45 Dammfrivägen and the ajoining "greenspace" next to a high rise housing complex.

raising the flag (2nd Version) at the cherry tree

For the most part CUNODER has been documented primarily with text.
The country is more about observation than occupation.

As more texts & photos become available, they will be shared, or linked to, here.

The terrain vague: for some, the node with the most potential, for others a sad, surveyed terrain.

A monument to CUNODER, built during its final moments.

TERRA

Citizens :

Mandi EDELJUNG
Yvonne ERIKSSON
LennART FROSTESJÖ
Aron HIDMAN
Jerker JANSSON
Ymas JANSSON
Claude LACOURSIERE
Anders LUNDKVIST
Lotta NILSSON
Oden NILSSON
Tove SANDELL
Terra TIGER
McCloud ZICMUSE

The nation of TERRA took place in UMEÅ, Sweden. The information is printed on the invitation.



















We decided that this nation would focus around one of the workshop participants, Terra.
Terra was born in 1975 so we date that as the beginning of her nation. To share this nation with other people we installed a shrine to Terra. Terra chose our national colors and the PI symbol as our sign. Yvonne was the prophetess for having instigated the declaration as Terra as the nation and wrote the hymn to Terra whose lyrics follow:
There is a land
There is a land
Terra
Terra
You can come if you want
You can come if you want
to Terra
to Terra
She speaks to me sweetly
She speaks to me sweetly
Terra
Terra
There were other versions in other languages written, but the English version was the only one performed . We started the ceremonies by singing the hymn to Terra then she replied using only her voice, that of the clarinet, our national instrument.


Anders the minister of Cultural Propaganda gave a speech and we were joined by members of the local community including the neighboring gallery, who also became citizens.
Shortly afterward we held our national dance on the hill behind the shrine. Aron received the sacred stick from Terra, the dancers (myself and Anders) followed him in a procession up to the hill where he placed the stick in the ground and using a string, traced out a circle roughly one meter from the stick. The dancers had one ski and one ski pole and took part in drinking the national beverage (lignonberry/vodka) for each full circle completed.























After the dance, the we shared the national cuisine, LENNART, with Terra. LENNART was prepared by LennART . Named by Terra, it consisted of beet slices with lentil paste inside, like ravioli, then a vinaigrette sauce of secret ingredients was sprinkled on top.



Aron, as the minister of sound, produced a soundscape of stories and music. Since it was decided that sounds were the national currency he was therefore the minister of finance. In order to eat the national dish, people had to offer a sound to the "sound bank" which then was distorted and rebroadcast.

Tova and Jerker performed some traditional songs as others reveled.



Then, to close the ceremonies, Terra again spoke to us with her clarinet



and we sang her hymn one last time.

The nation continues in the physical form of Terra and also as an online community group.

The shrine space was provided by :
Galleri Andersson Sandström
Aktrisgränd 34 S-903 64 UMEÅ

MOONSHAKE club were the people
myspace.com/moonshakeclub

SNÖLAND/SNÖRGE

SNÖLAND/SNORGE existed from 12h33 to13h26
25 March 2008 near Göteborg, Sweden.

Here is a link to DÅNK collectif inGöteborg,
our citizens collaborative organization.

The following people participated:
Lalya GAYE
Olle HUGE
Richard WIDERBERG
McCloud ZICMUSE


these are our tools of exploration and conquest

Early constructions.

Trading SNÖLANDISH snow for SWEDISH branches

Olle the snowsmith built the gates.

the costs of construction : depletion of national natural resources

preexisting structures with the national flag to the right.

defensive wall

It was decided that we should expand our territories, Olle took it upon himself to not only be the snowsmith, but our army as well. He cleverly stole snow from Sweden to create our first and only weapon of mass destruction.



We decided to try out our national dish to celebrate.



Lalya, our minister of everything muses over our educational system, and changes the name of the country to SNORGE.


The only official image of King SNOR. He in fact had very little power, as most decisions including his kingship were decided by other citizens.


A second liquid attack on Swedish soil.

Richard arrived, at first he was aggressive, hurling snowballs, but afterwards we all came to the understanding that he would like to immigrate. so we took over the other side of our structure and found the cave of mystery.

there is really no way to describe the cave so here is a video.


It became too cold, the king was poorly dressed, and the snowstorm continued.
We peacefully disbanded, and indulged in lunch at another location.