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Table of Contents 2, Soweregnty or Bust Pragmatiom ‘eras Idea in he Quest fr Self Deteraniom Rom Hanson 2. SEISPORSEIS Issue M 3. Discoursdinauguration République Sans Tout Ca 4, Authority Through deny Manet Berend 6. Leer from a UK Detention Contr Noah Brehnsee 8. On Coastline, Borer Crossings and. Natural History Ayesha H weed iy de Hei livedspace Editorial This publication isthe final compo: nent ofthe projeet To Seale, ecrpday Sovereign, which encom ppinstl an exhibition, seeming ae Alisenssion at rice and bean, a latistrun centre in Dunedin, New Hesland, The contested territorial pe tie gestures of taicronations formed the background fora speculation on notions of lernoralastonomy’ and representation, in ration tothe space of his arist-run centre and ants-run centre cultures more ge: erally. The To Safe website! Fan ‘tioned as an anne to the projet in which a network of related spaces land strategies could be drawn. The ‘exhibition space, with its vations Printed matter eonteibutions and & Eereening of Gabriel White's Anollants a vdeo following the farts’ peregrinations through the turban fabrie of Auckland~ acted asa temporary embassy lounge and spice of referents forthe notion of stale in atonony “The narratives supporting micro halons Tike many national Retons tflen trace their heginnings to pee Formative speech acts, which by des cribing the parameters ofan en ty, lect the transition af this den iy into being. They are the way by ‘which declarations Become indepen: tence, Mieronations reveal the a orty associated with the perfor ‘mative function of tanguage through Satis parodies, of whieh the forms And octasionally operatic character issue 0 underline te material variables (og Tocation title of speakers, te) on whieh the weight of this rests, But how are we to the performative gestures cai stonomy for space witho arables to support thea? tionship of language to territorial speculation and legitimacy fas been rough to ight agai) by va ceupations of public space this ‘year The command to occupy itself efies the apaphante descriptions which de tt space as wha fer ther than what ong. Kt yefers to space using the same not-apophan: Se langage of speculation sehich inaion-states take as immutable rear lites in the policing of their borders. This command uncovers the per- ceived immutability of these tralities longaide the instructions and ape ulations of autonoaoue media fe Not the Financial Fines an its reactive faturolog, distited a coups Londdon Stock Fachange which parody the forms framing the highs and lows of consumerist every ‘The spaces brought forward in To Sen, Borriday Sovereign exemplified Torms of resistance =e. Sarough ‘overidentfeation, parody and speculation-to the notion of centre ieultaral production. The prolifer sign of enitro-nations inthe lat century ad their ephemerality ofthe no. fiom of centre ak the temporary anifeatation af a transnational ‘alue. The mobility and ubiquity of {he art biennial, for instance, ean be seen a symptomatic of eapial’s transnational reach, bul aloof the ‘sy in which Ie notion af cent ccompanies the moneliation of space and national tions. By ‘rue of thee power of axel international lenis ae nant fesatione of th eultral-econore cone ofthe ‘centre wherever he Crop upd wharer they show clas Peter Otome, They are waye of leveling out the experince of cara ference, edited Argh the my of exit innorutional ennai are enti expt capacity oerss border, fui to accommodate a approp ‘ie callaal diferenon Art aban {fable callural capa, Further tone, curently, in on capital Imnmanenly projets the tapi horton of fob socal intercon sectedness, in the liately

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