an artificially-created island, micronation and an artwork by Alex Hartley and is produced by Bristol-based arts organization Situations.
The island was towed from the High Arctic region of Svalbard to the south west coast of England in summer 2012. As it made this epic journey, it travelled through international waters, whereupon it became the world’s newest nation – Nowhereisland – with citizenship open to all.
Over its year-long status as a nation, it accrued over 23,000 citizens and 2,700 propositions to its online constitution, travelled 2,500 miles accompanied by its mobile Embassy and was greeted by thousands in ports and harbours around the south west coast of England. On Sunday 9th September, the island left Bristol and the physical structure of the island was broken up and dispersed amongst its citizens.
External Links
Download an introduction to Nowhereisland here.
Video
Introductory film
Nowhereisland’s arrival into Weymouth
Resident Thinkers on Nowhereisland