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founded
May 27th 1992
location
all existing No Man’s Lands and
mental and perceptive border territories
population
4.20
history
On the 14th of October 1991 a meeting took place between
C. M. von Hausswolff and Leif Elggren. The event resulted in an agreement to establish a new country as a work of art.
On the 27th of May 1992, the state of Elgaland-Vargaland was proclaimed at the KREV embassy in Stockholm, Sweden. The proclamation was shouted out by the founders, in four directions; east, south, west and north. They annexed and occupied all border territories between all countries on earth, mental and perceptive territories such as the the border area between waking and sleeping, the borderline zones of mental diseases, near death experiences, hypnosis and mesmerism, telekinetics, telepathy, suggestions, strokes, delirium, various influences of drugs (such as peyote, LSD, ecstasy, cannabis, thinner, ether, alcohol etc), speaking in tongues, religious ecstasy, artistic inspiration and expiration, possession by spirit, good or evil, dusk and dawn, terror, love, orgasm, interference, the state of contradiction or hesitation. [source: KREV archive]
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KREV is an artificial construct. It is a good reminder of the fact, that states and nations are artificial entities which have been constructed and invented and can not be taken as granted or seen as ‘natural’ entities. According to their own history KREV has targeted it's public activities to art-institutions. Within the framework of KREV a number of art-works, performances or interventions have been conceived. For the »Royal Insemination« King Leif I and King Michael I had invited the Queens of the world to be inseminated by them. On another occassion a journey between Stockholm and Tallin took place, travelling with a KREV passport. The Estonian authorities sent back the KREV citizens to Sweden, where they were equally rejected and sent back to Estonia.
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