Scarecrow Statelet

The Scarecrow Statelet known also as Pocket-sized State of Scarecrows and in original language Državica Ptičjestrašilna is a multilayered work of art by Milena Kosec in the form of an imaginary (fictional) state consisting of events in public spaces, exhibitions and written documents. The Scarecrow Statelet combines reality and imagination, the political and the personal, as well as the feminine and the masculine. Its main purpose is exploring the complexity of life via the (personal) object world through women's eyes with a critical outlook on society and a high degree of self-irony. thumb|Zastava desno|thumb|Zig

Basic facts

The Scarecrow Statelet was founded on May 14th 1992 in the vegetable garden of Vila Katarina in Ljubljana, Slovenia, EU to ensure social and economic security as well as dignity to its citizens. The founding event was held with the help of numerous random collaborators. Upon entering the Scarecrow Statelet, the visitors were given a passport with a scarecrow personal identification number (EMŠO), and thus became honorary citizens. Milena Kosec was named Officially Authorized and Initiated Trustee of the Scarecrow Statelet. Scarecrows known as Scarecrowians are the indigenous inhabitants of the Statlet. People may obtain an honorary citizenship, which is granted to them automatically when they visit the Statelet or when they meet the Officially Authorized and Initiated Trustee. Under the law, people have the same rights and duties as Scarecrowians as long as they are patriotic. Scarecrowians and people together constitute a micronation.

Statelet Regulation

The fundamental law of the state stipulates: "Scarecrowians may be reproduced only from and clothed only by waste". Covering the area of 9 m2 (3 x 3 m), the Scarecrow Statelet is among the smallest states in the world. Its highest summit is the Black Hole. The spiral in the landscape connects it to the cosmos. Its time is a spiral on a sphere. It has a square external regulation and a circular internal regulation.

The symbols of the Scarecrow Statelet are: the Flag (designed by Milena Kosec), the Great Seal (designed by Wang Huiqin), and the Hymn (written by Borut Savski).

Currency The smallest unit of currency is 1 Corn kernel.

500 C = 1 Corn cob

5 Cc = 1 Sunflower

The exchange rate for Euro:

1 tin of corn = 239 SIT (a former Slovenian currency, the code for which is also a word meaning full, sated) = 1 Euro

Economy The main and the most important activity remains recycling plastic.

Culture, Religion/Ideology and Knowledge form an inseparable unity.

Army and Police are inherent to the Scarecrowians so they have no need for them.

Administration was abolished. Since 1994 all procedures have been fully self-acting by statelet computer (input data flow through trusty eyes).

Under the Ground Voles are masters of the world under the ground. They are protected by law because they voluntarily constructed an underground railway.

The Sky The Scarecrow Statelet and the Kingdom of Birds have signed a non-aggression treaty. All birds (including birds of prey) control the airspace and have the right to fly over it. Under exceptional circumstances, they can be granted an emergency landing.

Holidays

1. Spring Celebration – The Mystery of Birth
2. Summer Celebration – The Feminine Mysteries
3. Autumn Celebration – The Mystery of Death
4. Winter Celebration – The Masculine Mysteries

Historical periods

The Mythic Era 1992-2000, the period of spontaneous public events outside art institutions:

1. First Quadrennium 1992/96- The First Turn on the Spiral of Time, the publication of The Scarecrow Statelet Chronicle
2. First Timeless Period 1996/97- the publication of The Scarecrow Statelet Annual
3. Second Quadrennium 1997/2000 - Another Turn on the Spiral of Time, the publication of The Scarecrow Statelet Itinerary

The New, Historical Era 2000-2007, entering art institutions:

1. The Period of Big Exhibitions
2. The Period of Careerism

Important milestones

1. 14 May 1992 - The Birth of the Scarecrow Statelet,
2. 14 February 2000 -The Dissolution (liberation from all kinds of borders),
3. 2007 - The Dematerialization (exodus out of world of things), Opening of the Statelet Archives, an exhibition at MGLC, Ljubljana

Documents and publications

The public events of the Scarecrow Statelet were accompanied by the publication of important official documents, leaflets, The Scarecrow News newspaper, and several other publications, e.g. The Scarecrow Statelet Chronicle, Men From the Front Page, Women From Everywhere...

Bibliography

• Njatin, Lela B. "Umetnost je odkrivanje življenja". Likovne besede no. 81, 82, Ljubljana 2007. ISSN 0352-7263X
• Several authors. Državica Ptičjestrašilna Milene Kosec = The Scarecrow Statelet of Milena Kosec, MGLC Ljubljana, 2007. p. 176. ISBN 978-961-6229-18-0 Search this book on .
• Stepančič, Lilijana (2005). Prva linija, Ljubljana: Mednarodni grafični likovni center Ljubljana. p. 364. ISBN 961-6229-11-7 Search this book on ..
• Razširjeni prostori umetnosti - Slovenska umetnost 85-95, Moderna galerija Ljubljana, 2004, ISBN 961-206-040-1 Search this book on .
• Podnar, Gregor (2000). VULGATA. Ljubljana: Moderna galerija Ljubljana. p. 111. ISBN 961-206-028-2 Search this book on .
• Michael Pertowitsch, Gregor Podnar. VULGATA, the Exhibition Catalogue. Pavlova hiša, November 2000. Artikell-VII-Kulturverein fur Steiermark, 2000. p. 48.
• Teorija Razstavljanja, Curatorial Course 1997/98, Zbornik Svet umetnosti 1998, Zavod za odprto družbo - Slovenija, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, Ljubljana 1998, ISBN 961-90157-3-8 Search this book on .
• European Month of Culture Ljubljana 1997 Art exhibitions May-July 1997, The City Municipality of Ljubljana
• URBANARIA, Part Two, Soros Center for Contemporary Art, 1994-1997, ISBN 961-90157-1-1 Search this book on .

External links

DIVA Archives: Marička B. Pomagaj

Internet portfolio - SCCA Ljubljana

The Pocket-sized State of Scarecrows

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