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"All constitutions seek to articulate, with differing degrees of intensity and detail, the shared aspirations of a nation; the values which bind its people; and which discipline its government and its national institutions; the basic premises upon which judicial, legislative and executive power is to be wielded; the constitutional limits and the conditions upon which that power is to be exercised; and the moral and ethical direction which that nation has identified for its future." Kate O'Regan, Judge of the Constitutional Court, South Africa

This is a constitution for the digital age - a set of principles which defines this new nation, but not set in stone. 'Writing the constitution' involved ranking the propositions, as well as submitting them, by liking or disliking. You can browse the Nowheriesland constitution by date, popularity or category below. Ranking ceased at midnight on Sunday 9th September. 

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Buy the Nowhereisland Constitution poster - a selection of 150 propositions

John Tusa Art

Every arts organisation will have one or more representative from business on their governing board.

8 Dislike 10

 

John Tusa Art

Every company will have one or more representatives from the arts and education on their governing board.

23 Dislike 14

 

John Tusa Art

Government will set a strict cap on how much money arts organisations can spend on management consultants.

15 Dislike 6

 

John Tusa Art

No arts establishment will regard, treat, deal with or otherwise think of its audiences as “customers".

14 Dislike 7

 

John Tusa

No education establishment will regard, treat, deal with or otherwise think of its students as “customers".

68 Dislike 12

 

John Tusa Art

No arts body will be funded if they declare their aim to be primarily instrumental.

4 Dislike 10

 

John Tusa Art

Arts and education bodies will not be asked to demonstrate the ”relevance” of what they do as a condition of funding.

28 Dislike 16

 

John Tusa Art

Every elected representative will spend at least one night per week at an arts event or performance of some kind.

9 Dislike 13

 

John Tusa Art

No prime minister will avoid attendance at arts events on the grounds that they court unpopularity by doing so.

10 Dislike 9

 

John Tusa Art

No Prime Minister will attempt to court voter popularity by claiming to like current pop groups.

25 Dislike 11

 

John Tusa Art

No minister will refer to the arts as “elitist”, “irrelevant”, or merely “nice to have”.

209 Dislike 58

 

John Tusa Art

No Secretary of State for the Arts shall be precluded from becoming Prime Minister.

2 Dislike 16

 

Carl Gardner

Every Nowherian has the Right to be Silent.

427 Dislike 40

 

Carl Gardner

Every Nowherian has the right to be notified before any important decision is made effecting Nowhereisland.

255 Dislike 18

 

Mark Diacono

We will endeavour to eat delicious, seasonal food that has been raised or grown sustainably and prepared with love.

261 Dislike 24

 

Mark Diacono Citizenship

We will eat together often.

305 Dislike 34

 

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Nowhereisland is a Situations project led by artist Alex Hartley, one of 12 Artist Taking the Lead projects for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad funded by Arts Council England. We also gratefully acknowledge the support of the University of the West of England, Bristol; Bloomberg; Nicky Wilson Jupiter Artland; the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs; the Royal Norwegian Embassy and Yellowbrick Tracking.

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