Citizens of Nowhere Island

July 30, 2012 — Alex Hartley, constitution, Norway, nowhere island, Weymouth

Artist Alex Hartley found a tiny island off the coast of Norway. It had been left behind by the retreating glaciers and was the size of a football pitch. He managed to persuade the Norwegian government to let him take the island, boulder by boulder, in order to create a new nation in international waters. Nowhere Island is now located off the coast of Weymouth as part of the Cultural Olympiad. It has its own constitution and anyone can sign up to be a citizen (there are 15,000 citizens so far from 100 countries). As a citizen you can make proposals for inclusion in the constitution. So far proposals have included free pants for the over-forties and free ice cream on Fridays.

What would you suggest?

Have a curious day.