"A Democratic Brand Paradox"라는 주제로
2008년 2월에 발행된 네덜란드 아트 매거진 THE HTV 제72호.
다니엘 반더밸든(Daniel Van Der Velden)이 있는 매타해븐(Meta Haven)에서 그동안 진행해온 리서치 자료와 봄학기 그가 가르쳤던 학생들의 프로젝트를 토대로 출간되었다.

About Ladonia
Ladonia is a micronation, proclaimed as the result of a years-long court battle between artist Lars Vilks and local authorities over three sculptures. The claimed territory is located in southern Sweden. It contains two sculptures, and was created in protest of Swedish authorities who wished to remove them. Ladonia is not recognized by any other state, and there is no legal basis for calling it a state. In 1980, artist Lars Vilks began construction of two immense sculptures, Nimis (made of driftwood) and Arx (made of stone), in the Kullaberg nature reserve in north-west Skåne, Sweden. The location of the sculptures is difficult to reach, and as a consequence they were not discovered for two years. When they finally were, the local council decided that the sculptures should be removed. They declared the sculptures to be dwellings, the construction of which was forbidden on the nature reserve. In 1996 Vilks proclaimed the micronation of Ladonia. When it was created, Ladonia had a population of zero. According to its official web site: ‘No one lives in Ladonia. All of its citizens are nomads’. Currently, there are over twelvethousand Ladonian citizens, among whom many self-styled ‘ministers’. The proposal for Ladonia’s identity attempts to come to terms with its remnants of utopian thought, its precarious contstruction, as well as the question of the potential of micronations to challenge existing conceptions of democracy.

National Branding Project (Image)
National Branding Project (PDF)

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Letter from Ladonia (시민이 되기 위해 보낸 메일에 대한 답장)

Dear Hyoun,

Your confirmation of your citizenship is to be found enclosed.

Best wishes

Lars Vilks
state secr

What you should know about your country

Ladonia is a remony, a republican monarchy, with at queen and a president,
who, together with the ministers rules the country in the cabinet. The
president is elected by the people every third year. Ladonia became
independent in 1996 and is situated in the south of Sweden, close to
Denmark. The area is 1 square km. Nobody lives in Ladonia, but around 30.000
people is every year visiting the country.

Anyone can propose a new ministry, proposals are handled by the cabinet. The
ministers are presented on Ladonia home page www.ladonia.com - link
"administration".

The flag of Ladonia is green with a green cross in the same colour.
The national anthem is performed when throwing (gently) a stone into water.
The currency is Oertug (1 OT is about 1 $). Ladonian language has two words:
"waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallll" (can be spelt in many ways) and "ÿp".

The number of citizens is growing rapidly, right now approximately 12,000.

The latest news about Ladonia is to be found in the Herald News, daily
updated, on the home page.
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Nimis. (c)Photo Peter Bottger.
Arx. (c)Photo Peter Bottger.

Ladonia.com (라도니아 홈페이지)
The Ladonia Hymn (라도니아 찬양가)