Claire Dehove27 April - 15 May 2023

The MétaNation sets up in Beirut, at Zico House.

The MétaNation is an idealistic vision of a world beyond nations, built up gradually as its community, values and culture grow. Through a process of pollination, the MétaNation takes shape by bringing subtle transformations to shared thinking and practices.

It is represented by an Embassy that facilitates its cross-border life as a “meta-manoeuvring” institution. The Embassy holds an integration ritual to form a supportive, multilingual community of Representatives of the MétaNation.

The Embassy team uses a set of cards, called the KIT, to conduct Test-Interviews leading to the MétaNation Document, a self-official and non-classifying document.

The Test-Interviews may or may not be recorded, and anonymity is always guaranteed. These sound recordings are processed at each stop of the Embassy in order to bring the MétaNation closer to its ideal, from the local to the global level. They also feed the MétaStatistik, an integral part of the Anarchives of the Embassy of the MétaNation, which are open to the public. These Anarchives share theoretical resources, accounts of micropolitical experiments, counter-documentary videos, conceptual journeys and unlikely encounters, among other things.

The Embassy of the MétaNation mandates the NIP (Nonsense International Program) to carry out “educational missions” and performances imbued with humour.

It often organises impromptu ceremonies such as a communal cooking pot, a plant-based banquet or a free zone. It can also invite associations or friendly Embassies, such as the Embassy of the Commons, to hold workshop-debates on metanational notions or to initiate eco-social practices.

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