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Nowhereisland's embassy visit to Exmouth

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By TheGreenMan at 22:01 on 05/08/12

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 Nowhereisland – Alex Hartley's floating art sculpture and part of the Cultural Olympiad – was due to anchor off Exmouth beach on Saturday 4 August and Sunday 5 August. The
Nowhereisland – Alex Hartley's floating art sculpture and part of the Cultural Olympiad – was due to anchor off Exmouth beach on Saturday 4 August and Sunday 5 August. The "new island nation" was delayed in Weymouth due to bad weather, but its embassy arrived on Exmouth's seafront promenade, coinciding with the Exmouth Earth Festival
  • Nowhereisland – Alex Hartley's floating art sculpture and part of the Cultural Olympiad – was due to anchor off Exmouth beach on Saturday 4 August and Sunday 5 August. The "new island nation" was delayed in Weymouth due to bad weather, but its embassy arrived on Exmouth's seafront promenade, coinciding with the Exmouth Earth Festival
  • Visitors to the embassy learning how artist Alex Hartley created Nowhereisland. The project is prompting debate about nationhood, hospitality, land grab, climate change, local food and local sustainability
  • Visitors examining the embassy's "cabinet of curiosities", an archive explaining how artist Alex Hartley created Nowhereisland
  • Embassy visitors learning about Nowhereisland's constitution
  • Nowhereisland's ambassadors were kept busy, explaining the artwork to visitors
  • The rear of the embassy had a further section of the "cabinet of curiosities"
  • Nowhereisland's banner
  • Nowhereisland's embassy, seen from the Exmouth Earth Festival
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