“In the globalisation process that’s occurring right now, every person is a global citizen… We as global citizens can communicate and interact with each other and the [NSK] passport is a medium or tool for us to re-imagine what we can do.” *
Created in 1992, the NSK State in Time has become a unique entity which now has several thousand citizens across numerous countries and all continents. In 2010 the state will examine itself through its citizens and discuss its past, present and future. At a time when national (market) state financial and political systems are tested as never before, the First NSK Citizens Congress will test the ambiguous realities and potentials of ‘the first global state of the universe’.
This unique event will bring together citizen delegates and NSK members to explore debate and develop the NSK State and how to negotiate the shared and contradictory interpretations and visions of its citizens.
Besides the internal congress debates there will be a season of public NSK events including:
These will be available live online and there will also be live screenings of the event in other selected locations.
The full programme will be announced nearer the time.
The Organising Committee of the First NSK Citizens' Congress has announced that the core event will run between Thursday November 4th - Saturday November 6th 2010. Delegates will need to arrive in Berlin by the 3rd and can depart on the 7th. Alongside the Congress itself there will be a public programme of events including an exhibition, screenings and talks. More details will follow soon.
* Manray Hsu - See NSK Passport Holders, Project by IRWIN. Filmed and edited in Taipei from August 26th-28th 2008 by Maggie Liao and Po-Ying Chu.