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2025  the ultimate high five...
            ain’t-merica
            sauce-merica

2024  double-double
            made with love
            with teeth
            “perfect” “people”
            thank you, come again!
            love minus lingo
            in honor of eric cartman
            lofano / marino
            the bob dylan project
            good year, bad year
            from rags to riches...
            get yourself a lawyer...
            hungry man...
            anthem            
            johanna’s not here
            (thomas series)
            pure evil

2023  meanwhile...
            white light / white heat
            liquid ecstasy...
            for wile e.
            family dinner
            wild, west

2022  made in china
            hail to the king
            tea for masochists

2021   american pie
            not your country
    
2020  the saint, the villain...
            stolen bike                   

2019   she was trying...
            why don’t you just...
            american reformation
            sign language


Ain’t-merica, 2025
(Made with Lile Kvantaliani & Te Palandjian) MATERIALS
CUSTOM FLAGS, PHOTOS, SINGLE-CHANNEL VIDEOS,
APPAREL, TEXT & CANDY WRAPPERS

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A fabricated narrative in which eight new states have formed in the United States mainland by the year 2500 was written to inform various artworks and infographics (including flags, maps, videos, and apparel) of a version of America that is yet to exist. The following works are fictional.


(Installations at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago)

State Flags & Information:

THE STATE OF JEFFERSON (51ST STATE)

Nickname(s): The Independence State,
Land of Self-sufficiency
Motto: “Love of the Land”

Before statehood: California territory,
Oregon territory
Admitted to the Union: March 1, 2037

Capital: New Medford (prev. Medford, OR)
Largest City: New Medford
Largest Metro Area: Greater Sacramento

Demonym(s): Jeffersonian

Timezone: UTC - 8:00 (PST)
Regions: West Coast, Pacific Northwest
Postal abbreviation: JE
THE STATE OF RHODE (MAINLAND) (52ND STATE)

Nickname(s): The Land State (official), Big Rhody,
The Chowder State
Motto:“Bigger is Better”

Before statehood: Massachusetts territory,
Rhode Island territory
Admitted to the Union: October 23, 2037

Capital: Mattapoisett
Largest City: Providence
Largest Metro Area: Greater Boston

Demonym(s): Rhodian, Rhodie (unofficial)

Timezone: UTC - 5:00 (EST)
Regions: New England, Northeast
Postal abbreviation: RE

THE STATE OF HAXOH (53RD STATE)

Nickname(s): The Second Star State
Motto: “South Meets Southwest”

Before statehood: Texas territory
Admitted to the Union: July 14, 2037

Capital: Nuevo Paso (prev. El Paso, TX)
Largest City: Nuevo Paso
Largest Metro Area: El Paso Metro

Demonym(s): Haxohn,
Pearfucker (derogatory)

Timezone: UTC - 6:00 (Central)
Regions: South, Southwest
Postal abbreviation: HX
THE STATE OF NEWER NEW YORK (54TH STATE)

Nickname(s): The New World State (official),
The Even Empire-er State
Motto: “Novus Est Optimus,” “The New New”

Before statehood: New York territory
Admitted to the Union: February 29, 2109

Capital: Buffalo
Largest City: Buffalo
Largest Metro Area: Buffalo–Niagara Falls Metro

Demonym(s): Newer New Yorker, Newersian (unofficial),
Newby (derogatory)

Timezone: UTC - 5:00 (EST)
Regions: Atlantic, Northeast
Postal abbreviation: NN

THE COMMONWEALTH OF KINGSLAND (55TH STATE)

Nickname(s): The English State
Motto: “Traditionland,”
“A Place for Kings”

Before statehood: Pennsylvania territory
Admitted to the Union: April 1, 2158

Capital: Pittsburg
Largest City: Pittsburg
Largest Metro Area: Greater Pittsburgh

Demonym(s): Kingslandian, King (unofficial)

Timezone: UTC - 5:00 (EST)
Regions: Atlantic, Great Lakes
Postal abbreviation: KD
THE STATE OF ANNEXE (56TH STATE)

Nickname(s): Permanent Vacationland
Motto: “Magnum Ludus,”
“Work Hard, Play Harder”

Before statehood: Maine territory
Admitted to the Union: April 22, 2203

Capital: Bangor
Largest City: Bangor
Largest Metro Area: Penobscot County

Demonym(s): Annexian

Timezone: UTC - 5:00 (EST)
Regions: New England, Northeast
Postal abbreviation: AX
THE STATE OF MONTOONA (57TH STATE)

Nickname(s): The Remastered State
Motto: “Even More of the Shining Mountains,”
“Second to the Last Best Place”

Before statehood: Montana territory
Admitted to the Union: December 12, 2424

Capital: Glendive
Largest City: Miles City
Largest Metro Area: none designated

Demonym(s): Montoonan, Tooie (unofficial)

Timezone: UTC - 7:00 (Mountain)
Regions: Mountain West
Postal abbreviation: MM

THE STATE OF LINCOLNSHIRE (58TH STATE)

Nickname(s): The Real Land of Lincoln
Motto: “Where History is Made”

Before statehood: Illinois territory
Admitted to the Union: January 1, 2500 (58th)

Capital: Harrisburg
Largest City: Harrisburg
Largest Metro Area: Berryland

Demonym(s): Lincolnite

Timezone: UTC - 6:00 (CST)
Regions: Midwest
Postal abbreviation: LI

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