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2025  ain’t-merica
            sauce-merica
            ethan chan’s
            9059th dream

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...
            seconds
            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.
            leashed steam...
            family dinner
            love letters
            wild, west
            selections from the...

2022  china, revisited
            steer / madonna
            hail to the king
            tea for masochists

2021   fighting the loneliness
            american pie
            not your country
    
2020  the saint, the villain...
            stolen bike                   
            just like a woman

2019   she was trying...
            why don’t you just...
            fat man & little boy
            american reformation
            made in china
            19 transactions
            sign language


Ain’t-merica, 2025 - Ongoing
(Made with Lile Kvantaliani) MATERIALS
CUSTOM FLAGS, FRAMED PHOTOS,
INK ON PAPER & CANDY WRAPPERS

DIMENSIONS
VARIABLE

A fabricated narrative in which eight new states have formed in the United States mainland by the year 2500 was written to inform various drawings, sculptures, relics & infographics of a version of America that is yet to exist. The following works are fictional.


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


States 51 - 58:

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

Citizens of the States:

LEIGH-ANNE CASTLE
AGE: 28
CITIZENSHIP: LINCOLNITE WOMAN
FRED & FELICIA McINTIRE
AGE: 22 (BOTH)
CITIZENSHIP: RHODIAN TWINS
JESSIE WALSH
AGE: 31
CITIZENSHIP: NEWERSIAN MAN
GRANT SLAUGHTER
AGE: 34
CITIZENSHIP:
LINCOLNITE MAN
ALICE GRAZIANO
AGE: 28
CITIZENSHIP:
NEWERSIAN WOMAN
JOANN SCHAEFER &
MARISA ROMAN
AGE: 31 & 29
CITIZENSHIP:
HAXOHN WOMEN
SHERI MORRISON
AGE: 29
CITIZENSHIP:
JEFFERSONIAN WOMAN
MIKE WALLACE
AGE: 53
CITIZENSHIP:
ANNEXIAN MAN
GRETA BATES
AGE: 32
CITIZENSHIP: KINGSLANDIAN WOMAN
MILTON & DIANA VEGA
AGE: 33 & 31
CITIZENSHIP: MONTOONAN COUPLE
LES ATKINSON
AGE: 30
CITIZENSHIP: JEFFERSONIAN MAN

Infographics:

JEFFERSON STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: BUTTERFINGER
RHODE STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: STARBURST
HAXOH STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: KITKAT
NEWER NEW YORK STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: STARBURST
KINGSLAND COMMONWEALTH
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: SNICKERS
ANNEXE STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: REESE’S
MONTOONA STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: DUBBLE-BUBBLE
LINCOLNSHIRE STATE
MOST CONSUMED CANDY BRAND: TOOTSIE ROLL

Map of the 58: 


Approval Matrix of State Clowns: