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date/time/location: from 04.07.2003 -- 14:00-18:00 (daily)
Acconci.Main square, Acconci.Transit room

executive authority: Theater im Bahnhof
title: CITY-LIVE
responsibility: Theater im Bahnhof

The island has been occupied. A provincial themes' park

quot;Entering" Acconci on the river Mur you step onto a foreign country. The provincial capital 2003 is a landscape in which you can move freely. The state has its own rules, customs and atmospheric quality. An audio-system authorized by the state introduces you to the habits and specialties of the city-state while overcoming imponderables.

As the provincial capital 2003, Acconci on the Mur, pushes off from Graz acting as a "metropolis" in order to be able to again be completely provincial. An island with its own way of life.

During city-live in the afternoon, we show you how we really are. The everyday routine of the state further develops within the space of time. between the foundation of the state and its dissolution, the republic undergoes an atmo-

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spheric development: From questions (days 2-3) to agitation (days 4-5) to self-realization (days 6-7). Acconci on the Mur, lives, in a performative way, forbidden fantasies of the cultural capital Graz. For this, it pays off to occupy an island , says the Theater im Bahnhof.

Acconci TV. The island also has, like every state unit, a national TV informing and directing its citizens and visitors. Moreover, you can see: Who is and was there. Media monopoly Acconci-TV. Here, you are shown on TV.

Acconci Memorial. A video-memorial in the size of a home-video. The republic of Acconci invites everybody in cities of about the same size as Graz to send in remembrance videos of a beloved person or one they hate and whom the world ought not to forget. The republic of Acconci takes the liberty to call persons who live aside from the media-mainstream back to the collective mind. You may be surprised.

Acconci. Tax-system. Acconci on the Mur is a tax haven. A true dream. In co-operation with Attac Graz. Information and counselling concerning investments by appointment.