Islands State is a document for posterity that marks Tasmania on the map upon its day of inauguration. It establishes the nation of islands in both its definition and self-awareness to its people. While presenting an image of what is, and what could be, it is also a mapping set of what was. Using the map as an object and representation simultaneously this project casts itself at A1 to glance further and cast your eyes beyond what’s immediately right in front of you. To extend the boundary of what you perceive that little bit further.
The nation state of Tasmania perceives its “islandness” and limited resources as a habitation model for its human citizens to occupy the land and intersect. It aids in determination to maintain “islands” of townships, homogenous agricultural practices and the production of goods. A model of “islands” of habitation rather than islands of conservation that has been established upon its nation. Tasmanians traverses the oceans and seas between islands.
