aRepublic

“aRespublica” (“aRepublic of Pachango Empire”) is a conceptual artistic state created through the method of parodic simulation. Situated at the intersection of political art and participatory practices, the project employs irony as its primary tool for examining the nature of power, identity, and freedom.

aRespublica emerges as a response to a contemporary world saturated with ideological pressure, polarization, and constant demands for allegiance. Rather than taking sides in imposed conflicts, it proposes an alternative symbolic system — a state without territorial borders or violence, existing as a collective idea and a voluntary agreement among its participants.

All familiar attributes of statehood are present: a head of state, citizens, passports, a constitution, a national anthem, a flag, and a currency. Stripped of their practical functions, these elements become artistic instruments of reflection and deconstruction. This precise yet ironic mimicry reveals the constructed nature of political authority. A key example is the Charter (Carta). At its heart lies the uncompromising principle “Libertas Libertis” (“Freedom to the Free”), which is framed — with characteristic irony — within a document dated by the Empire’s self-instituted calendar.

Interaction lies at the core of the project. Participants are not observers but active citizen–coauthors who engage with aRespublica’s symbolic structure. Through this shared involvement, the project unfolds as a continuous collective performance, governed by the logic of art rather than that of politics.

Echoing Plato’s allegory of the cave, aRespublica invites a step beyond imposed political illusions. By blurring the boundary between artistic gesture and social reality, the project creates a space in which one can not only reflect on the nature of power and identity, but also directly experience an alternative model of freedom — grounded in humanism, personal responsibility, and conscious choice.

The project exists as a conceptual territory, unfolding across documentation, collective performance, and participatory installation. Its evolving symbolic system and the life of its citizens are chronicled on its official website.