The book was edited by Alexander Nym.

The event accompanies the exhibition Folk art between home and the world: the SEM’s and Irwin’s NSK Folk Art collections. Event will be held in English.

Programme (the lobby of the SEM’s exhibition house):

• Dr Bojana Rogelj Škafar, SEM: Introduction to the event
• Peter Mlakar: Opening speech
• Alexander Nym: NSK State in Time: Art is not luxury, but a necessity (lecture)
• Alexander Nym: Excerpts from the book Weapons Of Mass Instruction (reading)
• Charles Lewis, NSK State Reserve: On FIAT book
• Short break
• NSK State Panel (Charles Lewis, Miran Mohar (Irwin), Lili Anamarija No and Alexander Nym); Q&A
• Walk through the exhibition Folk art between home and the world with the author and curator Dr Bojana Rogelj Škafar (1st floor of the SEM’s exhibition house)

The book was published by the German publisher Edition Outbird in April 2023 and it consists of 358 pages.

While the exhibition Folk art between home and the world: the SEM’s and IRWIN’s NSK Folk Art collections faces the Slovene folk art with NSK folk art created by the citizens of the NSK State in Time, the bilingual German English book Weapons of Mass Instruction, edited by Alexander Nym, is an anthology of speeches, reports and documents of the NSK State in time. It is a crucial document for understanding the NSK State in Time as well as for its citizens' activities.

The Book

The text collection Weapons of Mass Instruction documents the NSK State in Time in the phase following the Berlin Citizens' Congress (2010) rihgt up to the last before the pandemic break. It turns the view towards alternate ideas of statehood in the mirror of this State in Time, this abstract, totalitarian unit encompassing art and politics, theory and practise, as well as dystopian doubt and utopian idealism. The book is a unique entry point to what is arguably the most durable and far-reaching art project in existance.

The NSK State in Time
Founded in 1992 after the  independence of the Slovenia the NSK State in Time was conceived as both a continuation and dissolution of artist movement Neue Slowenische Kunst (NSK), which has emerged in Ljubljana in 1984. After the brakeup of Jugoslavia and the independence of its former republics NSK State offered the artistic vision of a global state without borders, without territory and the citizenship of which is open to everyone, worldwide. In time, citizens began to create their own artworks, events and performances based on the diverse aesthetics, techniques and contents provided by NSK founding groups Laibach, Irwin and Noordung, and complementing them in theory and practise.

The Editor
Alexander Nym is  a cultural theorist, writer, moderator and orator, exhibition organiser and consultant. His research interests include (youth) subcultures of the 20th century, conspiracy myths and political mass communication. Since 2010, he acts as member of the NSK State's Diplomatic Corps and has held senior roles in the organisation and curation of major NSK State events and contributed to many others.