The Gallery was a tool. The Republic is the Idea.
The Republic did not begin as a theory.
It grew out of Bannana Gallery — from real walls made of banana boxes, from exhibitions, interventions, and gestures in real cities.
What started as Bannana Gallery unfolded into the Bannana Republic of Art.
BROFA is the sovereign continuation of Bannana Gallery — a state built on thousands of real banana boxes.
A moving utopia.
A myth made real.
A collective intervention.
It has no land, no borders, no central authority — yet it has citizens.
It exists in one dimension only:
the territory of spirit, manifested through the gesture.
The Republic did not begin as a theory.
It grew out of Bannana Gallery — from real walls made of banana boxes, from exhibitions, interventions, and gestures in real cities.
What started as Bannana Gallery unfolded into the Bannana Republic of Art.
BROFA is the sovereign continuation of Bannana Gallery — a state built on thousands of real banana boxes.
A moving utopia.
A myth made real.
A collective intervention.
It has no land, no borders, no central authority — yet it has citizens.
It exists in one dimension only:
the territory of spirit, manifested through the gesture.
Contemporary art has spent decades criticizing institutions.
I chose not to criticize.
I created a parallel reality.
I, Arkadi Kotanjyan, am the President of the Republic of Art.
The President of Emptiness.
I did not seek a mandate. I declared it — to expose the absurdity of all titles. While the world fights for seats of power, I simply occupied the void and remained free.
I chose not to criticize.
I created a parallel reality.
I, Arkadi Kotanjyan, am the President of the Republic of Art.
The President of Emptiness.
I did not seek a mandate. I declared it — to expose the absurdity of all titles. While the world fights for seats of power, I simply occupied the void and remained free.
ACTIVATE YOUR GALLERY
Activate your Bannana Gallery — by appointment of Bannana Republic of Art.
You are not asking institutions for validation.
You are acting as one.
Claim the space. Declare the territory. Perform the gesture.
You are not asking institutions for validation.
You are acting as one.
Claim the space. Declare the territory. Perform the gesture.
THE PASSPORT
We don’t sell passports.
We don’t claim land.
The Republic is a territory of meanings, not meters.
Our passport is not an ID.
It is a declaration of freedom.
It is earned through the Gesture.
We don’t claim land.
The Republic is a territory of meanings, not meters.
Our passport is not an ID.
It is a declaration of freedom.
It is earned through the Gesture.
DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS
The Path of the Ambassador
Every blank wall is a future Embassy.
Every dialogue with authority is a diplomatic negotiation.
Under the flag of the Republic, you act as a Sovereign.
You define the territory.
You establish the mission.
You manifest your own freedom.
We start with a box.
A box becomes a gallery.
A gallery becomes a movement.
Every dialogue with authority is a diplomatic negotiation.
Under the flag of the Republic, you act as a Sovereign.
You define the territory.
You establish the mission.
You manifest your own freedom.
We start with a box.
A box becomes a gallery.
A gallery becomes a movement.
THE TRIBE
If you are a curator, a gallery, or a creator — establish a Bannana Gallery in your city.
Build the walls.
Define the art.
Claim the territory.
The Republic is not an institution.
It is a global tribe of guerrilla artists.
The Republic is you.
Build the walls.
Define the art.
Claim the territory.
The Republic is not an institution.
It is a global tribe of guerrilla artists.
The Republic is you.
Joseph Beuys liberated the artist inside the human.
I liberate the gallery inside the artist.
The gallery already exists between your ears.
This is Bannana Republic of Art —
a country where everyone is their own creator, curator, and ambassador.
No place is required — only the gesture.
I liberate the gallery inside the artist.
The gallery already exists between your ears.
This is Bannana Republic of Art —
a country where everyone is their own creator, curator, and ambassador.
No place is required — only the gesture.
Freedom is the only geography we recognize.
There is no throne — only the banana box and the gesture.
There is no throne — only the banana box and the gesture.
