Venice · 2026
2026
Venice · 2026
2026
About
SIMULTANEOUS NATIONS combines all national flags into a single image — not to erase differences, but to visualize a condition we already share: interdependence. By overlaying all national flags into one, the project transforms one of the strongest instruments of separation into a field of simultaneity.
We invite people around the world to raise a shared flag — and become part of a growing planetary community.
Read the Manifesto
How It Works
Choose a place that matters to you.
A border. A rooftop. A school.
A site of memory or hope.
Tell us why.
We send you a flag.
Tell us who you are, where you want to raise the flag, and why that place matters to you.
Accepted participants receive an official Simultaneous Nations flag by post. Shipping covered worldwide.
Choose a public, institutional, or personal site. Raise the flag. Photograph the moment.
Submit your images and location. Your raising enters the permanent planetary archive — visible to everyone.
Request Your Flag
Support the Project
SIMULTANEOUS NATIONS is an independent participatory art project. The project grows through people, places and participation.
Your support funds flags, raisings, installations, documentation and the long-term development of a growing planetary archive. Every contribution helps make participation accessible to more people around the world.
You can support the project by donation, purchase of exclusive artwork, limited editions and other.
Current Support
Kulturamt Frankfurt am Main
Andrea Miosga Stiftung
Diasec / Archival Print
Up to 254 × 160 cm. Museum-quality.
Outdoor Flag Textile
Semi-transparent. Flagpole or indoor.
Curatorial Documentation
EN / DE / FR / ES. Labels, press, essay.
Limited Editions
Signed prints. Certificates of authenticity.
Artist Talks
Symposia, panels, school formats.
Sparse. Considered. Only what matters.
© 2026 Simultaneous Nations · Philipp Alexander Schäfer
