52NDST8 is a three part installation mapping, archiving, uploading, seceding and navigating through past, present and imminent laws placed onto the residents of Detroit, Michigan. Taking the form of a speculative app, a series of drawings, a vanity license plate and a flotation device, Sitko probes three case studies: an expropriated neighborhood of Detroit for private interests, Michigan's No-Fault auto insurance law, and the deprivation of regional resources, most importantly the right to access water. Playful yet stern in it’s color, Sitko proposes that Detroit, a speculative island and test site for parasitic state legislation, leave the abusive relationship with Michigan and become a state unto its own.