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Childhood (before 1988)

​Undated
​Curated Selection​, various
​Maker: Nicodemus
Documentation

​Early Work (1988 to 1993)

1988
A Respectable Wedding, one-act play by B. Brecht
Producer & Director: Nicodemus
Host & Venue: Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, Northern Ireland (N.I.)
No documentation available
1989
On the Surface, dance performance
Producer, Director & Musician (Saxophone): Nicodemus
Host & Venue: Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, N.I.
No documentation available
​In 1990 Nicodemus sets up Nicodemus Productions Limited (see resume).
1990
A Symphony on Luther, inter-media performance
Producer & Director: Nicodemus
Host & Venue: Belfast Civic Arts Theatre, Belfast, N.I.
Documentation  |  ​Press
1990 - 1991
The Land of Milk and Honey, inter-media performance
Producer & Director: Nicodemus
Hosts & Venues: Limerick City Gallery of Art (Premier), Limerick, Rep. of Ireland, Old Museum Arts Centre, Belfast, N.I., Granary Theatre, Cork, Rep. of Ireland
Documentation  |  ​Press
In 1991 Nicodemus gains recognition as a professional theatre director, joins the Directors Guild of Great Britain and is accepted into the MA/MFA programme in Fine Art at the Belfast School of Art. Projects marked with an asterisk (*) were done during the course of this programme.
1991
Work Presentation*, participatory performance
Artist: Nicodemus
Host & Venue: Ulster University (UU), Faculty of Art and Design, N.I.
Documentation
No-Myth Exhibition of Consumer Art, gallery installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Host & Venue: Orpheus Gallery, Belfast, N.I.
Documentation  |  ​Press
1992
Revolution-Revelation, durational performance & installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Host  & Venue: Just Books (Bookshop and Café), Belfast, N.I.
Documentation
​Curation-Duration*, performance & installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Host: Ulster University, Faculty of Art and Design, N.I.
​Venue: Temporary exhibition space
Documentation
​Directing Performance – Art of the In-Between*, installation
Artist: Nicodemus
​Host: Ulster University, Faculty of Art and Design, N.I.
Venue: Temporary exhibition space
​Documentation

Disengagement (1993 to 2007)

1996
​A Step at a Time, installation dedicated to Eamon McCaffrey
Artist: Nicodemus
​Curator: Dr. Slavka Sverakova
Host & Venue: Context Gallery, L’Derry, N.I.
Documentation
Road Piece, permanent installation (transplantation)
Artist: Nicodemus
Proposed Hosts: Context Gallery, L’Derry, N.I. and Museum für Post und Telekommunikation, Berlin, Germany
Documentation (Berlin declined - the project was never realised)
​1997
The Deserter (Der Deserteur), installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Documentation (the project was never realised)
Gold and Mortality, an installation of 'machine gun paintings'
Artist: Nicodemus
Proposed Host: White Cube Gallery, London, UK
​Documentation (the project was never realised)
​1998
Early Exposure, installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Documentation (the project was never realised)
In 2003 Nicodemus (aka Nico Andreas Heller) sets up the Democracy School (see resume).

​Re-Engagement (2007 to 2020)

2007
Public Intimacy, performance & installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Location: London Underground (train, station and online)
Documentation
​2015
WePolter, international network of interventionist artists
Initiator: Nicodemus
Location: Various
​Project Page  |  CfCs
B/reach, durational performance and installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Locations: Streets of London & online
Documentation
We (UK), interdisciplinary collaboration
Artist & Curator: Nicodemus
Location: Online
Documentation
I Am Here, event and collaborative performance
Producer & Director: Nicodemus
Host: Democracy School
Venue: Kohlenquelle, Berlin, Deutschland (DE)
​Project Page  |  Archive
We (DE), interdisciplinary collaboration
Artist & Curator: Nicodemus
Location: Online
Documentation
2019
Thinking in Public, performance and discussion
Producer and artist: Nicodemus
Available for booking >> Project Prospectus
2015 - 2030
Museum of the Future + The Human Condition, durational project
Artist, curator & director: Nicodemus
Hosts & Locations: Various
Project Page  |  Collection
In 2018 Nicodemus relocates to Germany after 30 years in the UK (see resume).

Making Home (2020 to 2025)

​2020
Unruhe, art archive
Curator: Nicodemus
​Index  |  Profile
2021
FEED | a_social_opera, concept
Author: Nicodemus
Publisher: Unruhe Media
​Online publication

Concept Pages  |  ​The Story This Far  [Was Bisher Geschah]
2022
The Berlin Lecture on Silence, site-specific performance and discussion
Inaugurating the Silent Lecture Series
Hosted by the Democracy School with permission from the Foundation Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe
Conceived and convened by Nicodemus
Location: Stelenfeld, Holocaust Memorial, Berlin
​Concept Page  |  Documentation  |  Website
​The Belfast Lecture on Compassion, site-specific performance and discussion
Part of:  Silent Lecture Series
Hosted by Bbeyond Performance Art (N.I.)
​Co-convened by Chérie Driver and ​Frank Liddy
Location: Belfast City Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK
​Concept Page  |  Documentation  |  Website
2023
The Instant Opera Manifesto, manifesto
Conceived and written by Nicodemus
Project Page​  [Projektseite]
Annotations, newsletter, podcast and youtube channel
Conceived and presented by Nicodemus
Platforms: Substack and YouTube
Project Page
​2024
FEED | The Book, paperback (English edition) 
Concept, dramaturgy and preface by Nicodemus
Introduction and script by Stacy Dorgan Bentz
Published by Unruhe Media
ISBN-13: 978-3911218030
ISBN-10: 3911218036
Project Page  |  Amazon

Prefigurations (2025 to date)

2025
100 Iterations of Collapse,​ algorithmic images of resistance
Conceived and performed by Nicodemus
​Project Page
Forrest Ecologies, interdisciplinary collaboration​
Conceptualised and initiated by Nicodemus
​Project Page
re:frame | dis:kursiv, AI-powered text generator
Designed and co-created by Nicodemus
​Project Page [en[  |  Projekt Seite [de]
2026
Building Blocks of a New Social Order, installation and art book
Currently developed by Nicodemus
[Coming soon - come back later]
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