Project INdex
Every index tells a story.
Childhood (before 1988)
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Undated
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Early Work (1988 to 1993)
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1988
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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 |
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1989
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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).
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 UU. Projects marked with an asterisk (*) were done during the course of this programme.
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1992
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Revolution-Revelation, durational performance & installation
Artist: Nicodemus Host & Venue: Just Books (Bookshop and Café), Belfast, N.I. Archive Curation-Duration*, performance and installation
Artist: Nicodemus Host: Ulster University, Faculty of Art and Design, N.I. Venue: Temporary exhibition space Archive Directing Performance – Art of the In-Between*, installation
Artist: Nicodemus Host: Ulster University, Faculty of Art and Design, N.I. Venue: Temporary exhibition space Archive |
Disengagement (1993 to 2007)
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1996
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A Step at a Time, installation dedicated to Eamon McCaffrey
Artist: Nicodemus Curator: Dr. Slavka Sverakova Host & Venue: Context Gallery, L’Derry, N.I. Archive |
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1996 - 1997
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Road Piece, permanent installation (transplantation)
Artist: Nicodemus Proposed Hosts: Context Gallery, L’Derry, N.I. and Museum für Post und Telekommunikation, Berlin, Germany Archive (Berlin declined - the project was never realised) |
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1997
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1997 - 1998
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Gold and Mortality, an installation of 'machine gun paintings'
Artist: Nicodemus Proposed Host: White Cube Gallery, London, UK Archive (the project was never realised) |
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1998
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In 2003 Nicodemus (aka Nico Andreas Heller) sets up the Democracy School (see resume).
Re-Engagement (2007 to 2020)
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2007
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Public Intimacy, performance & installation
Artist: Nicodemus Location: London Underground (train, station and online) Archive |
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2015
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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 Archive I Am Here, event and collaborative performance
Producer & Director: Nicodemus Host: Democracy School Venue: Kohlenquelle, Berlin, Deutschland (DE) Project Page | Archive |
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2019
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Thinking in Public, performance and discussion
Producer and artist: Nicodemus Available for booking >> Project Prospectus |
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2015 - 2030
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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).
Recent Work (since 2020)
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2021
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2022
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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 | 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 | Website |
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2023
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Annotations, newsletter, podcast and youtube channel
Conceived and fronted by Nicodemus Platforms: Substack and YouTube Project Page | Website The Devil's Kitchen Book, art book [initial eBook and on-demand first print edition]
Texts by Stacy Dorgan Bentz Dramaturgy by Nicodemus Project Page | Website |
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2024
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The Overcoat, the first ever Instant Opera
Conceived and directed by Nicodemus Composition (musical instructions) by Keith McVeigh Texts adopted from The Overcoat (Nikolai Gogol) by Stacy Dorgan Bentz Hosts, performers and locations to be confirmed Project Page | The Overcoat The Devil’s Kitchen Readings, rehearsed reading, set to music
Produced and directed by Nicodemus Texts by Stacy Dorgan Bentz Sound/Music by Dr.Nojoke Hosts, performers and locations to be confirmed Project Page | Website |