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    • Silent Lectures
    • The Devil's Kitchen
    • Instant Opera
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    • MotF+THC
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Nicodemus

Project INdex

​Every index tells a story.
Childhood (before 1988)
​Undated
​Curated Selection​, various
​Maker: Nicodemus
Archive
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.
Archive  |  ​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
Archive  |  ​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 UU. 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.
Archive
No-Myth Exhibition of Consumer Art, installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Host & Venue: Orpheus Gallery, Belfast, N.I.
Archive  |  ​Press
1992
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)
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.
Archive
​1996 - 1997
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)
​1997
The Deserter (Der Deserteur), installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Archive (the project was never realised)
1997 - 1998
Gold and Mortality, an installation of 'machine gun paintings'
Artist: Nicodemus
Proposed Host: White Cube Gallery, London, UK
​Archive (the project was never realised)
​1998
Early Exposure, installation
Artist: Nicodemus
Archive (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)
Archive
​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
Archive
We (UK), interdisciplinary collaboration
Artist & Curator: Nicodemus
Location: Online
Archive
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
Archive
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).
Recent Work (since 2020)
​2020
Unruhe, art archive
Curator: Nicodemus
​Index  |  Profile
2021
The Devil's Kitchen Concept, publication
Author: Nicodemus
Project Page  |  Website
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  |  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
2023
The Instant Opera Manifesto, publication
Conceived and written by Nicodemus
Project Page​
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
​2024
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

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