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About Mike Schertzer
- Mike Schertzer (born May 27, 1965 in Brantford, Ontario) is a Canadian poet and artist.Schertzer graduated in 1987 from the University of British Columbia with a B.Sc.
- in biology, and lived for some time in Vancouver, British Columbia.
- In 2017 he obtained a PhD from the Université Pierre-et-Marie-Curie/Sorbonne Universités (ED515, Complexité du Vivant).
- He currently lives and works in Paris, France. According to his personal homepage, he has worked as a research technician since 1987, and as of 2009, he has been employed as a molecular biologist at the Curie Institute in Paris, France.
- Of his artistic work, he says "I practice a unique form of collage, which I call 'Sublimage' (paper and acrylic on glass).
- I also create text-based art, mostly overpainted books (negatexts).
- I also do performances and interventions that typically run for at least 8 hours."He claims to have devised the longest acronym in the English language, Acronymic in his book Cipher and Poverty.
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