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About Thomas Altheimer
- Thomas Altheimer (also known as Tom Dane; born Thomas Skade-Rasmussen Strøbech, 1972) is a filmmaker, activist, comedian, conceptual and performance artist.
- He is an alumnus of a now defunct London Consortium (Birkbeck College) and holds a PhD in art practice from Goldsmiths College.
- He was awarded his doctorate in 2012 for the thesis "Fictioneering Rogues, or, The End of the Artist".
- Altheimer is known for using his identity as a site for political experimentation and exploration.
- This work has led to a series of projects — so-called parallel actions — which seek to blur the boundaries between art and life.
- During the Presidency of George W.
- Bush, his work would often make use of political forms as conceptual readymades.
- Altheimer works in the Situationist tradition with détournement as a key tactic.
- In recent years the impact of several legal proceedings has foregrounded questions of fictionalisation and identity in his work.
- He has exhibited and performed internationally in artist-run spaces like Alma Enterprises in London and municipal art spaces like the ICA in London, Angel's Gate in San Pedro and Nikolaj, Center of Contemporary Art in Copenhagen.
- His films have been broadcast by ZDF, Arte, DR and ORF and screened at several international film festivals.
- In 2007 Wiener Festwochen commissioned work from Altheimer in combination with performances on the theme of democracy.
- He currently lives and works in Los Angeles.
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