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- Niklas Zimmer is a German-South African artist and musician working in photography, sound and performance. He was born in Bangkok, Thailand in 1975, went to prep school in Maseru, Lesotho, and matriculated in Bad Honnef, Germany. He lives and works in Cape Town. He holds an Honors and a Masters degree in Fine Art from University of Cape Town as well as a BA in education from University of Cologne. After three years of being Head of Department, teaching Visual Arts at the German International School in Cape Town, he now part-time lectures in theory and discourse of art, critical studies, as well as giving workshops in video, sound and photography at tertiary institutions in Cape Town and Stellenbosch. He also works as an independent photographer and drummer, and is employed by the University of Cape Town as an (audio) digitisation specialist. As Is, his musical ensemble with Manfred Zylla, Garth Erasmus and an ever growing list of guests performs free-form music in various cultural venues and contexts in Cape Town (Dada South?, Breytenbach Sentrum, Edge of Wrong, Alliance Francaise, Erdmann contemporary, Serialworks, Gradex'10, Edge of Wrong et al).- IMDb Mini Biography By: Niklas Zimmer
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