Wyszedł z siebie i nie wróci
He has left himself and he isn’t coming back

Summary/Abstract: The text is devoted to a Danish artist who formerly appeared under the name of Claus Beck-Nielsen, but who decided to eradicate his identity in 2000. Gradually achieving his goal, he began to function as Nameless, the Person Known as Nielsen, while also impersonating real live people. Burzyńska places this artistic act within the context of Greek philosophy, the ideas of Ernest Kantorowicz, and Giorgio Agamben’s concept of homo sacer. She also describes the activity of Das Beckwerk, a company founded by Nameless, which blurs the boundary between art and reality.

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