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Pacôme Thiellement: A New Mode of Thinking Beyond Institutions

publication · 2026-04-24

Pacôme Thiellement embodies a contemporary shift in how knowledge is produced and disseminated. Operating entirely outside academic and research institutions, he works as an essayist and video maker, deliberately avoiding fiction and refraining from adding new images to the existing visual archive. His practice redefines the role of the intellectual in the digital age.

Key facts

  • Pacôme Thiellement is a thinker unaffiliated with any teaching or research institution.
  • He writes essays instead of fiction.
  • He makes videos but avoids creating new images.
  • His work represents a transformation in contemporary knowledge production.
  • The article appears in artpress no. 435, July-August 2016, pp. 76-77.

Entities

Artists

  • Pacôme Thiellement

Institutions

  • artpress

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