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aladin is a strategy consultant, interdisciplinary artist/curator and thinker based in London: http://www.aladin.me

aladin consults internationally on the development of civil society, on sustainability, on cultural policy and on marketing communications generally. through his strategy consultancy alkhemi – for clients ranging from the Nordic Council of Ministers to the Love Parade in Berlin.

In 2007 aladin co-founded the 11-strong collaborative practice London United: http://www.londonunited.org

Following Ken Livingstone’s election as London’s Mayor in 2000, a Cultural Strategy Group for London (CSG) came into being, charged with the development of the world’s first integrated plan for culture, media, sport, arts, heritage and tourism. aladin was head-hunted by the Mayor to develop the policy-making process between 2000-4, finally co-authoring a published culture plan widely regarded as groundbreaking if controversial.

As one of the principal cultural strategy architects of CSG and as its Co/Vice-Chair, aladin played a key role in leading and managing a process whose outcomes ranged from the generation of the Olympic Bid to the underlining of the pertinence of ‘diversity’ in cultural policy.

As an interdisciplinary artist aladin's work has been featured at contexts including the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA), Hayward Gallery, Whitechapel Gallery, Victoria and Albert Museum (V+A), British Museum, Natural History Museum, South London Gallery, Jerwood Space, Chisenhale Dance Space, Bullion Room/Hackney Empire, Miller’s Academy and Trafalgar Square, London.

aladin’s honours include: selection for the British Festival of Visual Theatre, the National Review of Live Arts (U.K.) and the London International Festival of Visual Theatre. In August 2007, in recognition of his distinctive contributions across creative boundaries, London's Portobello Film Festival appointed aladin as Guest Curator of a Mini Meltdown over two evenings at Westbourne Studios.

As a magician aladin has made appearances in the Universal Pictures movie ‘Magicians’ (2007) and the multiple awards-winning film project 'Book of Cool' (2006) - featuring two dozen of the world's greatest virtuoso entertainers. aladin has magicianed at special events in landmark international spaces – as well as for a combined live theatre and television audience of hundreds of millions in Bangalore, India. aladin is a winner of the title International Magician of the Year at the Alternative Arts Festival, London and also a Gold Turban Member of the Magic Academy, Bangalore.

aladin has been a visiting academic at academic institutions internationally in disciplines including: cultural policy, contemporary cultural anthropology, organisational management, leadership and negotiation. Institutions include: Manchester University, Art Academy of Trondheim, Christies London, Copenhagen Business School, The Learning Lab in Denmark, London’s City University and the KCC Foundation. aladin has written widely on society and culture including for the Nordic Institute of Contemporary Arts, Latest Art Magazine, The Photographer’s Gallery, the Almanac of Political Art, the Berlin Senate and Deepak Chopra’s IntentBlog. He has wide experience as a keynote speaker for organisations ranging from the Tate Modern to Schlumberger-Sema.

aladin has been an on-air guest on the talk show BBC Radio 4's 'Midweek with Libby Purves'. He has been extensively profiled in The Times and The Sunday Times amongst others.

“Mystical cardmeister” (The Times, London); “Extraordinary magician” (The Sunday Times, London); “Master of sleight of hand” (Evening Standard, London); “Virtuoso magic and visual poetry” (Time Out, London); “Theatrical poetry” (ICA, London); “Astonishing legerdemain and prestidigitation” (Whitechapel Art Gallery, London).

http://www.aladin.me aladin's personal website

http://www.subvirt.com aladin's interdisciplinary creative work

http://www.magicaladin.com Personal website and press file for magic

http://www.aladinmagic.com Updated agency website for magic

http://www.alkhemi.com aladin’s prior work in strategy consultancy

http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2007/studios07.html Portobello Film Festival - 1

http://www.portobellofilmfestival.com/2007/studios06.html Portobello Film Festival - 2

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dfJhmSAWZJw Clip from movie ‘Magicians’

http://www.bookofcool.com/html/trailerpop.asp?url=../dev/clips/magiccards.swf Clip from ‘Book of Cool’