Performance Art
Nimmer’s Roll Call 2005
On the last day of high school in my video produciton class, I played a video I made, imitating all my students during roll call. The purpose was to show adults are like kids and also give them a window into how others might see them.
Madame Librarian (2013)
My wife, Tara O'Reilly, was the Carpinteria Librarian at the time and we wanted to be in the Carpinteria Talent Show. Since we couldn't make the audition, we made a video of our act and sent it in. The committee passed on our participation.
Jewish Haiku
Nimmer performs ironic Jewish poetry in the form of haiku
Dance Off
Two people of different ages and walks of life compete in a dance exercise. Nimmer’s son walks in. Bonus ending Nimmer injures himself. The performers were Sarah Strassburg and LN and they each voted for who was best and she won.
Pass the Camera 2006?
Exercise in my Video Production class at Carp High where we passed the camera around and everybody was supposed to say something that they like.
D'Art Santa Barbara 2020
Nimmer threw a dart at a map for the Santa Barbara Open Studio Art Tour. Nimmer went to the first artist's house, mixed it up with them and they then threw the dart at the map, determining the next stop and so on.
74 Year Old Man Blues - 2026
Open Mic, showing anybody can improvise on a list they make ahead of time. The point is not to have a good performance but to just do it.
King of Appetizers 2025
Unfortunately, we are all Kings and Queens of appetizers.
Larry and Andrew Dance Contest
Spoken Art and Spoken Phone 2024
Spoken art allows the audience at Open Mic to give Nimmer directions on which way he should draw. Then, he passes it around and allows each audience member to add something to it. While they do this, Nimmer does Spoken Phone. He asks for an audience member's name on his left, a last name on his right and any random city. He then calls the information o;perator in that city on live mic and trys to ask them their advice for being happy. Worked 2 out of 15 times.
