Alex Tsander, hypnotist-style psychological illusionist, inventer of " I Can't Believe It's NOT Hypnosis ", based in Bristol, England. Champion of scientific realism regarding hypnotism, hypnosis, stage hypnotism, NLP, CBT, hypnotherapy, hypnoanalysis and "clinical hypnotism ".

 

Hypnotist.

 

.......Author of three books on hypnotism:

 

"Beyond Hypnosis: Hypnotism, Stage Hypnotism and the Myth of Hypnosis" ( a 400,000 word philosophical argument, 2006, SUMMITOTHER, ISBN 0-9550731-8-9 ).

 

"The Art & Secrets of Stage Hypnotism" ( explaining how the illusion of "hypnosis" is a product of myriad social-psychological variables, in terms of a laymans instructional guide to the topic, 2006, SUMMITOTHER, ISBN 0-9550731-6-2 ).

 

"Beyond Erickson: A Fresh Look at The Emperor of Hypnosis" ( the first book ever dedicated to a critical reappraisal of the reputation of the patron saint of hypnotherapists, 2005, SUMMITOTHER, ISBN 0-9550731-0-3 ).

 

Former Photographer.

 

.......Author of three books of photography:

 

"White Tights and Fetish Nights" ( a visual argument on eroticism and the rule of cliches in the genre, 2003, SUMMITOTHER, ISBN 0-9550731-2-X ).

 

"Mirth Merchants" ( A selection of monochrome portraits of figures on the UK comedy club circuit , 2004, SUMMITOTHER, ISBN 0-9550731-3-8 ).

 

"GeeHa!"( Photo-constructions exploring conflict, cultural and military, classical and contemporary. 2009.ISBN 0-9550731-9-7 / 978-0-9550731-9-9)

 

Resident photographer at the Comedy Box, Bristol, for seven years. Recognised as probably the single largest source of the widest and best available selection of portraits ( as opposed to stage and press shots ) of British and international comedy performers working on the UK comedy circuit at the start of the twenty-first century.

 

Artist.

 

Exhibiting intermittently from 1978 until 1990 and then continuously since 2002. Loosely aligned with Late Constructivism ( "conceptualism" and "minimalism" ), correspondent with Carl Andre, Richard Long, Walter De Maria, Nicholas Logsdail, Michael Craig-Martin and Harald Szeeman in the 'Seventies and early 'Eighties. Shortlisted for Serpentine Summer show by Tony Cragg in 1981. Shortlisted for Channel 5's "The BIG Art Show" 2005. Publisher and curator of "CTO: Call To Order" an archival journal of papers on art theory and related topics, founded 1980, ISSN 02605821 ).