Thomas Girst [SEP] place of birth
Thomas Girst
Thomas Girst (born July 4, 1971 in Trier) is a German author and cultural manager.
Life.
Girst graduated from Liverpool High School (New York State) and Rotenbuehl High School in Saarbruecken, Germany. He studied art history, American Studies and German Literature at Hamburg University and New York University. The subject matter of his PhD thesis was “Art, Literature, and the Japanese American Internment” during World War II. He lived in New York between 1995 and 2003, at first
According to Thomas Girst, who has been in charge of the BMW Art Cars project since 2004, the purpose of the project has changed over time: "In the beginning the cars were raced. There wasn't much of a public relations effort around them... Since then, some of the Art Cars have been used in advertisements to show that BMW is a player in the arts. With the Eliason work, part of what we are doing is raising awareness of alternative and renewable energy sources."
BMW Art Cars