Tobias Klein
Most Recent Affiliation:
- City University of Hong Kong, School of Creative Media, Associate Professor
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- Hong Kong, Hong Kong
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Bio:
Tobias Klein, born 1979 in Bonn, is a German architect, artist and cultural agitator – a creator-craftsman that finally has the chance to overcome the fifteen- and sixteenth-century schism of intellectual from manual labour, as well as the nineteenth-century gulf between automatic mechanization and poetic creation.
His works are exhibited internationally at the London Science Museum, the V&A, The Venice Architectural Biennale, the Science Gallery (Melbourne), the Bellevue Arts Museum, the MoCA Taipei, Museum of Moscow and Vancouver and in the permanent collection of China’s first 3D Print Museum in Shanghai.
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Title:
Augmented Fauna and Glass Mutations: A dialogue Between Material and Technique in Glassblowing and 3D Printing
Writing Type: Paper
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Exhibition: SIGGRAPH 2018: Original Narratives
Abstract Summary:3D printing allows unprecedented freedom in the design and manufacturing of even the most geometric complex forms—seemingly through a simple click of a button. In comparison, the making of glass is an analogue craftsmanship, coordinating an intricate interplay of individual tools and personal skills, giving shape to a material during the short time of its temperature-based plasticity. The two artworks discussed in this article, Augmented Fauna and Glass Mutations, were created during the artist’s residence at the Pilchuck Glass School and articulate a synthesis between digital work ows and traditional craft processes to establish a digital craftsmanship.
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