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Tobias Klein is an Associate Professor at the School of Creative Media, City University of Hong Kong. He is an internationally recognized architect and interdisciplinary artist whose work bridges the fields of art, installation, experimental design, interactivity, and sculpture. His practice operates at the intersection of digital and physical creation, exploring new territories in narrated embodied space.
Klein's research focuses on Digital Craft as an operational synthesis between digital and physical materials and tools as poetic (Poïesis) and technical (Technê) expressions. His work challenges the traditional dualistic separation of digital workflows and analog making, instead creating a confluence where techniques and concepts are symbiotically intertwined. Key research areas include 3D modeling and printing, augmented reality, installation art, and the application of advanced medical visualization techniques to explore the human body as a new ecology of densities.
His recent artistic output reveals a strong trend toward environmental reactivity and material hybridization, with works like Common Datum exploring invisible forces and their physical manifestations. Klein's publications demonstrate an increasing focus on interdisciplinary approaches that combine traditional craftsmanship with digital fabrication, particularly in glass and ceramics, while also exploring blockchain applications for representing human values.
- SCM Research Award 2018
- SIGGRAPH 2018 - Best Art Paper Award
Klein actively supervises PhD students including Hin Nam FONG, Zidong HUANG, Hoi Ching MOK, Pierre Yat Siu SHUM, and Daniel STEMPFER. His current research projects include Hybrid Glass Craft, Science + Technology + Arts (START), and Material and Fabrication in and for the Ocean, demonstrating his commitment to interdisciplinary approaches that merge art, technology, and cultural heritage. His studio practice maintains a fascination with the construct of space while questioning modern understandings of embodiment, perception, and projection.
