Kunst.Werk.Stein.Schlag III: KWSS III

Tobias KLEIN; Alvaro CASSINELLI

Kunst.Werk.Stein.Schlag III: KWSS III

Tobias KLEIN (Artist)
, Alvaro CASSINELLI (Artist)

School of Creative Media

Research output: Creative and Literary Works in Non - textual Form › RGC 42 - Painting, sculpture, drawing, photograph

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Abstract

Kunst.Werk.Stein.Schlag (KWSS) is a kinetic artwork combining found Chinese Scholar rocks with custom-made electromechanical devices. It transforms traditional Gongshi scholar’s stones—Taihu rocks shaped by water over millennia—from contemplative objects into activated bodies, producing industrial mining sounds that break cultural silence. Strapped with machining belts and held by 3D-printed armatures, the object traverse from inanimate geological formations to animate characters, exploring morphology as an ongoing dialogue between geological time, cultural memory, and technological intervention. The work invites recontextualization, exposing how interpretive frameworks decode materiality and temporality across cultures.

The work was exhibited at
MORPHOLOGY
Hong Kong, Hanart TZ Gallery, 13.12.2025 - 24.01.2026

Machinoiserie II
Hong Kong, Major Pop gallery, 24.03.2026 - 31.03.2026
https://majorpopart.com/blogs/past-exhibitions/machinoiserie-ii

Original language	English
Publication status	Published - 13 Dec 2025
Event	MORPHOLOGY: Peter Nelson and Tobias Klein (in collaboration with Alvaro Cassinelli) - Hanart TZ Gallery, Hong Kong , China Duration: 13 Dec 2025 → 24 Jan 2026 https://www.hanart.com/exhibition/morphology-peter-nelson-and-tobias-klein-in-collaboration-with-alvaro-cassinelli/

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