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Klaus Spiess
Klaus Spiess is a former endocrinologist, psychosomaticist and anthropologist. Since 2010 he has been directing the Arts in Medicine Program at the Vienna Medical University as an associate professor and he has been developing hybrid and immersive art-performances. His works address biopolitical issues in and beyond medicine. His performances developed together with artist Lucie Strecker have been shown among others at the Tanzquartier Wien, the Natural History Museum and the 21er Haus, Vienna; Budascoop, Kortrijk, Brut Vienna, Click Festival Helsingör, Muffatwerk Munich, Innovation Lab University of Applied Arts, Vienna, and Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin. Installations at the Beall Center of Arts and Technology, Irvine, the Onassis Cultural Center, Athens, the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art, Omaha, and at Ars Electronica, where he was awarded at the Prix. He has published numerous articles at Performance Research, Kunstforum International, Springerin, The Lancet and Leonardo, among others.
Contact: Center of Public Health, Kinderspitalgasse 15, 1090 Vienna, Austria.