Klaus Schafler

Vienna-based artist Klaus Schafler is dealing with phenomena and imagination of transition in different geo-political landscapes and sub-urban situations, with a specific research focus on shifting terrritories and ecologies of our times. He is working in various formats including site-specific installations, performative interventions, and staged lectures. Having a background in arts, political science and economy, he is also the artistic director of Kunsthalle Exnergasse in Vienna since September 2022, was fellow resident with LMCC, Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, New York, was co-curator of artist collective K.U.L.M., and visiting critic at ART OMI, published the book »Hacking the Planet and Future«, was awarded an art-science grant by the Austrian Ministry for Arts and Culture, and co-initiated the collaborative project »Grammar of Urgencies«, currently researching on »Fleeting Territories«.

https://www.schafler.net/