Cut amp Sea documents an exhibition by architect and artist Tobias Klein on the grounds of Oithe Oil Street Art Space in Hong Kong. Created for the Back to Basics series during the Hong Kong Biennale in Architecture the series explores the interrelationship between art and the nature of its existence in everyday life. The title of Kleins work refers to the ocean waves that used to reach Oiback when it operated as the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Cluband to two 2.5metre discs which Klein designed to be cut into a construction wall and into the lawn of the art centre. Both discs can be slid open on rails to reveal the construction site of a skyscraper or the layers of soil compacted beneath Oi The two lines horizontal and vertical become activators allowing a reflection onto the relationship between oneself and ones expectation of human relationships. Cut amp Sea transforms the visitor into an actor unlocking new optical physical and spatial relationships. This volume includes project designs theoretical texts concerning the projects development and interviews with the architect and contractor who carried out the work. Tobias Klein Klein 2. 5 Klein