SURGICAL PERFORMANCES
Urs Burki viewed aesthetic surgery as applied art. In the 1990s and 2000s, the artist performed pioneering “open-air” operations, which were artistic and performative in nature. He did this alongside his painting, photography and sculpting. The publication Urs Burki M.D., Openair and Inhome Operations – as well as the statements of patients operated by him – provide a comprehensive insight into the surgical performances by Dr. Urs Burki. The website of the Burki Clinic for Aesthetic Surgery provides an insight into Dr Urs Burki’s surgical work (burkiclinic.com).
The following video sequences were generated from films commissioned by Dr. Urs Burki for the scientific documentation of the open-air and in-home operations carried out by him.
Aesthetic “open-air” and “in-home” surgery performed in Switzerland between 1993 and 2006 by Dr Urs Burki, FMH-certified specialist in plastic, reconstructive and aesthetic surgery
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Cologny (Geneva), the world’s first open-air aesthetic surgery, 01-10-2001
Haute école de musique de Genève, facelift on stage, 19-02-2002
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