Artist Julian Charrière is known for a research-based practice rooted in geology, biology, physics, history and archaeology. A participant of the Institut für Raumexperimente (Institute for Spatial Experiments), Charrière has exhibited his work—both individually and as a part of the Berlin-based art collective Das Numen—at museums and institutions worldwide. His work has been featured in the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India; the 12th Biennale de Lyon, France; and the 13th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, among others. In 2013 and 2015, Charrière was awarded the Kiefer Hablitzel Award / Swiss Art Award, and in 2018 was the recipient of the GASAG Art Prize. Born in Morges, Switzerland in 1987, Charrière currently lives and works in Berlin.

Julie Reiss is an independent art historian and critic with a focus on contemporary art that addresses the climate crisis and the role artists play in social change. She is the editor of Art, Theory and Practice in the Anthropocene. She is also the author of From Margin to Center: The Spaces of Installation Art. Julie teaches courses on Art and Sustainability at Columbia University where she is also a Visiting Critic to the MFA department. She is Consulting Editor to the Harpo Foundation, working on an anthology of essays about its founder, artist and arts advocate Ed Levine.