Ei Arakawa was born in 1977 in Japan, Sergei Tcherepnin in 1981 in the USA, and Gela Patashuri in Georgia in 1973. They have been working collaboratively since 2008 on projects at Casco, Utrecht (2010), New Jerseyy, Basel (2009) and in Tbilisi (2008, 2009). Arakawa’s solo projects include Galerie Neu, Berlin (2010), Kunsthalle Zurich and Sculpture Center New York (both 2009); Tcherepnin has performed his musical improvisations in numerous New York venues and his compositions are performed internationally; Patashuri has curated and participated in group exhibitions in Georgia, most recently in Shindisi.