Ossian Fraser (b. Edinburgh, 1983; lives in Munich and Berlin) molds and captures evanescent moments. Working with volatile materials such as water, dust, or light, the artist exposes the latent potentials of unremarkable situations in the urban fabric and natural scenes. A tunnel in a city, a rock face in the mountains become points of departure and elementary components of his site-specific interventions, which he records in photographs. The book is the first to offer comprehensive insight into Fraser’ s artistic practice. Series of pictures showcasing his conceptual and poetic pieces alternate with conversations that not only demarcate the framework in which his art operates, but also touch on the great issues of our time. Ossian Fraser studied fine arts and sculpture at the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences, Bonn, from 2006 until 2009 and at the Weiß ensee Kunsthochschule, Berlin, from 2009 until 2013, rounding out his education in Albrecht Schä fer’ s master class in 2013– 2014.

Based in New Orleans, Louisiana, Andreas Merkl is a research fellow at Oxford University, working mostly on complex systems problems at the nexus of people and nature. Oceans, circular economy, food systems, and natural capital markets are areas of special interest. He holds a master’ s degree in Business and Administration from Harvard, a master’ s in Natural Resource Analysis and Regional Planning from UC Berkeley, and a bachelor’ s degree in Natural History and Environmental Studies from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Heinrich and Ilze Wolff are architects working in Cape Town, South Africa. Wolff Architects is developing an architecture of consequence through the mediums of design, advocacy, research, documentation, and art. Informed by the colonial history of their home in Cape Town, they established their architecture practice as a vehicle for addressing social inequities as well as the erasure of indigenous landscapes and narratives. Laura Helena Wurth is a writer and critic. She holds a bachelor’ s degree in Arts and Culture from Maastricht University, and a master’ s degree from Humboldt University Berlin. Wurth writes regularly about contemporary art and architecture for newspapers and magazines such as Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Sonntagszeitung, ZEIT ONLINE and KUNSTFORUM International. Heinrich and Ilze Wolff are architects working in Cape Town, South Africa. Wolff Architects is developing an architecture of consequence through the mediums of design, advocacy, research, documentation, and art. Informed by the colonial history of their home in Cape Town, they established their architecture practice as a vehicle for addressing social inequities as well as the erasure of indigenous landscapes and narratives.