Nina Willimann (Zurich) and Mayumi Arai (Tokyo) have been working together since 2015 in various site-specific, research- and process-based projects between Europe and Asia. In their works, Willimann/Arai investigate modern/colonial narratives such as West/East, Self/Other, Nature/Culture and explore narrative and physical spaces beyond these dualisms. In collaboration with visitors, local communities and experts, they create arrangements of the in-between and polyphonic forms of narration.

Since 2015 Willimann/Arai have been developing four main research-based "umbrella"-projects, which are interconnected: How to disappear (completely), Swiss Gymnastics, The gift exercise and Avatar tours. The format Reflections is a series of Lecture-Performances in which Willimann/Arai focus on recurring topics in their projects by summarizing, analyzing and applying them with artistic means.