Bárbara Wagner graduated in journalism at UFPE, Recife, Brazil, then took an MA in fine art at the Dutch Art Institute, Arnhem. Benjamin de Burca studied fine art at the Glasgow School of Art before obtaining his MFA at Ulster University. The two artists have been working together since 2011. They have had numerous personal shows in museums and galleries, including Stedelijk, Amsterdam (2019), Art Gallery of York University, Toronto (2018) and Museo Jumex, Mexico City (2019); they have participated in major group exhibitions such as Manifesta 13, Marseille (2020); the 58th Biennale di Venezia (2019); Skulptur Projekte, Münster (2017); and the 32nd Bienal de São Paulo (2016). Their works have also been shown at the Berlinale (2019, 2018, 2017), the Locarno Film Festival (2019) and the International Documentary Film Festival in Tel Aviv (2017).