Carolin Liebl and Nikolas Schmid-Pfähler create enigmatic plastic sculptures in collaboration with quirky robots. Through these and other sculptural and installation-based works, the artist duo explores the interweaving of natural and artificial, human and non-human, material and ideology. Their practice unfolds through an aesthetic investigation in dialog with scientific research.

Since 2020, they have been pursuing ongoing artistic research into biodegradable plastics in cooperation with researchers at the Sustainable Materials Innovation Hub, University of Manchester, UK. In 2019, the duo founded the interdisciplinary art space Atelier Wäscherei in Offenbach am Main and have served as its artistic directors ever since.

Their works have been exhibited internationally and are represented in prominent collections, including ZKM in Karlsruhe, WRO Art Center in Wroclaw, Poland and Ennova Art Museum in Langfang, China. In 2022, their monograph hello world was published by Distanz Verlag, Berlin.