Castaing-Taylor and Paravel collaborate as anthropologists, artists and filmmakers in the Sensory Ethnography Laboratory, based in Cambridge, USA, at Harvard University, and in Paris, France. Ernst Karel’s multidimensional audio work includes electroacoustic improvisation and composition, location recording, and solo and collaborative sound installations. Karel is the Lab Manager for the Sensory Ethnography Lab and has previously collaborated with Castaing-Taylor and Paravel on their 2012 film Leviathan.