Tis Kaoru Zamler-Carhart (they/them) is is a designer, writer, singer, and music composer and, in a duo with Vitaly Zamler, a visual artist and archeologist. Tis’s literary and visual work revolves around objects and materials, speculative worlds, Africa and its futurisms, linguistics, the European Middle Ages, and the fragile boundaries of seriousness. Their musical work as a composer and singer ranges from opera and theater to solo vocal music and has been performed in numerous countries. As a research duo in contemporary archeology, Tis and Vitaly’s work focuses on fragile household spaces. Their most recent projects investigate remodeling strategies in rural Rwanda from the angle of design theory, and the interiors of abandoned apartments in Poland from the perspective of the archeology of political oppression. As an artist duo, Tis and Vitaly’s work sits at the intersection of photography and material design. Tis has taught transdisciplinary design at Parsons School of Design, medieval literature at Lang College, as well as medieval music and Latin at the Royal Conservatoire The Hague. Tis’s books are published by Punctum Books. Their work as a singer and composer is published by Naxos Concordance, the Austrian Academy of Sciences, Innova Recordings, and other labels. Tis and Vitaly’s visual work has been exhibited in museums, galleries, and at international art fairs, and is held in private collections in various countries.