In 2017, for the second edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial – Making New History, SO-IL Studio collaborated with artist Ana Prvački and composer Veronika Krausas to debut a special performance titled L’air Pour L’air. Against the lush backdrop of the Garfield Park Conservatory, they created an ensemble of enclosures made from air-filtering mesh that cleaned the air through breathing for the musicians – flutist, trombone and saxophone players and vocalist – all requiring air to produce music. The performance, and the shelters, asked to imagine what existence might look like when the environment continues to deteriorate, and expressed the imminent, difficult fate of culture in such a reality.