Petra Bachmaier和Sean Gallero于1999年在芝加哥艺术学院学习时相识，并很快发现他们对使用光、颜色和纹理来改造和雕刻空间的装置有共同的兴趣，促使他们建立了自己的工作室。当被问及他们是如何想出这个名字时，他们回答说:“我们想找到一个反映人们如何体验我们工作的名字。”Luft(空气)代表着他们最喜欢的材料——光——的短暂、非物质和易挥发的特性。Werk(作品、艺术品)暗指表面、结构和方法的物质性，并定义了光和声音形成的框架。他们的作品通过光线、色彩和声音改变了观众对空间和场地的感知，通过邀请公众体验熟悉的转变，开启了新的对话。

Petra Bachmaier and Sean Gallero met in 1999 while studying at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and soon discovered a shared interest in installations that transform and sculpt spaces using light， color, and texture, prompting them to found their own studio. Asked how they came up with the name Luftwerk, they reply: “We wanted to find a name that reflected how people experience our work.” Luft (air) stands for the ephemeral, immaterial, and volatile properties of their favorite material, light. Werk (work, artwork) alludes to the materiality of surfaces, structures, and methods, and defines the framework in which light and sound take shape. Their work shifts the viewer’s perceptions of space and site through light, color, and sound opening new conversations by inviting the public to experience the familiar transformed.