A crawler is an internet “searchbot” which the artist used to collect comments or questions about the global pandemic and other timely topics (including artificial intelligence, climate change and gender). Some of these phrases are projected on to the Cowshed; the phrases increase and decrease in size as they respond to the colonial achitecture. Crawler was first presented at Kunstmuseum Gelsenkirchen in Germany during the first lock down in April 2020.

Born in Minden, Germany, in 1977, Johanna Reich's practice encompasses painting, video, performance, photography, sculpture and holographic projections. In addition to being part of a number of collections internationally, her artworks have already been featured in individual or group exhibitions in Germany and abroad, including at the Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography (2007), Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (2009) and the Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto (2011). Prizes she has won include the Nam June Paik Award and the Japanese Excellence Prize for Media Art.