Aleksey Kondratyev emigrated from Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan to the United States in 1998, where he currently resides in Detroit. He has returned to Kyrgyzstan and other Central Asian countries many times since, interested in the lingering influence of the Soviet Union as well as the contemporary architectural style of cities such as Dubai, Shanghai and Kuala Lumpur. Formations presents this duality across a series of quiet and snowy, yet rapidly changing landscapes.