Their work is known to transgress traditional categorisation, combining separate disciplines such as sculpture, photography, architecture, painting, video and installation.

Their first permanent installation (glass, metal, and a stone mosaic) titled See it split, see it change, was inaugurated at the South Ferry subway terminal.

Throughout the six-month exhibit, the Starns and their crew of 10-16 rock climbers continuously lashed and sculpted over 7,000 bamboo poles, a performative architecture of randomly interconnected vectors forming a section of a seascape with a 70’ cresting wave above Central Park.

[5] Since June 2014, a new permanent installation has been part of the Israel Museum Jerusalem sculpture garden, titled: Big Bambú: 5,000 Arms To Hold You.

[3] In 2009, the Starns were commissioned by the Arts for Transit program of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority to design a permanent installation for the New York City Subway's South Ferry terminal.