Benjamin Busch

Studio views, winter 2025–26 #oberschöneweide #treptowateliers

In 2024, I had the unique opportunity to 3D scan parts of Tuntenhaus before renovations began on the building. I have been considering ways to use the material in my studio ever since. My aim is to portray the space of this activist queer squat without reducing it to a single image or narrative. My approach is to assemble a series of media fragments, like this one, based on scans and potentially sound. This video shows a 20 s excerpt of my first video fragment developed at @bekelektronisk during a production residency in 2025. I envision these fragments, rendered at 4K 50 fps, as sculptural components of an installation or exhibition. #berlin #3dscanning #queerspaces

Join us for open studios this Saturday at @treptow_ateliers_ev ! We’re opening our doors for an afternoon of art, conversation, and studio visits. Come by to explore the ateliers, meet the artists, and see what everyone has been working on lately — from works in progress to finished pieces. 📍 Treptow Ateliers, Wilhelminenhof 76/77 📅 March 28th 2026 ⏰ 2-8 PM Everyone is welcome! Photo: @imageadvisorynetwork

OPENING Thursday 6 PM @village.berlin 

Instinct Berlin presents Benjamin Busch @benbusch part of the exhibition Instinct # 19 ✨ CRUISING ✨ Our exhibition explores CRUISING as a refuge and a form of rebellion for marginalized identities, offering spaces for expression and belonging. CRUISING has evolved through generations, adapting to social, political, and technological shifts. Instinct # 19 showcases a broad spectrum of queer artists from diverse backgrounds and eras, amplifying their voices and continuing the legacy of erotic queer art. By challenging societal norms, this exhibition foster inclusivity and understanding on a global scale. 🔥Opening Day Performances: 🍑 BODYHACKING by Trangels Production @luxifera__ 🍑 Live Drawing by Martin Dieudonné 🔥Curation by Eric LeRouge @eric.le.rouge with the support of Pierre Emö @pierreemo Sebastian Arcos @sebasarcosz 🔥Special thanks to the Schwules Museum Berlin @schwulesmuseum

BERLIN — I hope you’ll join us Thursday, August 21 at @village.berlin for @instinct.berlin , where I’m excited to be showing our VR work as part of a group exhibition with more than 30 artists. Cruising – Intergenerational Bridges and Labyrinthine Journeys Exhibition: August 21 – September 14, 2025 Opening: Thursday, August 21, 18:00–22:00 Special events program during Folsom Europe 2025, closing TBA Throughout gay and queer history, cruising has served as both refuge and rebellion—a site where marginalized identities find expression through their bodies, recognition, and belonging. Despite its precarious visibility, cruising has carried through generations, shaped by shifting social, political, and technological landscapes. Our exhibition Cruising positions this practice not merely as a sexual or social encounter but as a rich cultural and political tradition. Through painting, photography, video, text, sound, performance, and immersive environments, the exhibition charts how cruising has navigated public space, adapted through digital realms, and resisted dominant narratives. Intergenerational Bridges and Labyrinthine Journeys At its heart, Cruising Through Time reflects on how connection, desire, and community are transmitted and transformed across generations. This show pays homage to practices often obscured or erased, reclaiming them as sites of learning, pleasure, and power. —instinct Address: we.are.village Kurfürstenstraße 31/32 10785 Berlin This 19th edition of instinct at we.are.village is presented together with Schwules Museum Berlin, Tom of Finland Foundation, and Salzgeber Foundation. It is curated by Eric LeRouge with the collaboration of Sebastián Arcos and Pierre Emö. Many thanks to Eric, Sebastián, and Pierre for the invitation, and to David Swartz for connecting us!

This year, I had the privilege of doing an artist residency at BEK – Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts (@bekelektronisk ). Residing in the video studio, I developed a new methodology for rendering LiDAR point cloud scans using Blender. The focused time and access to advanced hardware were two crucial aspects of this residency. I also had the opportunity to share my first Blender experiments and my VR work on Berlin queer spaces with invited Bergen-based practitioners Joakim Eide (@kunstsenter ), Nayara Leite (@_nayara_leite ), and Siv Støldal (@sivstoldal ). This exchange was so valuable as it allowed me to see how the work functions across different contexts. I’m grateful to have met many amazing people in Bergen during my time there. I want to warmly thank the BEK team for making me feel so welcome and supported. Thank you Kaeto Sweeney (@kaetokato ), Siren Løkaas (@sirenlokaas ), Jennifer Garzon, Åse Løvgren (@aselovgren ), and Maya Økland (@mayaokland )! Video Reel: Benjamin Busch Camera: Siren Løkaas Sound Pool: Sarah Martinus #bekelektronisk #BenjaminBusch

In my element. Thanks @andrewunstorf for photographing me in the studio! Credit: Landesarchiv Berlin / Wunstorf

My conversation with @evanpavka is now available open-access in Volume 5 of react/review: a responsive journal for art and architecture. Check it out here and spread the word: /uc/reactreview (link in bio) Titled “Scans, Residues, Misrecognitions and Other Materialities of Loss,” the dialogue explores the tensions between digital preservation and queer ephemerality. We discuss my ongoing project Scanning the Horizon, which uses LiDAR scanning to document Berlin’s queer spaces in immersive VR. We touch on archival absences, spatial memory, and the ethics of representation—how glitch, misrecognition, and disappearance might be seen not as technical failures but as gestures toward queer futurity. What emerges is an open-ended conversation on loss, visibility, and the speculative potential of incomplete data. react/review is an annual peer-reviewed responsive journal dedicated to research by emerging scholars in art and architectural history and related fields. Affiliated with the Department of the History of Art & Architecture at the University of California, Santa Barbara, the journal is produced by graduate students and early career contingent scholars from across the UC system. Managing Editors: Ben Jameson-Ellsmore and Taylor Van Doorne Many thanks to Evan Pavka for initiating the conversation! @ucsb_haa #UCSB #reactreview #TaylorVanDoorne #BenJamesonEllsmore #EvanPavka #BenjaminBusch #ScanningTheHorizon #AnImmersiveArchive #lidar #vr #queerspaces #Berlin

BERLIN — I’m excited to exhibit my VR installation “Scanning the Horizon” in the the Off Stage program of re:publica 25 (May 26–28). “This time, the motto of the festival for the digital society is “Generation XYZ”. Participants can look forward to an exciting program of talks, discussions, workshops, performances and much more—on current social debates, the internet, its communities and the opportunities and challenges that arise from the digitalisation of society.” — @re_publica Please note, attending re:publica requires a festival ticket. More info: re-publica.com Location: Station Berlin Luckenwalder Straße 4–6 10963 Berlin Off Stage is curated by Nele Ouwens and Vincent Maurer #rp25 #GenXYZ #BenjaminBusch #ScanningTheHorizon #AnImmersiveArchive

BERLIN — Join us on the evening of Thursday, May 22 for the opening of our studio community exhibition. The space has a beautiful garden and a grill we plan to fire up, so we’re hoping for good weather. Bring your friends! Wert eines Ortes / The Value of a Place Die Ausstellungsreihe baume.connect zeigt die Treptow-Ateliers im Kulturhaus Baumschulenweg / The exhibition series baume.connect presents the Treptow-Ateliers at the Kulturhaus Baumschulenweg Exhibition/Ausstellung: 22.05.2025–31.07.2025, Mo.–Fr. 10:00–16:30 & Tu./Di. 10:00–19:00 Opening/Vernissage: 22.05.2025, 18:00 Location: Kulturhaus Baumschulenweg Ernststraße 14/16 12437 Berlin With/mit: Marc Bowditch, Benjamin Busch, Michele Caliari, Sabatino Cersosimo, Dali Dardzhaniya, Chiara Dazi, Flavio Degen, Dániel Ferencz, Tarak Foaos, Paul Gallagher, Berenice Güttler, Hanna Hildebrand, Elena Karakitsou, Sebastian Körbs, Rachna Kothari, loannis Malegiannakis, Rei Matsushima, Lorcan O’Byrne, Ornella Orlandini, Lydia Paasche, Matteo Peterlini, fårce raik, Christoph Schieder, Soji Shimizu, Chisato Yasuzawa @treptow_ateliers_ev @baume.konnektiv @kulturring.berlin

BERLIN — On May 3, experience Scanning the Horizon: An Immersive Archive in VR at Künstlerhaus Bethanien. I’ll be there in person — come explore the work and say hi! Scanning the Horizon: An Immersive Archive (2022–2024) maps spaces of queer community life in Berlin through 3D scanning, oral histories, and field recordings. Developed together with many contributors, the project invites visitors to move through these spaces at their own pace and from new perspectives. Thanks to Antje Weitzel @aweitzelberlin for the invitation and the entire KB team for their care, dedication, and trust. I’m excited for the opportunity to share the project during this one-day open studios event, taking over Studio 205 for the evening. Since January 2024, I have also been collaborating with Künstlerhaus Bethanien on digitalization projects. My original position as part of the Berlin-wide #Resilienzdispatcher program — which supported over 70 cultural institutions — was discontinued at the end of 2024 following Berlin Senate budget cuts, affecting the security and working capacity of cultural spaces across the city. Date: Saturday, May 3, 17:00–21:00 Location: Künstlerhaus Bethanien Kottbusser Straße 10 10999 Berlin @kuenstlerhaus.bethanien #ScanningTheHorizon #AnImmersiveArchive Dir./Prod. #BenjaminBusch Tech. Dir. @vladstorm_ Sound Pools @sarahmartinus With @ficken3000official @so36_club @sonntags.club @moviemento @begine_kultur #MoebelOlfe @monsterronsons #KünstlerhausBethanien #GalleryWeekendBerlin #GalleryWeekend #Berlin