Michaela Büsse
Michaela Büsse is interested in the interplay of material practices, technologies, and geological processes. Her dissertation project analyses land reclamation projects in Southeast Asia and the Netherlands and based on sand’s granular physics develops a performative reading of design.
Michaela currently works as a Research Associate at the Institute of Cultural History and Theory, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin and has held position at the Institute of Experimental Design and Media Cultures, FHNW and the Institute for Design Research, ZHdK.
Furthermore, she has held fellowships with TU Delft, NTU/Centre for Contemporary Art Singapore, Museum of Contemporary Art and Design Manila, and Strelka Institute for Media, Design and Architecture in Moscow.
Exhibitions
Büsse, M. (curator), de Visscher, E. (curator), Dean, M., Dierichs, D., Eder, M., Eigen, L., Guiducci, L., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Jalkh, H., Kycia, A., Mareis, C., Nyakatura, J. A., Rasehorn, F., Rešetar, I., Ribault, P., Sauer, C., Sauer, I., Schneider, M., Stock, R., Shone, J., Wenig, C. Design Lab #13. Material Legacies. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum of Decorative Arts. Kunstgewerbemuseum. Funded by Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« and Prussian Cultural Heritage Board of Trustees. 3 November 2022 - 26 February 2023.
https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/kunstgewerbemuseum/exhibitions/detail/design-lab-13/
Highlighted by TAZ, 15.11.2022.
Events & Workshops
Mareis, C, Büsse, M., Gründel, A., Perraudin, L. Lecture Series Dis/Entangling Material Futures. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Cultural History and Theory at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 25 April 2022 - 18 July 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/7704/dis-entangling-material-futures
Mareis, C., Büsse, M. Design and the History of Knowledge. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 30 June 2021.
Mareis, C. with Büsse, M., Gruendel, A., Perraudin, L. Dis/Entangling Perspectives in Material Research. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Department of Cultural History and Theory at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 25 October 2021 - 14 February 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/de/activities/6386/dis-entangling-perspectives-in-material-research
Press Articles
Molitor, N. 2022. »Ausstellungsempfehlung für Berlin: Am Knotenpunkt des Materials. Das 13. Design Lab im Kunstgewerbemuseum geht den Geschichten diverser Bau- und Designmaterialien auf den Grund. Befragt werden Werke aus der Sammlung.« taz, 15 November 2022.
https://taz.de/Ausstellungsempfehlung-fuer-Berlin/!5892190/