Annett Busch
About
Annett Busch is a research-curator, editor, writer and translator, with an interest in radical forms of filmmaking and unruly artistic methods. She co-curated the exhibition Tell It to the Stones: The Work of J. M. Straub and D. Huillet (2017, with Tobias Hering) and co-edited an encompassing volume of the same title, published by Sternberg Press. A long research thread on African cinemas lead to the publication Ousmane Sembène: Interviews (2008, with Max Annas) and to curating various film programmes (most recently, Synchronize! Pan-African Film Networks at the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, 2022, with MH Gutberlet). Her focus has also been on audacious female artists, administrators, philosophers, and fighters, cocurating the multifaceted, multilocal, research-based, artistic project Women on Aeroplanes (since 2017, with MH Gutberlet and Magda Lipska), and coediting the accompanying Inflight Magazine. She has also taken catalyzing historical moments and their hangovers, as in the volume and exhibition After Year Zero (with Anselm Franke); and focused on the politics and cultures of magazine production, as in Electronic Textures (with Kodwo Eshun and Michael C. Vazquez, among others).
Publications
2026
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Suijkerbuijk, Martinus.
(2026)
Stochastic Dreams by Ayodele Arigbabu in collaboration with Martinus Suijkerbuijk, curated by Alex Murray-Leslie and Annett Busch.
Exhibition
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Dziadkiewicz, Roman;
Logan, Melissa E.;
frank, tina;
Arigbabu, Ayodele.
(2026)
UTOPIA Chicks on Speed and collaborators, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
Exhibition
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Gangvik, Espen;
Cerpina, Zane;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Kukreja, Samrridhi.
(2026)
Meta.Morf. Future Manifestos.
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
Exhibition catalogue
2025
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa E.;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Glas, Kathi;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne.
(2025)
HEARandNOWtopia by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
Music
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Logan, Melissa E.;
Glas, Kathi;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Dom, Liesel.
(2025)
HEARtopia BOX SET by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
Music
2024
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Busch, Annett.
(2024)
Visning af: Materiale, montage — Et brev til redaktøren.
Kunsten som Forum på tryk
Professional article
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
arigbau, ayodele;
Busch, Annett;
Sampson, Bruce Andrew;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Logan, Melissa. E.;
Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea;
Roros, Anneli.
(2024)
Sleep Synthesis by Chicks on Speed & Collaborators, The Irreplaceable Human: Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Exhibition
2023
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Busch, Annett;
Gutberlet, Marie-Hélène.
(2023)
Off to Take Care -- A film festival on the multi-facets of care work.
Film
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Duch, Michael Francis;
Busch, Annett;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Day, Jeremiah;
Dziadkiewicz, Roman;
unnur, andrea einarsdottir;
arigbau, ayodele.
(2023)
Shared Campus presents Telematic StreamArt Improvisation.
Performing arts
2021
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Busch, Annett;
Hering, Tobias.
(2021)
Tell it to the Stones—
Encounters with the films of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub.
Sternberg Press
Anthology
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Busch, Annett.
(2021)
Letter to the Editor——How to Address the Scope of Liberal Positions with and within the South African Magazines?.
Academic chapter
2020
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Busch, Annett;
Muchemwa, Fadzai Veronica;
Leykam, Daniela;
Tannert, Christoph.
(2020)
Textures of Erasure — Side-lined stories of a marginalised narrative. In:
Gladys Kalichini ...these gestures of memory.
Verlag Kettler
Exhibition catalogue
2017
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Busch, Annett.
(2017)
How much the heart can hold—On the films by John Akomfrah.
Non-fiction chapter
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Busch, Annett;
Hering, Tobias.
(2017)
Tell it to the Stones—On the work by the filmmakers Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. Exhibition | Retrospective | Rencontres | Arnold Schönberg Week.
Exhibition
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Busch, Annett.
(2017)
Women on Aeroplanes—Inflight Magazine.
Women on Aeroplanes—Inflight Magazine
Editorial
2015
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Busch, Annett;
Franke, Anselm.
(2015)
After Year Zero—Universal Imaginaries, Geographies of Collaboration.
Exhibition
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Busch, Annett;
Franke, Anselm.
(2015)
After Year Zero—Geographies of Collaboration.
Modern Museum of Art, Warsaw
Exhibition catalogue
2013
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Busch, Annett;
Franke, Anselm.
(2013)
After Year Zero—Geographies of Collaboration after 1945.
Exhibition
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Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max;
Gunkel, Henriette.
(2013)
Frieda Grafe, 30 Filme, Vol 1.
Brinkmann & Bose
Anthology
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Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max;
Gunkel, Henriette.
(2013)
Frieda Grafe, 30 Filme. Vol 3 (German/English).
Brinkmann und Bose Verlag
Anthology
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Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max;
Gunkel, Henriette.
(2013)
Frieda Grafe, 30 Filme. Vol 2 (German & English contributions).
Brinkmann und Bose Verlag
Anthology
2008
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Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max.
(2008)
Ousmane Sembène: Interviews.
University Press of Mississippi
Anthology
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Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max.
(2008)
Introduction.
Introduction in anthology
Journal publications
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Busch, Annett.
(2024)
Visning af: Materiale, montage — Et brev til redaktøren.
Kunsten som Forum på tryk
Professional article
-
Busch, Annett.
(2017)
Women on Aeroplanes—Inflight Magazine.
Women on Aeroplanes—Inflight Magazine
Editorial
Artistic productions
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa E.;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Glas, Kathi;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne.
(2025)
HEARandNOWtopia by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
Music
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Logan, Melissa E.;
Glas, Kathi;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Dom, Liesel.
(2025)
HEARtopia BOX SET by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
Music
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Suijkerbuijk, Martinus.
(2026)
Stochastic Dreams by Ayodele Arigbabu in collaboration with Martinus Suijkerbuijk, curated by Alex Murray-Leslie and Annett Busch.
Exhibition
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Dziadkiewicz, Roman;
Logan, Melissa E.;
frank, tina;
Arigbabu, Ayodele.
(2026)
UTOPIA Chicks on Speed and collaborators, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
Exhibition
-
Busch, Annett;
Hering, Tobias.
(2017)
Tell it to the Stones—On the work by the filmmakers Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub. Exhibition | Retrospective | Rencontres | Arnold Schönberg Week.
Exhibition
-
Busch, Annett;
Franke, Anselm.
(2013)
After Year Zero—Geographies of Collaboration after 1945.
Exhibition
-
Busch, Annett;
Franke, Anselm.
(2015)
After Year Zero—Universal Imaginaries, Geographies of Collaboration.
Exhibition
-
Busch, Annett;
Gutberlet, Marie-Hélène.
(2023)
Off to Take Care -- A film festival on the multi-facets of care work.
Film
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
arigbau, ayodele;
Busch, Annett;
Sampson, Bruce Andrew;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Logan, Melissa. E.;
Einarsdottir, Unnur Andrea;
Roros, Anneli.
(2024)
Sleep Synthesis by Chicks on Speed & Collaborators, The Irreplaceable Human: Conditions of Creativity in the Age of AI - Louisiana Museum of Modern Art.
Exhibition
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Duch, Michael Francis;
Busch, Annett;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Day, Jeremiah;
Dziadkiewicz, Roman;
unnur, andrea einarsdottir;
arigbau, ayodele.
(2023)
Shared Campus presents Telematic StreamArt Improvisation.
Performing arts
Books
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Gangvik, Espen;
Cerpina, Zane;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Kukreja, Samrridhi.
(2026)
Meta.Morf. Future Manifestos.
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
Exhibition catalogue
-
Busch, Annett;
Franke, Anselm.
(2015)
After Year Zero—Geographies of Collaboration.
Modern Museum of Art, Warsaw
Exhibition catalogue
-
Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max.
(2008)
Ousmane Sembène: Interviews.
University Press of Mississippi
Anthology
-
Busch, Annett;
Hering, Tobias.
(2021)
Tell it to the Stones—
Encounters with the films of Danièle Huillet and Jean-Marie Straub.
Sternberg Press
Anthology
-
Busch, Annett;
Muchemwa, Fadzai Veronica;
Leykam, Daniela;
Tannert, Christoph.
(2020)
Textures of Erasure — Side-lined stories of a marginalised narrative. In:
Gladys Kalichini ...these gestures of memory.
Verlag Kettler
Exhibition catalogue
-
Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max;
Gunkel, Henriette.
(2013)
Frieda Grafe, 30 Filme, Vol 1.
Brinkmann & Bose
Anthology
-
Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max;
Gunkel, Henriette.
(2013)
Frieda Grafe, 30 Filme. Vol 3 (German/English).
Brinkmann und Bose Verlag
Anthology
-
Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max;
Gunkel, Henriette.
(2013)
Frieda Grafe, 30 Filme. Vol 2 (German & English contributions).
Brinkmann und Bose Verlag
Anthology
Part of book/report
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Busch, Annett.
(2017)
How much the heart can hold—On the films by John Akomfrah.
Non-fiction chapter
-
Busch, Annett;
Annas, Max.
(2008)
Introduction.
Introduction in anthology
-
Busch, Annett.
(2021)
Letter to the Editor——How to Address the Scope of Liberal Positions with and within the South African Magazines?.
Academic chapter
Teaching
Courses
- BK2208 - Project and Entrepreneurship
- BK1152 - Histories of Contemporary Art
- BK3201 - Exploring Artistic Entrepreneurship
- BK1163 - Graphic Now
- BK2453 - Critical Reflection and Writing in Context
- BK2410 - Artistic Work Placement
- BK1151 - Introduction to Fine Art Studies
- BK3105 - Advanced Artistic Work 1
- BK2600 - Artistic Encounter
- BK2501 - Artistic Project
- BK3306 - Advanced Artistic Work 3
- BK1202 - Artistic Experiment
- BK1166 - On Display: Process and Production
- BK3198 - The Art of Seeing Art
Outreach
2023
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LectureBusch, Annett. (2023) Aesthetics of Resistance: on "Class Relations" by JM Straub and Danièle Huillet. Film screening
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Conference lectureBusch, Annett. (2023) MATERIAL, SLIPPAGE, MONTAGE. How can notes be re-edited to become keys?. Not this Time—Temporalities of ending, editing, and enduring
2022
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Conference lecture
2019
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Conference lectureBusch, Annett. (2019) Vor den Verhältnissen. Wie lässt sich schreiben an Zohra Drif, Algerien? Kein Brief von Hélène Cixous. Lecture Series