Rüzgâr Buşki: Wayward

Within the framework of
Existing Otherwise | Anders Existieren 2021–22 at Galerie Wedding
Artistic Direction: Solvej Helweg Ovesen

In Rüzgâr Buşki’s solo exhibition Wayward trans-identity and queerness manifest as a practice of personal and artistic struggle. Maps, animal and human bodies are the starting point where we can join the artist for hybrid revision and transformation processes. The work evolves a state of confluence, transition, and hybridity that shapes the view of individual and collective bodies and identity. However, this is not to be equated with an absence of tension, conflict, collisions, and wedging – the figures are intertwined, connected, and touching each other.

The title Wayward, in its various meanings, refers to a spectrum of qualities. Wayward can have positive or negative connotations depending on the context: headstrong, willful, unpredictable, and resistant. It is an attitude or behavior that is not expected by others and is perceived as not conforming to social codes. The striving to exist outside the normative templates in self-determination and integrity is the central theme towards which Rüzgâr Buşki’s practice gravitates. Wayward presents a survey of works spanning 12 years of filmmaking, art-making, and community work.

Exhibition by Rüzgâr Buşki at Galerie Wedding, Berlin

Curated by Nadine Isabelle Henrich

Opening (sober event) on 19.08.2022, 7 to 10 pm, with DJ İpek and MC Josh