My practice emerges through collective processes that continually redefine themselves under various constellations. Together with groups of different ages, I explore methods that enable us to negotiate how socially just spaces can be created. In doing so, I navigate between institutional spaces and self-organized structures, always striving to maintain a power-critical and self-reflective perspective.
I believe that universities and institutions are important spaces that can enable change. However, knowledge and lasting transformation ultimately arise within communities, in self-organization, on the streets, in neighborhoods, among friends, and in everyday situations where often very pragmatic problems unfold. The experiences and lessons that shape my work and who I am, I owe to the people around me and the communities in which I move and organize.
Ana Bisbicus studied architecture at the Berlin University of Arts and the Glasgow School of Art. They live and work between Berlin and Cali, Colombia. In their work, Ana operates at the intersection of artistic research and education, as well as the curation and design of spaces. Together with Sarah Hachem, they founded habi practice حبي in 2024. Together, they develop anti-racist and anti-colonialist educational formats for spatial planning. From 2019 to 2024, they were part of the fem_arc collective in Berlin. Starting in December 2024, Ana will join the Chair of Architecture, Cities and Economies at the University of Kassel as a research associate.
For collaborations and workshops, please contact me via Instagram or email.
2023
WORK
12/2024 - now
research associate
Chair of Architecture, Cities and Economies
University of Kassel, Germany
10/2024-now
Seminar "Mapping Extractivism"
together with Ida Flik
Fachhochschule Potsdam
research associate
Chair of Architecture, Cities and Economies
University of Kassel, Germany
10/2024-now
Seminar "Mapping Extractivism"
together with Ida Flik
Fachhochschule Potsdam
11/2024
Curation and conception workshop
“The scent of memory, our own and that of strangers”
Queer, Diasporic Memory Spaces in the city
requested by Urbane Praxis Berlin e.V.
Curation and conception workshop
“The scent of memory, our own and that of strangers”
Queer, Diasporic Memory Spaces in the city
requested by Urbane Praxis Berlin e.V.
09-10/2024
research trip
"Interfaces of spatial resistance"
funded by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Cali, Colombia
research trip
"Interfaces of spatial resistance"
funded by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen
Cali, Colombia
2019 - 2024
fem_arc collective
05-08/2024 Artistic direction: Project IBA (Ich baue auch) with youth and children
03-05/2024 Artistic Conception and Design: Outreach program “wor(l)ding dreamers” Exhibition at Galerie im Turm together with Océane Vé-Réveillac
06-08/2023 Exhibition “GOSSIP – LISTENING AS AN URBAN STRATEGY” at Synnika e.V. Frankfurt am Main
12/2022 - 10/2023 Artistic Direction, Project IBA (Ich baue auch) with youth and children
07/2021 Teaching: Seminar Back to normal? Mapping a post-crisis counter-inventory, UdK Berlin
2020 Conception and Prodution “F_Walks”
2019 Production“F_Podcast”
fem_arc collective
05-08/2024 Artistic direction: Project IBA (Ich baue auch) with youth and children
03-05/2024 Artistic Conception and Design: Outreach program “wor(l)ding dreamers” Exhibition at Galerie im Turm together with Océane Vé-Réveillac
06-08/2023 Exhibition “GOSSIP – LISTENING AS AN URBAN STRATEGY” at Synnika e.V. Frankfurt am Main
12/2022 - 10/2023 Artistic Direction, Project IBA (Ich baue auch) with youth and children
07/2021 Teaching: Seminar Back to normal? Mapping a post-crisis counter-inventory, UdK Berlin
2020 Conception and Prodution “F_Walks”
2019 Production“F_Podcast”
08/2024
Facilitator
SIEGEN SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
together with Franzi Ayoka Ebeler from coop disco
University of Siegen
Facilitator
SIEGEN SUMMER SCHOOL 2024
together with Franzi Ayoka Ebeler from coop disco
University of Siegen
03/2024 - 05/2024
Exhibition Design and Education
"WOR(L)DING DREAMERS" - curated by hn.lyonga and Johanna Janßen
co-design together with Océane Vé-Réveillac (fem_arc)
Galerie im Turm, Berlin
Exhibition Design and Education
"WOR(L)DING DREAMERS" - curated by hn.lyonga and Johanna Janßen
co-design together with Océane Vé-Réveillac (fem_arc)
Galerie im Turm, Berlin
10/2023 - 02/2024
Teaching
NEGOTIATING MODERNITY - RETHINKING (OUR) TOOLS
togehter with Sarah Hachem
Fachhochschule Erfurt
Teaching
NEGOTIATING MODERNITY - RETHINKING (OUR) TOOLS
togehter with Sarah Hachem
Fachhochschule Erfurt
06/2023
Teaching
COLONIAL MODERN
togehter with Sarah Hachem
University of Arts
Teaching
COLONIAL MODERN
togehter with Sarah Hachem
University of Arts
10/2022-03/2023
research and co-curation
CONSTELLATIONS
Poligonal + fem_arc
05 - 07/2022
Teaching
(NOT) OUT OF PLACE
togehter with Sarah Hachem
University of Arts
research and co-curation
CONSTELLATIONS
Poligonal + fem_arc
05 - 07/2022
Teaching
(NOT) OUT OF PLACE
togehter with Sarah Hachem
University of Arts
2019 - 2021
Tutor
Chair for Art and Cultural History
Prof. Dr. Susanne Hauser
University of Arts
Tutor
Chair for Art and Cultural History
Prof. Dr. Susanne Hauser
University of Arts
06/2018
Assistance and moderation
Workshop Weeks
“Areas of tension. Approaching possible futures”
Futurium, Berlin
Assistance and moderation
Workshop Weeks
“Areas of tension. Approaching possible futures”
Futurium, Berlin
02/2017 - 11/2018
Sting Architekten ELW Berlin
10/2016 - 03/2017
internship
Sackmann Payer Architects
09/2015
construction site internship
Fatkoehl Architekten
Prinzessinengarten I Berlin
Sting Architekten ELW Berlin
10/2016 - 03/2017
internship
Sackmann Payer Architects
09/2015
construction site internship
Fatkoehl Architekten
Prinzessinengarten I Berlin
EXHIBITIONS
08/2022
Open Studio
Flutgraben Performance Residency
03/2022
Exhibition
Sensing the City - Sense of City
ORi künstlerische Bildmedien e.V. Berlin
PUBLICATIONS
08/2022
Open Studio
Flutgraben Performance Residency
03/2022
Exhibition
Sensing the City - Sense of City
ORi künstlerische Bildmedien e.V. Berlin
PUBLICATIONS
2024
Text: “The Space Between Two Bodies of Water -Artistic Exploration and Spatial Approach to Gloria E. Anzaldúa’sUnderstanding of ‘Nepantla’” will be published in the proceedings of the conference “With/out Identity - On the Question of Identity Constructions In Space, Heritage, and Communities” by the DFG Research Training Group“Identity and Heritage” in the Bauhaus University Press series “Identity andHeritage” at the end of 2024.
Cartography and Essay: “Columbus III. Colonial Echoes in Data Infrastructure” published in the issue “On Transindustriality” by TETI Press in November 2024.
2023
Review: “Wissen über Brücken – Conocimiento sobre Puentes. Relating to Gloria E. Anzaldúa in Words Vision and Context. A Collective Translation Project.” In Miradas: Decolonial Theory, Transculturation, and Latin America – Entangled Art Histories, Vol. 7 (2023).
2022
Essay: “Tracing Nepantla” in Eigenart magazin #96 HYBRID REALITIES, online and print version
Text: “The Space Between Two Bodies of Water -Artistic Exploration and Spatial Approach to Gloria E. Anzaldúa’sUnderstanding of ‘Nepantla’” will be published in the proceedings of the conference “With/out Identity - On the Question of Identity Constructions In Space, Heritage, and Communities” by the DFG Research Training Group“Identity and Heritage” in the Bauhaus University Press series “Identity andHeritage” at the end of 2024.
Cartography and Essay: “Columbus III. Colonial Echoes in Data Infrastructure” published in the issue “On Transindustriality” by TETI Press in November 2024.
2023
Review: “Wissen über Brücken – Conocimiento sobre Puentes. Relating to Gloria E. Anzaldúa in Words Vision and Context. A Collective Translation Project.” In Miradas: Decolonial Theory, Transculturation, and Latin America – Entangled Art Histories, Vol. 7 (2023).
2022
Essay: “Tracing Nepantla” in Eigenart magazin #96 HYBRID REALITIES, online and print version
LECTURES
12.03.2024 Haus der Architektur Köln e.V. (fem_arc)
„Wie können diskriminierungsfreie Räume geschaffen werden?“ (online)
12.03.2024 Haus der Architektur Köln e.V. (fem_arc)
„Wie können diskriminierungsfreie Räume geschaffen werden?“ (online)
23. 11. 2023 Conference Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar
Vortrag: “Tracing Nepantla” in der Tagung "With/out identity - Zur Frage von Identitätskonstruktionen in Raum, Erbe und Communities" DFG-Graduiertenkollegs "Identität und Erbe
Vortrag: “Tracing Nepantla” in der Tagung "With/out identity - Zur Frage von Identitätskonstruktionen in Raum, Erbe und Communities" DFG-Graduiertenkollegs "Identität und Erbe
04.08.2023 (re) searching urbanity symposium, Floating Berlin Lecture Performance, "The space between two bodies of water - Tracing Nepantla an artistic research project following Gloria E. Anzaldúas thinking and writing"
10.11.2022 Design Academy Eindhoven; Netherlands (fem_arc)
"Listening as spatial practice of resistance" together with L. Stöhlmacher
"Listening as spatial practice of resistance" together with L. Stöhlmacher
23.10.2022 Deutsches Architektur Zentrum, Berlin (fem_arc)
“Intersektionales Raumwissen” Panel with Niloufar Tajeri and Ana Filipovic Mecke
HIT THE CITY INTERSECTIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
“Intersektionales Raumwissen” Panel with Niloufar Tajeri and Ana Filipovic Mecke
HIT THE CITY INTERSECTIONS OF EVERYDAY LIFE
07.06.2022 Institute of Architectur in Kraków (fem_arc)
Lecture series Elements of Architecture on "The Women Architects" together with Océane Vé-Reveillac (online)
Lecture series Elements of Architecture on "The Women Architects" together with Océane Vé-Reveillac (online)
05.2022 Horizonte Lecture Series, Bauhaus-Universität, Weimar (fem_arc)
together with Asli Varol
together with Asli Varol
19.06.2021 Women In Architecture Festival, Berlin
"Questioning Norms and Standards" together with Lucia Gauchat Schulte
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
06/2024
workshop: in conference "In the face of catastrophe - theory and action in times of climate collapse", Institut für Philosophie, Phsychoanalyse und Kulturwissenschaften, Berlin
05/2024
workshop: zuhören als Raumpraxis, together with Monja Simon (fem_arc)
Hochschule Mainz, Faculty of Interior Design, Mainz
03/2024
workshop as part of fem_arc, Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
10/2023 - 02/2024
semesterproject: Negotiating Modernity - Rethinking our tools
Post- und dekoloniale Theorien und Praktiken in der
Raumplanung together with Sarah Hachem, Fachhoschule Erfurt
09/2023
workshop: Negotiating Modernity - Ein Spaziergang durchs Hansaviertel
im Rahmen von Dekoloniale Akademie mit Sarah Hachem
07/2023
workshop: Nepantlerxs - im Rahmen von Performacúla Festival 2023
06/2023
seminar: Colonial Modern - Post- und dekoloniale Theorien und Praktiken in der Architektur mit Sarah Hachem, UdK Berlin
11/2022
workshop: On Sections - Zeichnen Workshop I Im Rahmen von Choreographing
Architectures by Sasha Amaya im DAZ, Berlin
06/2022
workshop: Geographies of selve I Queer Elsewhere Gathering I L'ampolla, Katalunien
04-07/2022
seminar: Not (out) of place Post- and dekoloniale Theorien für eine neue Architekturpraxis mit Sarah N. Herfurth, UdK Berlin
06/2022
workshop: mapping input during Decoloniale Bildung Modul, University of Essen/Duisburg
06/2021
seminar: Back to normal? Mapping a post-crisis counter inventory
as part of fem_arc, UdK Berlin
"Questioning Norms and Standards" together with Lucia Gauchat Schulte
TEACHING AND WORKSHOPS
06/2024
workshop: in conference "In the face of catastrophe - theory and action in times of climate collapse", Institut für Philosophie, Phsychoanalyse und Kulturwissenschaften, Berlin
05/2024
workshop: zuhören als Raumpraxis, together with Monja Simon (fem_arc)
Hochschule Mainz, Faculty of Interior Design, Mainz
03/2024
workshop as part of fem_arc, Université Gustave Eiffel, Paris-Est Marne-la-Vallée
10/2023 - 02/2024
semesterproject: Negotiating Modernity - Rethinking our tools
Post- und dekoloniale Theorien und Praktiken in der
Raumplanung together with Sarah Hachem, Fachhoschule Erfurt
09/2023
workshop: Negotiating Modernity - Ein Spaziergang durchs Hansaviertel
im Rahmen von Dekoloniale Akademie mit Sarah Hachem
07/2023
workshop: Nepantlerxs - im Rahmen von Performacúla Festival 2023
06/2023
seminar: Colonial Modern - Post- und dekoloniale Theorien und Praktiken in der Architektur mit Sarah Hachem, UdK Berlin
11/2022
workshop: On Sections - Zeichnen Workshop I Im Rahmen von Choreographing
Architectures by Sasha Amaya im DAZ, Berlin
06/2022
workshop: Geographies of selve I Queer Elsewhere Gathering I L'ampolla, Katalunien
04-07/2022
seminar: Not (out) of place Post- and dekoloniale Theorien für eine neue Architekturpraxis mit Sarah N. Herfurth, UdK Berlin
06/2022
workshop: mapping input during Decoloniale Bildung Modul, University of Essen/Duisburg
06/2021
seminar: Back to normal? Mapping a post-crisis counter inventory
as part of fem_arc, UdK Berlin
Conversatorio - Tracing Nepantla open studio at Flutgraben Performances Residencies july 2022