Quickshare

Window installation for the club "Böse Buben e.V." in Berlin; 2022

Böse Buben e.V.
Sachsendam 76-77
10829 Berlin-Schöneberg

Client: Böse Buben e.V.

Material: Backlit-foil, printed
Dimensions: each 70 x 125 cm, resp. 74 x 100 cm

Fotos: Ulf Büschleb


Privacy films for the windows of the queer club “Böse Buben” in Schöneberg. They are visible both during the day and—when backlit—at night. The aim was, on the one hand, to enhance the shabby façade of the building, and on the other, to offer the neighbors in the surrounding houses—who like to observe their fellow citizens’ nightly activities through binoculars—a few stimulating motifs...

The title refers to the “photo albums” (Quickshare) that users exchange on dating platforms to clarify appearance and personal preferences. Like on an iconostasis, a series of nine patron saints appears here, each with attributes of virile masculinity: hammer, turnip, acorns, sausage, bull, stallion, horny pig... but also the flaming heart, the teddy bear, and the Viagra pill.

Wolf von Waldow, 2022