Johannes Büttner’s work explores speculative and scientifically grounded socio-economic phenomena. He studied at the Berlin University of the Arts and at De Ateliers in Amsterdam. In 2023/24, he was a fellow at the Berlin Program for Artists (bpa//). Recently, he has participated in several prominent exhibitions, including the 16th Istanbul Biennale (2019), Palais de Tokyo, Paris (2018), Kunsthalle Mainz (2020), KW, Berlin (2023), and Kunsthalle Schirn (2024). Johannes has been recognized with numerous grants and awards. In 2022, his film Platform was nominated for the German Short Film Award. His latest film Soldaten des Lichts, a co-production with ZDF’s “Das kleine Fernsehspiel,” is currently in post-production.