Juana Joceline Acevedo Hülsbusch

Hello everyone! I’m new to this platform and excited to share my projects with you. I welcome both motivating and constructive feedback. My passion for documentary photography and videography began when I was just 14 years old, but this is the first time I’m sharing my work publicly. Please feel free to reach out, I’d love to connect!

The projects I’m working on center around themes of memory and space, as well as social and climate justice within the context of ar(t)chitecture. Many of the narratives are inspired by my grandparents and my German-Peruvian heritage. The documentation of these works is presented through film, photography, and self-binded books.

An important part of my work is the connection between social architecture and the culture of remembrance of inspiring, marginalized communities. Through my architectural practice, I open up the possibility of fostering understanding and enlightenment by visually transporting people into spaces of memory.

In exploring building materials and urban structures, I often uncover intriguing histories and stories that lie hidden within the fabric of everyday environments. I capture these spaces, expand upon them, and reinterpret them through model making and animation. This approach allows me to visualize memories in three dimensions, enabling me to walk into the stories, turn around, look under beds, and open drawers. It becomes a process of fictive interpretation that breathes life into abstract thoughts.

My projects facilitate dialogues between “Western” and “non-Western” perspectives. I am deeply committed to advocating against structural and institutional social injustices, striving for a world where opportunities are equitable for all. As the daughter of a German mother and an Afro-Peruvian father, my identity is shaped by intersecting experiences at the crossroads of various forms of discrimination and privilege. I often find myself inhabiting a “third space,” where I can cultivate understanding.