In his three autobiographical essays, Benjamin Rieß describes the spirit of his youth at the dawn of the Zukunftsbackstube. With a healthy sense of humour and using scientific language as a catalyst, he explains the exact position of the Zukunftsbackstube in the universe.
The fact that the Earth is in reality neither spherical nor egg-shaped, but rather, on closer inspection, ‘belly-shaped’, is a paradox.
Left to his own devices amidst lockdowns, depression and energy crisis, he invents the Zukunftsbackstube and designs a microcosm. Enamoured of stars, apples and round glass, he believes firmly in the future.

Text and Photography: Benjamin Rieß