vesuv
(2015)

For the performance vesuv, the artist Katja Schenker stands in the middle of the room. She holds the black leather handle of a leash in her hand, with a 10 kg alabaster stone attached to the front. She places the stone, stretches the line, catches it up again and begins to walk in circles until the white alabaster finds its path and circles around the artist at a distance of 4 meters. She turns, holds the line with both hands or switches from her right to her left hand. If Katja Schenker misses the handle, the stone would be heaved away, the centrifugal force is so strong. However, as the outward movement is held back by the line, a circle gradually forms on the floor, a visible extension of her body. Katja Schenker swings the stone in the Lucerne Art Museum for 14 minutes until the scratching, rumbling sound has filled the space like a resonating chamber.