Katja Schenker (*1968) – Biography
The performative confrontations of Katja Schenker result from the physical and psychological energy expressed through drawings, sculptures, objects, and installations. Her performances take place in architectural and outdoor environments, where she uses everyday materials—stone, wood, textile—that are transformed into new forms through simple, continuous actions like wrapping, filling, releasing, twisting, stretching, dropping, inflating… All these actions relate to the experience of boundaries.
Katja Schenker will perform at the opening of the exhibition in the main hall. With her performance Sehnen, 2018/19, she explores the possibilities of connecting radii. In the attic, documentation of her works will be presented, along with samples from previous performances and installations.
Katja Schenker. Sehnen, 2018
Photo: Severin Kuhn
On level -2, there is video documentation of her performance halten so lange sie hält / last as long as she lasts from December 2017 at the Swiss embassy residence, serving as a prelude to the question of whether to stay here with you. Using 52 hand-made Serbian bricks, the artist builds a base that closes the space between her hands and the ceiling, creating a living, supporting sculpture.
Katja Schenker. halten so lange sie hält / last as long as she lasts, 2017
Photo: Renée Lou Jungo