TRACE Performance / Activation

Trace was first presented and activated in 2025 during the annual exhibition at the Academy of Fine Arts.
The work was awarded the Academy Prize in recognition of its artistic intensity and achievement.

The heartbeat is the most personal, most honest, and at the same time the most vulnerable expression of life that one person can share with another. We hear it only as an embryo in our mother’s womb – or when we rest our head on the chest of someone we love. It is a moment that requires trust and allows for vulnerability.

Stillness, connection, closeness, openness – these are the impulses I wish to share through this performance.

In a time shaped by fear, I want to create a moment of remembrance: A gentle reminder of what makes us human, of what connects us all and of the preciousness of life: the heartbeat.

Through TRACE, I share myself, honestly, vulnerably, through my heartbeat. As an invitation to connect.