A body slowly rolls in the springs on the ground, stretches one leg up, spring-stuck. It is unclear whether this is still a human or already a chicken. “The Chicken” is the name of the performance by Klara Günther, born in 1998, from Bremen. She gets naked here, in the middle of the Museum Folkwang in Essen. She first takes off her clothes piece by piece, it’s more like peeling than undressing, and then gives yourself a plumage. Get naked, face your fears. While the body initially appears vulnerable in space, the transformation increasingly conveys strength. It takes six hours in total. That’s demanding, that’s tough. And that is just the beginning.
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