In the performance Konzert für eine Klaviersaite (Concert for one piano string), Berchtold hangs from a piano string fixed to the vaulted ceiling and works the steel string with a hacksaw.
Concert for one piano string | Live performance | Piano string, climbing harness, hacksaw | Video: Ina Volmer
Artist Statement:
I managed to build up confidence that the piano string would support me, but I could not imagine that I would not be able to saw through it under the strain of my body weight. I sawed for 15 minutes and the string didn’t even have the beginnings of a notch…
seen @ Fraktale II, Gärkellerhallen Pfefferberg Berlin
Photo: Marco Heidenreich