Infinite Walk – Performance von Katharina Lehmann

In the organizer's words:

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When an Easter candle begins with a corridor

Sunday, April 19, 2026, 7:30 pm, Church of St. Paul, St.-Pauls-Platz 11, 80336 Munich

Approaches to the Easter candle by artist Katharina Lehmann with her first public Infinite Walk performance, text, thoughts and contemporary sound improvisation.

Introduction: Ulrich Schäfert, Head of the Art Pastoral Department of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising, and Margit Huber, Chairwoman of GEDOKmuc.
Text: Denis Lehmann, spoken by Franziska Ball.
Sound improvisation: Peter Gerhartz (keyboard instruments), Monika Olszak (flute/saxophone).

On April 19, 2026, St. Paul's Church in Munich will become a performative resonance space: Katharina Lehmann will show her Infinite Walk for the first time in public - the physical action from which the Easter Candle 2026 for St. Paul's Church emerged. The church space is not staged, but walked through. Step, hand movement, thread and color form a fragile network fabric. The act is precise, physical, time-bound. The fabric created in January in the empty church space has already materialized: as the outer wax skin of the Easter candle. The performance on April 19 opens up this process to an audience. The Easter candle does not appear as a static object, but as the result of an action - as a sculptural record of time that continues to change as it burns. Musical improvisations react live to the performance. Sound becomes another body in the space. Language is added - not as an explanation, but as part of the movement. An approach to a liturgical object from the perspective of contemporary performance art - concentrated, open, present.

Supporting program: Sun., 5.04., 11 am*: Blessing of the Easter candle during the service. Afterwards, the Easter candle can be experienced daily from 9 am to 7 pm until Shrove Tuesday 2027. Sun. 19.04., 11 am*: Service for the Easter candle. Artist talk, musical design. Introduction: Ulrich Schäfert. *In the presence of Katharina Lehmann and Margit Huber.

Katharina Lehmann Katharina Lehmann, born 1984 in Western Siberia, lives and works in Munich. Graduated from the Munich Design School in 2006; previously studied at the Hyvinkää School of Art in Finland. She has received several national and international awards. In 2019/20 she took part in the six-month artist residency "The Swatch Art Peace Hotel" in Shanghai. Through her "Infinite Walk", she creates areas of fabric by walking across surfaces. Her works transport us to a world in which delicate patterns combine with profound social issues.

Art Pastoralof the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising The Art Pastoral department of the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising sees itself as an interface between the church and contemporary art. Based in St. Paul's in Munich, it initiates, supports and promotes artistic projects that see the church space as an open place of perception, dialog and engagement with social, existential and spiritual issues. The aim is not to use art illustratively, but to make it visible and tangible as an independent form of contemporary experience in sacred space.

GEDOKmuc With over 300 members, GEDOKmuc is the largest regional group of the nationwide GEDOK organization, the largest and most traditional interdisciplinary women artists' organization in Europe. As a recognized non-profit organization, GEDOK has set itself the goal of sustainably promoting the work of talented female artists from the disciplines of fine arts, applied arts, music and literature, especially in the context of cross-border and cross-disciplinary trends in contemporary art. In 2026, GEDOK will celebrate its 100th anniversary.