Katia Bassanini

Treadmill

Switzerland | 2006 | 3' 40'' | color | stereo | without dialogues

A short performance by the artist. The artist walks on an exercise machine. She is handed objects one by one, which eventually overwhelm her. The treadmill increases in speed and causes her to eventually fall off. She gets multiple phone calls on her cell phone, and answers them all. Things pile up on her and she succumbs to the weight of it all. Equivalently hilarious and discomforting, the video displays the negative effects of multi tasking. Inspired somewhat by the modern woman’s life in present day New York City.