The performance was really just the icing on the cake. The diary entries of those affected show impressively what a psychologically challenging force lies behind breaking away from a violent relationship. I started researching the topic months beforehand. The figures shocked me right from the start: One in five women experience violence. At first I thought that this wasn't possible - it's not the case in my environment, for example. I was probably wrong! It wasn't until I spent a lot of time researching the topic of partner violence and the conversations and interviews that went with it that I realized how widespread partner violence is - even in my own environment. The most important lesson: it starts long before the first blow or the first abuse. Violence starts very small and builds up into a seemingly insurmountable wall. And when a person does manage to get out, the road is rocky.

The performance describes precisely this process. The confusion that a survivor has to endure in order to stand with both feet on the ground again. The shift in reality that a survivor has to overcome in order to regain clarity. And the pain of not being able to undo all this.

The survivor remains anonymous for her own protection. In addition to the performance, there was an installation that allowed visitors to delve even deeper into the diary entries, as well as an information brochure in which I compiled my research.