Petra aims to let the body speak in all its forms: fragile, strong, playful, lustful, forgotten. Her work seeks to vitalize, heal, and liberate the body. She sees the body as an active research instrument – a carrier of knowledge, experience, and change – functioning both as a lens and a motor for reflection and transformation.

Her research focuses on how the body relates to systems, environments, and narratives, and how larger structures – such as urban planning (Urban Bodies), labor logic (Bodies At Work), scientific and technological developments (Body in Trouble), artistic practices (Bodies of Art), and ecological systems (Bodies of Nature) – shape our physical presence, behavior, and freedom of movement.

To investigate and articulate these questions, Petra works collaboratively through community projects, participatory performances, performance labs, and workshops. Her work takes many forms: performances and interventions in public space, short films, photo collages, visual art, and combinations of techniques. Visual art functions as both a point of departure, a research tool, and a tangible outcome of the process.

By using her own body and engaging with others, Petra creates connections and blurs the boundary between public and private. She aims to generate empathy and interaction, employing playfulness, antagonism, provocation, and mischievousness to actively involve the audience. Bodies become sculptures, forms take on unconventional shapes, and participation, curiosity, pleasure, and healing are central.

In addition to performance, Petra explores the body through painting and drawing, testing boundaries of combination, color, distortion, and dimension. Her visual work is expressive, sensuous, and infused with touches of absurdity.