[2][3] Her work is interested in exploring the interaction between words and images, the passing of time, and the narrative story.
[2] Burki and Lanz formed the art collective Bel Veder, and joined the Gen Lock association.
Her first solo exhibition in the United States was at Lehman Maupin gallery in 1998; which featured the video installation of Exposure: Dawn, 1997.
[2][9] Her early video art work, Celui qui a vu passer les éléphants blancs (English: He Who Saw the White Elephants Pass By) (1985, runtime: 11 minutes) won film festival awards, and is held in video collection libraries (Kunsthaus Zürich; and Centre pour l'Image Contemporaine, Saint-Gervais, Geneva).
20 minutes), features storefront prostitutes in a red-light district with cars passing and reflections of light.