Minnie

A harmless gaze opens the video Minnie by Maria Petschnig.
The fact that it belongs to Minnie, the Mouse, becomes clear as soon as the performer positions herself properly. From then onwards does the beholder gaze back at Minnie Mouse from/on the T-shirt and the torso/upper body/chest of the artist.

Initially, Petschnig, who performs in all of her works, takes up the flirtatious-coy pose of Minnie: With hands entangled behind the back she protrudes her chest to the viewer, which in the first few frames creates new and different shapes through various textile objects under the T-shirt: the breasts grow monstrously,...