Nov 4th 2017

{GREAT, YOU ARE HERE. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR HELP WITH THE FIRE.}

>you are standing in a long dim corridor of a white house. At the end, a boarded silver door. You have the Stable Field Emitter to open it with.
[GO IN]

>there is a bullet proof vest on the barrel here

>there are a three black roses in a vase nearby

{BLACK ROSES. THOUGH THEY ARE BEAUTIFUL, SOMETHING SEEMS… “OFF” ABOUT THEM. BE EXTRA CAREFUL WITH THEIR THORNS.}

>there is a bowl of rice and water here

[TAKE BULLET PROOF VEST]

>taken

[TAKE ROSES]

>taken

[NOW SAVE THE GIRL]

>as long as this gets me closer to you, I’ll keep playing…

Maria Petschnig (b. 1977, Klagenfurt, Austria) lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Recent exhibitions include: Random Institute, Zurich, Switzerland; Callicoon Fine Arts, New York; IMO projects, Copenhagen, Denmark; On Stellar Rays, New York. Recent screenings include: Schinkel Pavillon, Berlin; Anthology Film Archives, New York; Mumok, Vienna, Austria; Image Movement, Berlin; Blum & Poe, Los Angeles. She is a recipient of the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Grant, New York.
In 2015, Black Dog Publishing printed a monograph on Petschnig’s videos titled NINETEEN VIDEOS (2002 – 2015).

An accompanying publication for the exhibition will be available at the opening of the show. Contributing writers: Brynn Hatton, Scott Hunter, Maria Petschnig, and Ruslana Lichtzier.

Ziziphus foliatus concurs with a second solo show by the artist at the New York gallery Yours, mine & ours.

Ziziphus foliatus is made possible with generous support from the Federal Chancellery of Austria.

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