Sadie Benning is an artist unlike any that we've seen in the course so far. Her piece entitled "Me and RubyFruit" is a particularly dark and morbid piece. This piece literally leaves some viewers "sick to their stomachs", a phrase used in the monologue. This video is of Sadie, a teenager at the time, going through a particularly difficult aspect of a young girl's life: questioning her sexuality. This monologue goes from her admitting to having affection for another woman but not allowing anything to happen between them to them having a secret relationship.
This piece is very dark, being a black and white video with many eerie and strange sounds in the background. A viewer finds himself not really knowing what to think of the piece or make of itwhile and after watching it. To me, however, the piece seemed very dark and eerie. This makes sense because the theme of the video is of a very difficult time in a person's life. In this way, Sadie is portraying her emotions and difficulties through the use of choppy footage and a dark feel to her video. If you like darker art in video form, this piece is definately for you to see.
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