Jollies

Sadie Benning American

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 851

Benning began making videos as a teenager in Milwaukee when her father, experimental filmmaker James Benning, gave her a Fisher-Price PXL-2000 (Pixelvision) camera for Christmas. In early works such as Jollies, she embraces toy camera’s grainy lo-fi aesthetic, talking directly to the camera with disarming intimacy. The video chronicles her first crushes and kisses, tracing her awakening to queer identity with a captivating mix of vulnerability and insouciance.

Jollies, Sadie Benning (American, born Milwaukee, 1973), Single-channel digital video, transferred from Pixelvision tape, black-and-white, sound, 11 min.

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