Director: Sadie Benning
USA, 1989, 5', b&w
English with Turkish subtitles

When they were 16, Benning stopped going to high school for three weeks and stayed inside with their camera, their TV set, and a pile of dirty laundry. This tape mirrors their psyche during this time. With the image breaking up between edits, the rough quality of this early tape captures Benning’s sense of isolation and sadness, their retreat from the world. As such, Living Inside is the confession of a chronic outsider.

Living Inside

Living Inside

If Every Girl Had a Diary

If Every Girl Had a Diary

Girl Power

Girl Power

It Wasn't Love

It Wasn't Love

The Judy Spots

The Judy Spots

German Song

German Song

Marcel Duchamp’s Bicycle Wheel

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I Copy Therefore I Am

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“New Year” as a Turning Point: An Alternative New Year's Watchlist by Pera Film

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