Whitney Biennial

Marianne Vitalie's new media video called Patron was one I had never experienced before. Her brave and demanding voice and commands were what attracted the viewers attention and kept it there for such an extended period of time. She told the viewer what to do and say and how to address the world. She called on certain people in the back of the room who were not paying full attention to her and employed almost embarrassment to make them follow her rules.
She wears lipstick and makeup on her face but uses unflattering colors and application. She bears her teath when she yells and speaks to the viewers, almost snarling at them in a dog-like manner. Her voice in snot in a screaming tone but rather, a stern almost barking tone that commands the people watching the video.
Her directions however where not taken very well, which was her point. She wanted to belittle you and beat you down, so that when she told you what to do and say, it was easy for her to control you. She was showing the way society and media influences a viewer and how it is almost impossible to resist such said things. To be personally picked on is what happens everyday in society, where people who don't follow the rules or fit the stereotype of what is acceptable. Her belittling is what brain washes someone into following orders without question or objection.