This piece deals with
duplicity as an intrinsic human attribute, and reveals the animalistic
nature of aggression. The video/performance deals with two simultaneous
narratives: Sonny recounts an encounter with a snake while a
costumed figure shadowboxes menacingly before the viewer. Sonny
endears herself to the viewers by beginning her story with such
a polite and ostensibly pleasant manner; her story turns sinister
when she discovers a snake on her sidewalk and decides to preemptively
kill it with a shovel. As the shadowboxer lets out his “SSSS”
“SSSS” “SSSS” punching-breaths, questions
arise about who is the snake and who is the assailant. Through
this uncertainty the binary breaks down and the two characters
emerge as parallels.