As described by Dani/elle Cunningham, “It hurts but it feels good is comprised of a short video & relics shared from [MG’s] life as a person living with cystic fibrosis. The film shows the artist in clinic during the end of a routine, but painful, two-stage PICC line procedure in which a catheter is connected to her pulmonary vein, delivering fluids & antibiotics, & is removed by a nurse weeks later. Bernard describes fearing the insertion but deriving relief & even pleasure from the removal. Projected onto life-sized pedestals & subtitled, the film not only embodies Bernard’s commitment to making her art accessible, it also gives the sense that the spectator & Bernard are at least close in scale yet separated by space & time.”

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