The whole idea of capturing me on camera and being watched was to play with my relationship to being seen knowingly and unknowingly, and what comes out. All of it being an aspect of my identity that I’ve felt estranged to.

It was more so a nod to when I was younger and I would put in a blank VHS tape, press record, and then run downstairs to the lobby at 3 am and dance or act out some kind of action in front of the different surveillance cameras we had. So symbolizing my relationship to watching myself back.

I think this time though, the use of surveillance has more weight to it being that I was 32 when I recorded myself for this short. I’ve come to understand the complexities of being observed and watched in a way I was unfamiliar with as a child.

The intro representing what’s being shown, chaos and calm, with the credits being what I've taken in from the short film we just watched or my interpretation of my actions in the short film.

Cat Jones is a multimedia artist, durational performer and independent curator whose work is rooted in self-acceptance/critique, and reflection. His films and performances center on the interpersonal dialogue one has with the internal & external world, while highlighting his exchange with familial ties, corporal punishment, & (self) observation.

As a vocal architect, he uses his body through methods of song, melodies, chants and repetitious movement, as an instrument for therapeutic reenactments; some literal, others symbolic of the experiences of systemically disadvantaged individuals globally.