Date of Award
Fall 1-2-2026
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Department
Film and Media Studies
First Advisor
Kelly Anderson
Second Advisor
Reiko Tahara
Academic Program Adviser
Andrew Lund
Abstract
I Know You Are Watching is a short documentary film that examines the evolving history and scope of mass surveillance, and how to resist it. The film introduces two local New York City artists, Bill Brown from the Surveillance Camera Players, and Sam Lavigne, who misuse technologies designed to watch us, exposing these systems and fighting back through digital art and performance.
Blending interviews, observational footage, personal narration, archival images, and news clips from different eras, the film interrogates the mechanisms of control, and positions art as a method of both understanding and talking back to surveillance.
Recommended Citation
Salas Kusulas, Camilo, "I Know You Are Watching" (2026). CUNY Academic Works.
https://academicworks.cuny.edu/hc_sas_etds/1444
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