The Cat That Lives in Your Dreams: Screening and Conversation

Join us for a screening of The Cat That Lives in Your Dreams, a short documentary that follows Jin Li, a 29‑year‑old autistic artist from Seoul, as she travels to New York for her solo exhibition. The film centers on her creative process and everyday routines, inviting viewers to encounter her work on its own terms. After the screening, a conversation will connect the film’s collaborative, ethics‑driven approach to current questions in visual anthropology and disability arts— including consent, co‑creation, and care. We will reflect on how form and access shape representation and how artistic worlds move across cities and screens. Audience Q&A will welcome perspectives from filmmakers, scholars, and disability arts practitioners.

Seon Shim is a PhD student in socio‑cultural anthropology and a documentary filmmaker at the University of British Columbia (MA, 2025, New York University). Her work for the Culture and Media Program at NYU, The Cat That Lives in Your Dreams, is getting widely circulated as a winner of numerous film festivals around the world. Her work foregrounds collaborative, ethical storytelling in disability arts. Learn more about her projects at her official site and the film’s homepage.