Video work — narrative output

My Stuff began as a workplace assignment but became an early experiment in narrative output through movement, location, and self-documentation.

The format originates from the Vanity Fair column of the same name. Employees at Ermenegildo Zegna’s corporate offices were periodically featured on the company intranet through a written transcript of short questions and answers describing personal preferences, habits, and tastes.

Rather than submitting written responses, I proposed translating the format into video.

Each question and answer was written onto individual cards and filmed sequentially across New York City. I carried the cards with me and recorded them one by one in different locations, allowing the environment to shift with each prompt. Some locations relate directly to the question being asked. Others do not.

This movement transforms a static questionnaire into a narrative structure. The viewer experiences the answers not as a fixed transcript, but as a series of moments unfolding across the city.

Within the broader Ezra system, My Stuff can be understood retrospectively as an early form of narrative output—a structured response translated into lived context rather than text alone.

The questions remain constant.

The environment changes.

Meaning emerges through sequence, location, and movement.

Credits

Written by Seth Dager

Directed by Seth Dager

Edited by Seth Dager

Performed by Seth Dager