“‘Cat Bird Coyote’ follows the disorientation of laboratory animals who flee their captors only to face each other in the wild. It’s the first of a few short films I’ve made that examine animal behavior in humans and vice-versa—another is called ‘Kitty Decides’—and proceeds benefit animal rescue. With animation by Tahnee Gehm, it is also the official music video for the song, ‘Breathe My Breath,’ produced by David Poe. Remixed with quirky electronic pop songs from the forthcoming record Girls Get Cold, and theatrical monologues told from the animals’ perspective, the films will form part of a live media installation examining animalistic behavior in humans and vice versa. Cats in particular are having a heyday because they embody the uncertainty we live with constantly: love you or bite you —you never know what they’re going to do next. We project a kind of heroism onto their innate, uncompromising independence. I believe in activist filmmaking and I’m morphing into the Dave Simon of cats.amyraasch.com.”