If I Just Turn and Run

1998, 22:39 min, color, sound

Discovered after Cantor's death in 2013, If I Just Turn and Run is an anomaly in Cantor's body of work. Departing from her metatextual and appropriation-based practice, the video retains her bold diaristic approach, using herself as subject. Speaking candidly to a stationary video camera, in a manner reminiscent of early webcam confessionals, Cantor ruminates on her childhood, love, and sexuality, interrupted only by a knock on her door and bookended by brief glimpses of London streets.