Jill Magid

Birth : 1973-01-01, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

History

Jill Magid (born 1973) is an American conceptual artist, writer, and filmmaker. Magid’s performance-based practice "interrogates structures of power on an intimate level, exploring the emotional, philosophical, and legal tensions that exist between institutions and individual agency.” Description above from the Wikipedia article Jill Magid, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Profile

Movies

Tender

Director

The film gradually shifts its focus from the US Mint and coin distribution networks to more individual moments of exchange, pennies passing hand to hand at a time when every touch has its risks.

The Proposal

Director

When artist-turned-filmmaker Jill Magid learns that the archives of Mexico's most famous architect are being held in a private collection, she devises a radical plan to explore the contested legacy of the late Luis Barragán.