Jill Magid: Art of surveillance
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Artist Jill Magid collaborated with Liverpool Police to create Evidence Locker, a work that explored the depths of the city's CCTV system. The Dutch Secret Service, however, confiscated the work they commissioned from her and declared her a national security threat. Watch to find out what happens when the all-seeing don't like what they see (even when they ask for it!).
American artist Jill Magid’s work is deeply ingrained in her lived experience, exploring and blurring the boundaries between art and life. Through her performance-based practice, Magid explores the emotional, philosophical and legal tensions between the individual and ‘protective’ institutions, such as intelligence agencies or the police. Her work tends to be characterized by the dynamics of seduction, the resulting narratives often taking the form of a love story.
