Aug 28 2024 44 mins
What does it feel to infiltrate or work alongside structures of power that most of us find impersonal and intimidating? How do you capitalise on the systemic loopholes and quirks inherent to institutions of authority such as intelligence agencies, corporations, bureaucracies and law enforcement agencies? Artist, author and filmmaker Jill Magid makes use of small institutional quirks to establish an intimate connection with people “on the inside” and probe the emotional, philosophical and legal tensions between the individual and the institutions that govern our lives.
Additional content
Jill Magid
https://www.jillmagid.co
Authority to Remove
https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-modern/level-2-gallery-jill-magid
The Proposal
https://www.jillmagid.com/film
Watch on Apple TV
https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/the-proposal/umc.cmc.6lwx7utr6f31iwher2e57d631
Amazon Prime
https://www.amazon.com/Proposal-Jill-Magid/dp/B07RXP8377
Collecteurs
https://www.collecteurs.com/article/jill-magid-the-proposal
And Oscilloscope
https://theproposal.oscilloscope.net/
Jerzy Kosinski, Cockpit, 1975
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cockpit_(novel)
COLOPHON
Host: Régine Debatty
Guest: Jill Magid
Recording: Régine Debatty
Music, editing and audio mix: Gašper Torkar
The Future Behind Us podcast series
Curated by: Régine Debatty
Coordinated by: Janez Fakin Janša
Produced by: Marcela Okretič
Production:
Aksioma | Institute for Contemporary Art Ljubljana, 2024
Part of:
PXXP•XXV: Speculation and Decay
Conceived and co-organised by:
Aksioma
For:
Pixxelpoint – 25th International Festival of Contemporary Art Practices
Produced and co-organised by:
Nova Gorica Arts Centre
In the framework of:
GO! 2025 – European Capital of Culture, Nova Gorica 2025
Supported by:
the Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Slovenia and the Municipality of Nova Gorica
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