#Jill Magid

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Jill Magid: 'Surveillance Shoes' (2000)

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Jill Magid

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Out-Game Flowers Jill Magid

A collection of bouquets of flowers plundered from the world's most popular video games.

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 I Can Burn Your Face | Jill Magid

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kissmask by jill magid and chelynne tetrault

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Jill Magid (2004) “Evidence Locker”

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+ 'kissmask' performed by jill magid and chelynne tetrault

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Jill Magid

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DAY 2/100

Sat. 17 Sept.

Productivity:

- Readings: Algorithmic Governmentality and the Death of Politics. An interview with Antoinette Rouvroy (2020) Algorithmic Governmentality (social world based on algorithmic processing of data sets, not politics, social norms, or law) is about having control over uncertainty and reducing possible into probable, eliminating all risk. It is a claim that human rationale is able to grasp everything that is not human. Big data removes the idea of average and caters to the experiences of the individual. Hyper-individualism leads to hyper-surveillance. In the case of insurance; if a person's data indicates they are at risk of premature death (through tracking habits), their insurance may be canceled. Antoinette argues that there needs to be a reset in cultural values; the need to optimise everything all the time is leading to a bleak future, where people do not live in the present & concrete world. - Meeting: Discussion on how people perceive the world, the meaning of symbols, and how one can reshape the relationship with power structures by creating a relationship with the individuals behind it. Discussion of Susanne Langers symbol texts, and Jill Magid's artwork. - Analysed: Posthumanism, Transhumanism, Antihumanism, Metahumanism, and New Materialisms: Differences and Relations. (Francesca Ferrando, 2014.)

Differences between Post-Humanism & Transhumanism

Posthumanism is not hierarchical about differences

Link between Post-Humanism & Transhumanism: Technogenesis.

The inseparable bond of Humanity & Technology through the lenses of anthropology, ontology, and paleontology.

Posthumanism: Challenging traditional notions of humanity via the lenses of technological shifts, overcoming human primacy. Speciesism. Examines the Anthropocene.

Transhumanism: Transcending human limitations via technological & biological evolution. Understanding of humanity by looking at the future. Risk of techno-reductionism. "Humanity Plus" movement. Human-centric approach.

Antihumanism: Critiques the human-centric view of the world. Alternative ways of understanding humanity. Death of Man by Foucault. Urges to consider that humans also exist in the same ecosystem as other beings.

Metahumanism: Spirituality, mystical, holistic transformation of humanity.

New Materialism: Brings back the importance of materiality. Matter is seen as the process of materialization. Matter has agency & a role in shaping the world.

Self-care:

Ate lunch

Took a nap (or two)

Drank water

Other:

Played Overwatch

Started organising a grill party to get to know my classmates!

Organising a watch party for Barbie with friends

Weekly schedule done

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Kissmask 

 Jill Magid and Chelynne Tetrault, 1999  

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'kissmask' performed by jill magid and chelvnne tetrault.

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jill magid, surveillance shoes [x]

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Jill Magid, The Barragán Library at CIVA, 2021.

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Initial Essay Ideas!!!

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1. Last year I explored diaspora aesthetics and I really enjoyed it so I think I could go into it in more depth or at a different angle. Some of the things within this topic that I am interested in are:    

     diaspora art; assimilation; loss of culture; third culture kids; code-switching; masking (Fanon?); The myth of primitivism (book); hybrid cultures; globalisation; performance culture (Goffman?); art representing communication between cultures e.g. oriental patterns.

There were also artists whom it felt like I only wrote about the surface level of their work because I didn't have enough time so I would love to look at more of Yinka Shonibare and Chila Kumari Burman's work.

2. A similar topic that I think would be interesting is the disneyfication of cultures. Q: What is that? A: “Generally, Disneyfication refers to the process of adapting and transforming places, cultures, and traditions in order to make them more appealing and commercially attractive, often at the expense of their authenticity and original characteristics”

E.g. Aladdin is set in the Middle East but the 1992 film has influence from India, which is even worse in the live-action as they just borrow clothes and designs from surrounding cultures (mainly Indian) for aesthetic purposes.

I think that this also represents a “communication between cultures” like the oriental pattern that I learned about in the myth of primitivism. It is a representation that is altered to fit people's perception of what it looks like rather than what it is  ((cultural appropriation, authenticity, representation in media??))

3. In relation to ideas #1 and #2 I could look at beauty standards and how they transformed and traveled. I got this idea because I saw that The Wellcome Collection is going to be opening a new exhibition on “The Cult of Beauty.” I haven't looked into this much yet but think it can relate to the first two points especially because from my experience it has always been taught that “whiteness is desired.” The topic by itself might be a bit boring for me though.

4. Another topic that I am very interested in is what I wrote about in the first year which is to do with hyperreality and post-modern ideas in relation to art and technology.  I enjoyed looking at work by Hito Steyerl and Jon Rafman. These are also two artists I feel like I didn't quite get to look at much of their work and to be honest, I'm not sure if I even fully understood what their work means in the first year (or even now). This is why I think I might be able to learn more from investigating art related to technology. Compared to diaspora art I have researched diaspora art in much more detail than this topic. However, for this essay idea, I'm not sure to what extent I can write about this topic, how far I can go with it, and what my point would be. Will I be able to write 5000-7000 words that are interesting…((Always On?))

5. If all of these topic ideas get rejected a new topic I could research is how ethics affect art. I actually thought about this in the first year when I was researching surveillance. One of the artists that I studied, Jill Magid’s work involved basically distracting the police. Which seemed kind of wrong in some ways. They focused their attention on her using the surveillance cameras for her art but what if, as a result, they missed a crime? But that wasn't really Magid's fault… The police shouldn't have been distracted by a potential love interest…There was also the Serbian artist, Marina Abramović with her project Rhythm 0. She laid items out for the public to use on her for 6 hours which included a loaded gun. She said she was prepared to die but that doesn't really justify it….

6. I’m also still interested in surveillance art and work by artists like Ai Weiwei but not so much anymore after writing all of this.

I am not as connected with the last two topics compared to the previous ones, so I may be less engaged. I prefer looking at work to do with diaspora or virtual worlds etc. because I feel like they speak to me more from my experiences.