M HKA Ensembles

Book, Copy, with permission by the artist, of the book that is out of print, 54 p., language : English, colophon on the back side.

Collection: Collection M HKA, Antwerp (Inv. no. B 2028/888).

Literary synopsis

In 2007 Jill Magid came back to New York City after living five years abroad. She rented an apartment in Brooklyn and took the subway often. Everyone was in transit, except the officers. She approached one and asked him to search her. She began to accompany this officer on many of his nighttime posts. He was not sure if he could trust her, and she was not sure if she should trust him. They continued to meet despite this. Magid kept record of their meetings and logged them in different forms.

Relation of the novel to the artist’s practice

Jill Magid created a multimedia installation including video, prints, photographs, sculpture, sound, and her artist's novel Lincoln Ocean Victor Eddy (police code for 'love'). The project was exhibited at Gagosian Gallery (27 June–24 August 2007).

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