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Title
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My Sensitivity
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Description
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Quotes from a novel by Polish born writer Jerzy Kosinski in which the protagonist is a former operative of a mysterious government agency living a life free of identity - in a way, describing Magid's personal methodology
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In 2005, I was commissioned by the Dutch secret service (AIVD) to make a work for its new headquarters, as per the law’s stipulation that “a portion of the budget for the new building be spent on an art commission.” The organization solicited me to help improve its public persona by providing “‘the AIVD with a human face.’”
For the next three years I met with eighteen willing employees in non-descript public places, from restaurants and bars to airport meeting points. As the AIVD restricted me from using recording equipment, I collected my contacts’ personal data in handwritten notes, which informed my later series of neons, sculptures and works on paper. I drafted a report of my meetings, amassing the details of individual contacts into a collective persona that I referred to as “The Organization.”
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Date
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2007
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Type
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print
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Extent
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27.25 x 44"
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Is Part Of
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The Kosinski Quotes (2007)
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