During the final weekend of Jill Magid and Creative Time’s “Tender Presence” installation, Creative Time and the Renaissance Society will celebrate their joint publication of Jill Magid’s new catalog “Tender”, edited by Karsten Lund.

Conceived as a story in multiple chapters, this catalogue focuses on the first two parts of Magid’s ongoing “Tender” project, through which Magid observed various intimate social and financial transactions, while also drawing out vast economic systems that are harder to see.

Along with images from these first two chapters of the project, the book offers insights into Magid’s research process and provides additional context in three essays by Claire Bishop and Nikki Columbus –who will enact their essay in a performative reading to keep with the live context of the “Tender Presence” experience, Jamilah King, and Aden Kumler. The book culminates in a conversation between the artist and curators Justine Ludwig and Karsten Lund, in which they discuss the conceptual touchstones of the project.