"Make me a diamond when I die. Cut me round and brilliant, weigh me at one carat, ensure that I am real." đź’Ž
In 2005, Jill Magid signed a contract with a company to become a diamond when she dies. The contract specifies the agreement for her transformation and the details of her eventual diamond. Upon her death, the diamond will be created from the carbon of her cremated remains. It will have a round cut, weigh one carat, and be set in a gold ring. Until the diamonds' creation, the empty ring setting, the corporate contract, the artist’s preamble, and the Beneficiary Contract constitute the artwork.
A photography of this ring will be exhibited at the Ludwig Museum as part of the exhibition “Extend present – Transient realities”, from April 8th to September 4th, 2022. The show explores the issue of the permanent transience that we experience today, both on a global and personal level.
