120k of these pennies are in circulation; do you have one in your pocket?

A penny altered to say, "The body was already so fragile." (Tender (film), 2021)

When artist Jill Magid was asked to do a public art work for the non-profit Creative Time in 2020, she had to take a step back.

"It's very hard to make a public art piece when there's no public and there's a pandemic," she said.