Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller

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Color image of a black rotary phone

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Small Works

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Small Works

Through mixed media collages and constructivist sculptures sometimes employing sound and motion, the artists explore the storytelling potential of various objects.

Color image of a black rotary phone — Opened on like a film set (crap), 2010

telephone, solid state playback device, 5 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 8 inches [13.34 x 24.13 x 20.32 cm]

Photograph of small wooden sculpture on a grey background — Janus, 2016

mixed media sculpture, 8 x 3-3/4 x 18 inches (overall) [20.3 x 9.5 x 45.7 cm]

Small wooden platform with action figure sculpture placed on it — Army Girl with Pink Wings, 2016

mixed media sculpture with shelf, 9 x 15 x 3-3/4 inches (overall) [22.9 x 38.1 x 9.5 cm]

Color photograph with abstract paint splotches framed in white depicting a still life of utilitarian objects — The long kiss goodbye, 2021

acrylic paint on archival inkjet print, 14-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches (framed) [37.5 x 28.6 cm]

Color photograph with abstract paint splotches framed in white depicting a still life of utilitarian objects — Don’t leave me now…, 2021

acrylic paint on archival inkjet print, 14-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches (framed) [37.5 x 28.6 cm]

Installation view of a mixed-media sculpture installed on a wall. — Exquisite Corpse, enfant, 2012

mixed media installation including speakers, motors, and audio, dimensions variable

Close-up installation view of a mixed-media sculpture, showing speakers and eyeglasses. — Exquisite Corpse, enfant (detail), 2012

mixed media installation including speakers, motors, and audio, dimensions variable

Close-up installation view of a mixed-media sculpture, showing binder clips and a small toy. — Exquisite Corpse, enfant (detail), 2012

mixed media installation including speakers, motors, and audio, dimensions variable

Color image of a black rotary phone

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerOpened on like a film set (crap)

2010

telephone, solid state playback device, 5 1/4 x 9 1/2 x 8 inches [13.34 x 24.13 x 20.32 cm]

Photograph of small wooden sculpture on a grey background

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerJanus

2016

mixed media sculpture, 8 x 3-3/4 x 18 inches (overall) [20.3 x 9.5 x 45.7 cm]

Small wooden platform with action figure sculpture placed on it

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerArmy Girl with Pink Wings

2016

mixed media sculpture with shelf, 9 x 15 x 3-3/4 inches (overall) [22.9 x 38.1 x 9.5 cm]

Color photograph with abstract paint splotches framed in white depicting a still life of utilitarian objects

Janet CardiffThe long kiss goodbye

2021

acrylic paint on archival inkjet print, 14-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches (framed) [37.5 x 28.6 cm]

Color photograph with abstract paint splotches framed in white depicting a still life of utilitarian objects

Janet CardiffDon’t leave me now…

2021

acrylic paint on archival inkjet print, 14-3/4 x 11-1/4 inches (framed) [37.5 x 28.6 cm]

Installation view of a mixed-media sculpture installed on a wall.

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerExquisite Corpse, enfant

2012

mixed media installation including speakers, motors, and audio, dimensions variable

Photograph of an installation of a chair in front of a keyboard, surrounded by multiple stacked speakers

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Installations

Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Installations

The artists’ immersive multimedia sound installations utilize narrative musical composition to augment and challenge our perception.

Photograph of an installation of a chair in front of a keyboard, surrounded by multiple stacked speakers — The Poetry Machine, 2017

interactive installation, words and voice by Leonard Cohen, dimensions variable

Color photograph of a piano and chairs facing the piano in the middle of an old church — Instrument of Troubled Dreams, 2018

interactive audio installation with ambisonic sound

Color photograph of a group of people seated in a forest — FOREST (for a thousand years…), 2012

audio installation, 28 minute loop

Photograph of an installation of a slide projector, flanked by chairs, projecting a color landscape onto a screen — Road Trip, 2004

computer controlled slide projector with audio, dimensions variable

Photograph of an installation of a chair in front of a keyboard, surrounded by multiple stacked speakers

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerThe Poetry Machine

2017

interactive installation, words and voice by Leonard Cohen, dimensions variable

Color photograph of a piano and chairs facing the piano in the middle of an old church

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerInstrument of Troubled Dreams

2018

interactive audio installation with ambisonic sound

Color photograph of a group of people seated in a forest

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerFOREST (for a thousand years…)

2012

audio installation, 28 minute loop

Photograph of an installation of a slide projector, flanked by chairs, projecting a color landscape onto a screen

Janet Cardiff & George Bures MillerRoad Trip

2004

computer controlled slide projector with audio, dimensions variable