The complex, sensory installations of the Canadian
duo Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
stimulate the visitor's imagination through the use
of dialogue, voices and sound. The couple
became internationally acclaimed after winning a
special prize for 'The Paradise Institute,' which
was installed in the Canadian pavilion at the Venice
Biennale in 2001. The visitor enters a dark red
theater-like setting to watch a film. As it starts, a
second soundtrack carries the noise of somebody
disturbing other moviegoers: a mobile rings, a
hand rustles in a bag of popcorn, a voice starts
coughing. The scenario blurs the line between the
imaginary and the real.
In 'Opera for a Small Room,' different records are
played on an old stereo in a room cramped full
with music, the lights changing to suit the
atmosphere, while in 'The Dark Pool,' a web of old
mystery unravels through different images and
sounds. Their newest work, 'The Killing Machine,'
features a disco ball roll rotating as a make-believe
reclining body is electrocuted.

May 20 through August 26, 2007
Darmstadt
Germany
Tel.+49 (0) 6151 133344