Janet Cardiff & Georges Bures Miller
13 Apr - 08 Jul 2012
JANET CARDIFF & GEORGES BURES MILLER
Works from the Goetz Collection
13 April - 8 July, 2012
The exhibition presents eight works by the Canadian artist duo Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, who, by combining image and tone and replicated spaces, activate as many of the viewer's senses as possible in order to make the depicted events as real as possible. In their works, Cardiff and Miller generate mental images that allow whole stories to emerge that each person can experience individually. Direct communication via headphones, such as "Did you turn off the oven before we left?" in "The Paradise Institute" or camera work shot from the perspective of the actor, enable the viewer to feel the portrayed events almost physically.
In the video installation "Hill Climbing", a 45-second loop, a hike over a snowy hill is shot from the perspective of the hiker, who falls at the end. Via headphones one hears the hiker’s breathing and a dog’s barking; this evokes memories of one's own experiences and generates a greater awareness of the body as a living organism. The exhibition of works from the Goetz Collection presents eight installations by this artist duo in which reality and fiction merge and the illusionist apparatus of the media is disclosed.
Works from the Goetz Collection
13 April - 8 July, 2012
The exhibition presents eight works by the Canadian artist duo Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, who, by combining image and tone and replicated spaces, activate as many of the viewer's senses as possible in order to make the depicted events as real as possible. In their works, Cardiff and Miller generate mental images that allow whole stories to emerge that each person can experience individually. Direct communication via headphones, such as "Did you turn off the oven before we left?" in "The Paradise Institute" or camera work shot from the perspective of the actor, enable the viewer to feel the portrayed events almost physically.
In the video installation "Hill Climbing", a 45-second loop, a hike over a snowy hill is shot from the perspective of the hiker, who falls at the end. Via headphones one hears the hiker’s breathing and a dog’s barking; this evokes memories of one's own experiences and generates a greater awareness of the body as a living organism. The exhibition of works from the Goetz Collection presents eight installations by this artist duo in which reality and fiction merge and the illusionist apparatus of the media is disclosed.