Son[i]a #6
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
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Bartomeu Marí, chief curator at the Museum, interviews Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, centrepieces of “The Killing Machine and Other Stories” exhibition. These two artists have worked together for the last ten years using sound and their own voices as the base material for many of their works. These are materialised in the shape of installations and moving works in which the viewer and listener is immersed in a world in which sound experimentation enters into contradiction with visual experience.
The programme includes an excerpt from “Walks”, in which the voice of Janet Cardiff gives us instructions and encourages us to act as an integral part of the work.
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