Killing Machine, 2007
Mixed media, sound, pneumatics, robotics
Photo courtesy of Seber Ugarte and Lorena Lopez
Lost in the Memory Palace is an expansive exhibition by internationally renowned Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, now showing at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The title is taken from an ancient memory trick; by remembering things in a physical space, you should be able mentally to walk through these spaces and discover forgotten memories. Walking through the 7 rooms that comprise the exhibit is an exhilarating, terrifying and mind bending experience. Using sound, video, robotics and installation, the artists create worlds that can become more immersive than any 3D movie - if you take the time to really experience them. There is of course a surface fascination with the constructs of each room, such as a perfectly built Japanese office in Storm Room (2009), the derelict hoarders hovel in Dark Pool (1995) or the terrifying dentist chair turned torture seat in The Killing Machine (2007). However, this tactile pleasure is only one player in a cast of stimuli. Dialogue, music, lights and motion, in many cases triggered by the viewer, suspend reality and transport the onlooker to the alternate reality, dream, or mental state presented.
Give yourself a few hours and visit Lost in the Memory Palace, running until August 18th, 2013.
Mixed media, sound, pneumatics, robotics
Photo courtesy of Seber Ugarte and Lorena Lopez
Lost in the Memory Palace is an expansive exhibition by internationally renowned Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, now showing at the Art Gallery of Ontario. The title is taken from an ancient memory trick; by remembering things in a physical space, you should be able mentally to walk through these spaces and discover forgotten memories. Walking through the 7 rooms that comprise the exhibit is an exhilarating, terrifying and mind bending experience. Using sound, video, robotics and installation, the artists create worlds that can become more immersive than any 3D movie - if you take the time to really experience them. There is of course a surface fascination with the constructs of each room, such as a perfectly built Japanese office in Storm Room (2009), the derelict hoarders hovel in Dark Pool (1995) or the terrifying dentist chair turned torture seat in The Killing Machine (2007). However, this tactile pleasure is only one player in a cast of stimuli. Dialogue, music, lights and motion, in many cases triggered by the viewer, suspend reality and transport the onlooker to the alternate reality, dream, or mental state presented.
Give yourself a few hours and visit Lost in the Memory Palace, running until August 18th, 2013.
Storm Room, 2009
Mixed media installation
Photo courtesy of N.M. Hutcgubson, Calgary Alberta
The Muriel Lake Incident, 1999
Mixed media, sound, video
Photo courtesy of Janet Cardiff & George Miller
Opera for a Small Room, 2005
Mixed media, sound, record players, synchronized lighting
Photo courtesy of Kunsthaus Bregenz and Markus Tretter
Experiment in F# Minor, 2013
Mixed Media, speakers, sound
Photo courtesy of Janet Cardiff & George Miller
Mixed media installation, sound
Photo courtesy of Janet Cardiff & George Miller
Road Trip, 2004
Slide, sound installation
Photo courtesy of Anton Bures
Cardiff and Miller, 2012
Brindrod, BC Canada
Photo courtesy of Zev Tiefenbach
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