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  • eyesoflaura.org -
    In Irvin Kershner's movie "Eyes of Laura Mars" from 1978, photographic artist Laura Mars experiences visions of the murder of her friends and colleagues as seen through the eyes of the murderer. The protagonist of Janet Cardiff's internet
  • Her Long Black Hair -
    Janet Cardiff's Her Long Black Hair is a 35-minute journey that begins at Central Park South and transforms an everyday stroll in the park into an absorbing psychological and physical experience. Cardiff takes each listener on a winding journey
  • Feedback -
    Janet Cardiff's “Feedback” (2004) is an interactive sound piece that plays a Jimi Hendrix rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner” when the visitor steps on a wah-wah pedal. “Feedback” is a gift in honor of Rifkin by Tom and Kitty Stoner and
  • Cabin fever -
    In Cabin Fever, Cardiff and Miller reference traditional museum displays by using the formal structure of the diorama to transport the viewer into a scene depicting a cabin set deep in the woods. The captivating soundtrack, draws the viewers into
  • Frieling, Rudolf and Dieter Daniels, ed. Medien Kunst Netz 1 - Medienkunst im Überblick / Media Art Net 1 - Survey of Media Art. Wien, New York: Springer Verlag, 2003.
  • Milroy, Sarah. Janet Cardiff : the former printmaker hit her stride with electronic art, winning acclaim this year at the National Gallery and the Venice Biennale The Globe and mail (December 29th 2001).
  • Dreidger, Sharon Doyle. George Bures Miller and Janet Cardiff : "we´ve always been close artistically. Part of our dating process was collaboration on a film" Maclean´s 114, no. 52 (December 2001): 38.
  • The Berlin Files -
    "You're sitting in a bar. You pull out a book that you just bought to look at, a collection of short stories. Flipping through it you stop on a paragraph describing a dark street in Berlin, a woman in a red dress walks out of a doorway towards
  • Janet Cardiff was born in Brussels, Ontario in 1957. She began her formal art studies at Queen's University, where she earned her bachelor's degree in 1980. In 1983, she earned a master's degree in Visual Arts from the University of Alberta. During
  • The elegant 19th-century interior of the Rideau Chapel is once again transformed through Janet Cardiff’s extraordinary audio installation Forty-Part Motet, a contemporary reworking of Spem in Alium by the 16th-century composer Thomas Tallis.