Escape Room

Escape Room, 2021, Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
Seen here installed at Luhring Augustine Gallery, New York. September 10 - October 23, 2021. Currently showing at The Lehmbruck Museum, Duisberg, Germany from 27 March 2022 to 14 August 2022 (ESCAPE ROOM EXTENDED TO MAY 2023!) as part of the major retrospective exhibition "Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller". (Escape Room at the The Lehmbruck Museum has been extended until May 7th, 2023!)
Visitors movements trigger the various vocal, musical, and SFX tracks as well as lighting changes in the room. Numerous viewers in the room create a cacophony of sound and when the space is empty, the piece fades to silence.
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Build:
Molly March
Robyn Moody
Jamie Oosterhuis
Maryke Simmonds
Jason Thomas
Project management:
Zev Teifenbach
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Thanks to:
Titus Maderlechner
Carlo Crovato (Skype encouragement)
Glenn C. Newell (Bidule programming assistance)
Julia Speed
Roland Augustine
Laurence Luhring
Donovan Barrow
Junpei Murao
Matt Schenning
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Sound:
Fictitious language talking by Titus Maderlechner
All Vocals and SFX recordings by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller
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Music:
“Preghiera" (1880); music by Francesco Paolo Tosti, words by Giuseppe Giusti. Performed by Alesandro Moreschi (1902)
"Cantus Curatio VI Movement 5”; Composed by Da Jeong Choi, performed by James Yoo
"Mud Castle Drum, Bass and Synth" by Titus Maderlechner
All other music tracks composed and performed on electric guitar by George Bures Miller.
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Light:
Mud Castle Nightclub Lights programmed by Titus Maderlechner
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Software:
Plogue Bidule, Harpex B, Enttec D-Pro

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Looking forward to seeing this next month when in New York. Another classic work by Janet and George that transports us into a world of their making, disturbingly similar to ours. And I loved the self-quotation! But it too is disturbing...the 40 Part Motet installed in some bleak space, and someone has toppled the speakers and interrupted the installation...