Cardiff and Miller
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller: The Instrument of Troubled Dreams, is on view at the Phoenix Art Museum in Arizona through February 2028.
Appearing for the first time in Arizona, The Instrument of Troubled Dreams, is an interactive audio installation in which visitors are invited to sit at a replica of a 1960s Mellotron and play the keyboard. While the original Mellotron was used to compose music using prerecorded tape banks, this instrument has been transformed into a storytelling device. Each of the 72 keys has been programmed to play back a different sound effect, vocal track, or musical part so participants can compose their own film-like soundtrack. These sounds and narratives are played back in full spherical surround sound over 23 speakers encircling the listener/performer in a dystopian story of their own making.
To learn more about the exhibition, please visit the Phoenix Art Museum website.