"Sculptural Sound—The Art of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller" by Louis Corrigan

Canadian artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller’s extraordinary personal and professional partnership has produced some of contemporary art’s most innovative multimedia work. Its diversity and singularity may owe something to the fact that while the couple remains enmeshed in the international art world, they live far from it.

Twenty-one years ago they bought a house with a studio in Grindrod, B.C., a small town halfway between Calgary and Vancouver. This rural retreat appealed to them because Cardiff grew up on a farm outside Brussels, Ontario and Miller in a small town in Alberta where his father was a veterinarian. They later added an adjacent house and now have a compound with 20 acres, two horses, and two studios to work on different projects at once. Their house overlooks a lovely pond surrounded by farms and low mountains.

In July 2023, they opened the Cardiff Miller Art Warehouse in nearby Enderby in an old furniture warehouse minimally renovated into a raw, 19,000-foot exhibition space. The Warehouse presents ten of their largescale installations, all time-based experiential pieces, including most of the works highlighted here. The lobby has a relaxed, welcoming vibe with a sample of Miller’s project sketches, Cardiff’s recent paintings and figurines, and an art library related to their work.

I spoke with the artists at the Warehouse on Saturday, September 20, 2025. Our conversation explored their entire career history with a focus on their innovative use of sound and their process-oriented approach to artmaking.

Read the full interview at theartsection.com