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Janet Cardiff; George Bures Miller
The Paradise Institute 2001

DVD player, video projector, electronic controls, amplifier, film screen, 16 headsets, 13:00 minute digital video disk (DVD), 16 theatre seats, synthetic carpet, halogen and incandescent lamps, wood, plywood, retail trade oil paint, polystyrene and fabric
3 x 12 x 5.1 m
Anonymous gift, 2002
National Gallery of Canada (no. 41156)

Originally conceived for the 49th Venice Biennale, "The Paradise Institute" blends the realms of sculpture, video, and sound with an understanding of cinematic conventions in order to immerse the viewer in a highly inventive and disorienting multimedia installation that stimulates consciousness and excites sensory experience. By means of an original 13-minute DVD projection with individual stereo headphones that creates a personalized "surround sound" for each member of the audience. "The Paradise Institute" explores the boundaries between reality and fiction.

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