Cardiff and Miller
Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller are included in Still Joy — From Ukraine into the World, an exhibition presented by The Victor Pinchuk Foundation and the PinchukArtCentre, on view at the Palazzo Contarini Polignac in Venice from May 9 – August 1, 2026.
Still Joy is an official Collateral Event of the 61st International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition brings together leading international and Ukrainian artists reflecting on the concept of joy as both a vital force and a radical act of humanity. On view by Cardiff and Miller are is Conversations with My Mother, 2023,which captures the memory of Cardiff's mother, unfolding through telephone conversations with her. They lived far apart, and the telephone was therefore an important means of communication between them. By picking up the phone, the viewer, or rather the listener, is immersed in an intimate world that developed between the mother and daughter. Listening to the recordings of the calls, the artist reflects on how parents affect and define their children’s lives through communication and even through physical heredity. This artwork can thus serve not only as a way of preserving memories but also of continuing a conversation that has been interrupted.
To learn more about the exhibition, please visit the Pinchuk Art Centre's website.