U.S. Premiere
The Murder of Crows
Janet Cardiff
George Bures Miller
August 3, 2012 - September 9, 2012
Wade Thompson Drill Hall
The largest sound installation to date by artists Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, The Murder of Crows is a compelling “sound play” that envelops the audience in an unexpected physical and aural environment. Moving and weaving through ninety-eight speakers mounted within the cavernous Drill Hall, the work narrates a captivating and confounding melodrama, investigating concepts of desire, intimacy, love and loss. The multifaceted soundscape uses a fluttering of voices and sounds, from crashing waves to the hubbub of a factory floor, to transport the listener to an unexpected dream-like world.
Installation Hours
Tuesdays–Sundays: 12:00pm–7:00pm
Thursdays: 12:00pm–9:00 pm
Sunday, August 12, 2012: 12:00pm – 3:00pm
Monday, September 3 (Labor Day): 12:00pm – 7:00pm
Closed all other Mondays
Content Advisory
This work contains language that may be frightening for younger children.
“Spooky-creepy-beautiful. Here, as 98 speakers spray the hall with sounds, the space seems to compress and expand, breathing like a great invisible lung.”
New York Magazine
“ … beautifully realized in the Armory’s enormous darkened Drill Hall. This deeply uncanny experience is … spectacular.”
The New York Times
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Production Credits
From the Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Collection
In association with the Mostly Mozart Festival