Janet Cardiff was born 1957 in Brussels, Ontario, Canada, and George Bures Miller was born 1960 in Vegreville, Alberta, Canada. Both currently live and work in Berlin, Germany and Grindrod, B.C., Canada. Cardiff and Miller presented The Paradise Institute in the Canadian Pavilion at the 49th Venice Biennale in 2001, and were awarded with La Biennale di Venezia Special Award. Their most recent museum exhibition, Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: The Killing Machine and Other Stories 1995-2007, is at Miami Art Museum in Florida until the 20th of January, 2008.

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