Born in Burlington, Vermont, Peter Miller is an artist specializing in film and photography based in Essen, Germany and Paris, France. He received his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and apprenticed to be a silversmith. His film and photographic works are preoccupied with magic and generally investigate the phenomena of the cinema and its constituent, irreducible elements: lens, light, flicker, audience, projection, etc.
His works are in numerous private collections as well as public collections such as the Centre Pompidou, Paris, France; SFMOMA, San Francisco, USA; the Innogy Stiftung, Essen, Germany; and FRAC Midi-Pyrénées, France. His films have been screened at festivals including the Berlinale, Viennale and the Toronto, London and Rotterdam International film festivals and are distributed by Light Cone in Paris and Arsenal in Berlin. His work has been shown in international reviews such as the 57th Biennale of Venice and the Biennale of Contemporary Photography as well as online by Kottke.org, Boing Boing and Gizmodo. He is represented by Galerie Crone in Berlin and Vienna.
"The work of American artist Peter Miller, who lives in Germany, still hints at his childhood dream of becoming a magician. Today, however, Miller’s preoccupation with magic finds expression primarily in the media of film and photography. He also creates installations and sculptures, spatial interventions, and works drawing on the tradition of 1970s performance art. Utilizing a wide variety of forms and materials, he explores the history of the technical media and their constituent, irreducible elements: light, chemistry, audience, flicker, optics, and perspective."
- Kathrin Schönegg, C/O Berlin Foundation
RUPTURES IN THE REEL
2022 / 2K / color / sound / single screen / 12' 45 / 58 € distribution: 35mm |
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SET
2016 / Video / color / silent / single screen / 9' 32 / 39 € or 52 € or 44 € distribution: 16mm or 35mm or DCP on server |
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THE LOOKERS
2009-2016 / 35mm / color-b&w / silent / single screen / 48' 00 / 210 € distribution: 35mm |
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SOUNDS LIKE
2015 / 35mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 3' 45 / 32 € distribution: 35mm or DCP on server or Digital file on server |
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EIDOLA
2014 / Video / color-b&w / silent / single screen / 6' 00 / 34 € distribution: DCP on server or Digital file on server |
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STAINED GLASS
2014 / 16mm / color / sound / single screen / 10' 00 / 52 € distribution: 35mm |
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PHOTURIS
2013-2014 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 6' 10 / 27 € distribution: 16mm |
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RITOURNELLE
2012 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 3' 30 / 22 € distribution: 16mm |
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TEN MINUTIAE
2012 / 35mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 5' 00 / 41 € distribution: 35mm |
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A FILM THAT CLEANS YOUR EYES
2010 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 3' 00 / 25 € distribution: 16mm |
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CHLADNI SCHEME
2009 / 16mm / b&w / sound / single screen / 11' 00 / 27 € distribution: 16mm |
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PORTRAIT
2009 / 35mm / color / silent / single screen / 7' 00 / 43 € distribution: 35mm |
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VERY SIMILAR TO
2009 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 2' 45 / 21 € distribution: 16mm |
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ON THE LOGIC OF DUBIOUS HISTORICAL ACCOUNTS, 1969-1972
2008 / 16mm / color / silent / single screen / 6' 30 / 28 € distribution: 16mm |
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BROKEN HORSES
2007 / 16mm / b&w / silent / single screen / 3' 00 / 20 € distribution: 16mm |
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FOREVER FILM
(Expanded)
2006 / 35mm / color / silent / Expanded / 20' 00 / 66 € distribution: 35mm |
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PROJECTOR OBSCURA
2005 / 35mm / color / silent / single screen / 10' 00 / 43 € distribution: 35mm |
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THE FIRST AND LAST ROLL OF SUPER8 SOUND FILM
2002 / Super 8mm / color / sound / single screen / 3' 00 / 21 € distribution: Digital file on server |