This Collapsed and Expanding Breath

April 25—June 14, 2025

Art Installation by Megan and Murray McMillan

This Collapsed and Expanding Breath, 2024

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION Megan and Murray McMillan make large scale installation and performance projects that result in short videos, installations, and photography series. Their multidisciplinary projects alter familiar environments into immersive experiences. 

This Collapsed and Expanding Breath is part performance piece and part installation. The performance aspect of the exhibition will be filmed in the Jamestown Arts Center in January 2025.  

The exhibition, debuting in April 2025, reflects the rhythm of collapse and renewal while documenting ongoing exploration of celestial mechanics and familial dynamics. The multi-year project spans sculpture, installation, video, performance, and photography to transform the JAC’s main gallery into a darkened cosmic space.  

By creating and filming part of the installation at the JAC in early January 2025, visitors in the spring will experience a rare dual perspective: a glimpse into the creative process alongside the finished work.

Megan and Murray McMillan have been married since 1997 and collaborating since 2002. The McMillans have exhibited large scale video installations internationally, including the Kunsthallen Brandts Museum in Odense, Denmark, MASS MoCA, and RISD Museum.