In her conceptual and poetic works, sophie calle consciously conceals the borders between art and life, fiction and reality, and between the private and public. The sleepers 1979, in which calles bed was occupied by 29 people. Sep 30, 2012 the address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calle s oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. Feeling dislocated from her native city she began to walk the city streets with her camera, follow strangers she encountered for the pleasure of following them, calle has said, not because they. With selfestablished behavioral instructions and rituals, she transforms her daily life with a series of performances, usually executed as a combination of texts and photographs. Her work often incorporates elements of voyeurism, surveillance, and personal narrative to explore the nature of love, intimacy, violence and death. Suite venitienne was the resulting book, first published in 1979 and rereleased this month in collaboration with siglio. Oct 14, 2011 before boarding a flight from paris this week, sophie calle stuffed her suitcase with a selection of choice possessions that hold personal significance, including one red and one white wedding dress, a wig, a framed portrait of freud, a sprawled stuffed cat and an issue of telestar with peter falk on the cover, circa 1986. Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in suite venitienne for more than 30 years now, sophie calle has engaged in art as provocation. The photographs in the book arent its important aspects. Suite venitienne please follow me by sophie calle, jean.
Calle s inquiries were published in the french daily liberation. A reflection on the art of stalking we approach the 40th anniversary of one of conceptual arts greatest feats. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in. Sophie calle makes portraits of herself and strangers through investigative methods including surveillance, interviews, photography, and text. In suite venitienne, sophie calle s first artists bookand the crucible of her inimitable and provocative fusion of investigatory methods, fictional constructs, the plundering of real life and the artful composition of selfshe notates, in diaristic, timestamped entries, her surveillance of henri b.
See more ideas about sophie calle, photography and narrative photography. Images and text ed and provided courtesy of the artist. Eva wiseman visits her at her home in paris and hears an astonishing revelation. Please follow me by calle, sophie, baudrillard, jean, barash, d. Sophie calle has 50 books on goodreads with 8277 ratings. The compact intimacy of siglios reedition of suite venitienne is an apt form for calles discreet findings. Sophie calle follows random stranger in the streets of paris for several minutes, attempting to photograph him, but.
He said he was moving to venice, so she moved to venice and there, she began to follow him. This is an interesting idea as she is making a record of where they have been, so that they cant forget. She also carefully observes her own emotions as she searches for, finds and follows him. The text is comprised of the juxtaposition of two very different works. In a 2008 conversation between artists sophie calle and jill magid, calle noted that lhomme au carnet aka the address book, 1983 was her only work to date where she went too far. Mar 24, 2015 images from sophie calles book suite venitienne, in which the artist follows a man around venice, italy, and records his movements. Variously described as a conceptual artist, a photographer, a movie director, and even a detective, she has developed a practice that is instantly recognizable for its distinct narrative elements and frequent combination of images with text. Many of her works juxtapose writing and photography to question. Sophie calle born 1953 is an internationally renowned artist whose controversial works explore the tensions between the observed, the reported, the secret and the unsaid. Calle who makes the private public, turning intimate details her own and others into art has a sticky. I decided to follow him, she writes at the beginning of suite venitienne, her first artists book and the crucible of her inimitable fusion of investigatory methods, fictional constructs, the plundering of real life and the composition of self.
She has mounted solo shows at major museums around the world and represented france at the venice biennale in 2007. Narrative photography a level photography photography projects white photography street photography sequence photography photography topics photography sketchbook. Calle s work is distinguished by its use of arbitrary sets of constraints, and evokes the french literary movement of the 1960s known as oulipo. Sophie calle suite venitienne and the hotel point101 blog. Sophie calles the address book, an excerpt the new yorker. In suite venitienne, sophie calles first artists bookand the crucible of her inimitable and. We use cookies to deliver our online services and to provide more personalized services to you. Calle grew up in paris in a rich and hyperconnected family. As an artist in the 1970s and 80ss calle built a career out of the art of stalking.
Sophie calle suite venetienne 1980, a project where she followed people. In suite venitienne, sophie calles first artists bookand the crucible of her inimitable and provocative fusion of investigatory methods, fictional constructs, the plundering of real life and the artful composition of selfshe notates, in diaristic, timestamped entries, her surveillance of henri b. The book contains four color and 56 blackandwhite illustrations and photographs accompanying plain and descriptive narratives of henri b. Images from sophie calles book suite venitienne, in which the artist follows a man around venice, italy, and records his movements. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer. Suite venitienneplease follow me is a collaborative project created by sophie calle and jean baudrillard which is primarily concerned with the concept of tracing. Sophie calle has established herself as one of frances most celebrated conceptual artists. The result is this thrilling book, first published in 1983 and long out of print, now newly reissued in an understated. May 26, 2015 sophie calle born 1953 is an internationally renowned artist whose controversial works explore the tensions between the observed, the reported, the secret and the unsaid.
Sophie calle et son invitee serena carone is calles first exhibition in france since her retrospective at the centre pompidou in 2003, though she had a major retrospective at fort mason in san francisco earlier this year. Oct 08, 2012 in the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known for projects that involve immersing herself in the lives of strangers or allowing strangers a view of her own life. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known for projects that involve immersing herself in the lives of strangers or allowing strangers a view of her own life. Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in suite. Sophie calles suite venitienne for a world of photography that professes to be interested in diversity and in exploring the role text can play for and with pictures, there were surprisingly little discussions of sophie calles work up until recently. Paris, france, 1953 uses the mediums of photography, video, film, books, text, and performance to pursue her sociological and autobiographical investigations. After traveling seven years around the world, sophie calle, back in paris in 1979, began following strangers in the streets, taking notes of their activities as a private detective might, once following a stranger to venice, a pursuit which provided her with the material for her performance suite venitienne 1983.
In fact, the sheer logic of that act makes this all very sophie calle. Set of 81 elements, made in this form from 1996 onwards. Mar 04, 2017 the deutsche borse photography foundation prize 2017, featuring sophie calles new work, is at the photographers gallery. Mas tu vue, exhibition catalogue, centre georges pompidou, paris 2003, reproduced pp. Sophie calle in 1979s sleepers, she invited 29 people to occupy her bed for eight hours as she observed them. Suite venitienneplease follow me by sophie calle goodreads.
Enter your mobile number or email address below and well send you a link to download the free kindle app. In suite venitienne siglio press, 2015 calle follows an acquaintance, henri b. The book form creates space for the reader to make a third trail against and through those of henri b. Suite venitienne please follow me is a collaborative project created by sophie calle and jean baudrillard which is primarily concerned with the concept of tracing. Sophie calle is a french artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the world since the late 1970s.
From todays perspective, there may appear to be something naive or sentimental in calles use of surveillance in her early career, when she followed a man through the streets of venice, surreptitiously photographing him and his companion, taking notes on their activities, as she did in suite venetienne 1979, or when she had her mother. Her father was a doctor cum collector, specializing in pop art warhol, lichtenstein, raysse. Sep 03, 2008 when a boyfriend brokeup with her by email, french artist sophie calle asked 107 women to read the letter and to analyse it according to their professional interest. Narrative photography conceptual photography fine art photography conceptual art edward weston french photographers human condition documentary photography documentaries.
Over the course of almost two weeks in venice, calle notates, in timestamped entries, her surveillance of henri b. Calle, sophie 1953, french photographer and conceptual artist. Sophie callesiglio from suite venitienne, 1983 in the early 1980s, the artist sophie calle found an address book on a paris street, photocopied its pages, returned it to its owner, and then interviewed the people listed within to find out more about him. Calles route includes systematic trailing and sporadic tracking of strangers with whom. What attracts me is absence, missing, death she makes art that is intimate, romantic, funny, dramatic and confessional and yet after four decades there are still new truths about sophie calles past to be revealed. Suite venitienne, reissued from siglio in the form of a diecut, hardcover artists book, is handsomely bound and readable. Oct 20, 2012 sophie calle suite venitienne and the hotel in 1979, french artist sophie calle returned to paris after several years of travelling. Suite venitienneplease follow me calle, sophie, baudrillard, jean on. In the early 1980s, the artist sophie calle found an address book on a paris street.
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