‘The Maybe’ (1995) by Cornelia Parker in collaboration with Tilda Swinton.
At the Serpentine Gallery famous actress Tilda Swinton lay asleep inside a glass vitrine.
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Josh Greene
‘Sophie Calle’s bed’ (1999) by Josh Greene.
I sent this letter to Sophie Calle shortly after my girlfriend broke up with me. Approximately one month later I received a full size bed. mattress, frame, linens, pillows, and comforter sent to me by Sophie Calle. I slept in Sophie’s bed for the next six months and corresponded with her via e.mail regarding my emotions and experiences in her bed.
Josh Greene sent this letter to Sophie Calle shortly after his girlfriend broke up with him. Approximately one month later he received a full size bed. mattress, frame, linens, pillows, and comforter sent to him by Sophie Calle. He slept in Sophie’s bed for the next six months and corresponded with her via email regarding his emotions and experiences in her bed.
Sophie Calle
‘The Sleepers’ (1979) by Sophie Calle.
In 1979, Sophie Calle asked several (23) persons, friends, strangers, neighbors, to come and spend eight hours in her bed in order to keep this bed occupied twenty-four hours a day. These people had to accept to be photographed and to answer some questions. She took photographs of the sleepers and noted the important elements of these short meetings: subjects of discussion, positions of the sleepers, their movements during their sleep, the detailed menu of their breakfast she was preparing for them.
