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Sophie Calle

‘Suite Vénitienne’ (1980) by Sophie Calle

‘For months I followed strangers in the street. For the pleasure of following them, not because they particularly interested me. I photographed them without their knowledge, took note of their movements, then finally lost sight of them and forgot them.

At the end of January 1980, on the streets of Paris, I followed a man whom I lost sight of a few minutes later in the crowd. That very evening, by chance, he was introduced to me at an opening. During the course of our conversation, he told me he was planning an imminent trip to Venice.’

Suddenly, the narrator decided to join him. The next morning, armed with a camera and a blonde wig, she took the train to Venice, where she discovered where he was staying, then shadowed him, taking photographs where she could.


Josh Greene

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‘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.

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‘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.

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