The phototextual projects that yielded suite venitienne and lhotel take the form of essentially furtive attempts to engage with the life of a singular or serial other. He sat down in her studio and asked her her date of birth. This chapter highlights how sophie calles propensity for thinking through photography impacts on the experimental and experiential dimensions of phototextual project. Sophie calle follows random stranger in the streets of paris for several minutes, attempting to photograph him, but. The compact intimacy of siglios reedition of suite venitienne is an apt form for calle s discreet findings. Apr 23, 2015 suite venitienne by sophie calle images and text ed and provided courtesy of the artist. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. Originally published in french as an artists book in 1980 and reissued in 2015 by siglio press in english, suite venitienne epitomizes sophie calles idiosyncratic, documentarystyle text and photography in an eloquent blend of fact and fiction. Sep 23, 2009 o ne day, a journalist from le monde interviewed sophie calle. 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. Suite venitienne depends for its power on the evocation of desire and obsession as well as the artists. My all is a retrospective photo book comprising postcardstyle.
It takes the form of a double jeu or double game between the work of sophie calle and the fiction of paul auster. Calles inquiries were published in the french daily liberation. Sophie calle has 50 books on goodreads with 8121 ratings. From suite venitienne by sophie calle, published by siglio, 2015. 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 born 9 october 1953 is a french writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. May 26, 2015 this makes calle sound like a flaneur, but when she followed a man from paris to venice, armed with a blonde wig and a camera, she produced suite venitienne 1980, which was quickly noticed and celebrated by both french and international critics. She then embarked on a search to come to know this stranger by contacting listed individualsin essence, following him through the map. Sophie calles the address book, an excerpt the new yorker.
Suite venitienne 1980 originally published in french as an artists book in 1980 and reissued in 2015 by siglio press in english, suite venitienne epitomizes sophie calles idiosyncratic, documentarystyle text and photography in an eloquent blend of fact and fiction. Her work is rarely aesthetic in the pictorial sense, but stems from her curiosity. Suite venitienne by sophie calle images and text ed and provided courtesy of the artist. The compact intimacy of siglios reedition of suite venitienne is an apt form for calles discreet findings. Oct 08, 2012 sophie calles the address book, an excerpt. Mar 07, 2009 sophie calles art mixes image and text to provoke the kind of intense emotional response usually inspired by epic literature or film. Untitled 1980 this exercise appears in the 2014 version of the foundations in photography manual, and does not appear in the 2017 version enoch, r. In suite venitienne, sophie calles first artists bookand the crucible of her inimitable and. In the early nineteeneighties, the french artist sophie calle, who is known. Sophie calles art mixes image and text to provoke the kind of intense emotional response usually inspired by epic literature or film. Sophie calle suite venitienne by sophie calle, 9781938221095, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. Sophie calle was born on october 9, 1953, in paris, france. After following strangers on the streets in paris for months, photographing them and notating their movements, sophie calle ran into a man at an opening whom she had followed earlier that day. Sophie calle is a french artist who has exhibited extensively throughout the world since the late 1970s.
Sophie calles work exists on the borders of photography and conceptual art. This makes calle sound like a flaneur, but when she followed a man from paris to venice, armed with a blonde wig and a camera, she produced suite venitienne 1980, which was quickly noticed and celebrated by both french and international critics. Published as a book in 1980, the result, suite venitienne, became sophie calles best known work, presented in diary form with photographs opposite her text. Experiment and experience in the phototextual projects of. Images from sophie calles book suite venitienne, in which the artist follows a man around venice, italy, and records his movements. Suite venitienne by sophie calle, 9780941920094, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. I photographed them withont their knmfledge, took note if their nwvements, then finally lost sight if them and jorgjt them. That very evening, quite by chance, he was introduced to me at an opening.
Search for library items search for lists search for. Oct 20, 2012 sophie calle suite venitienne and the hotel in 1979, french artist sophie calle returned to paris after several years of travelling. Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in suite. As an artist in the 1970s and 80ss calle built a career out of the art of stalking. Although calle undertook the journey in 1979, the texts. Intrusive, invasive, inquisitive calle the new york. Buy sophie calle suite venitienne by sophie calle isbn. Like most diaries, it shifts constantly between facts 10.
Upon contacting the first name listed in its pages she decided to conduct a series of in depth interviews about its owner referred to as pierre d. The result is this thrilling book, first published in 1983 and long out of print, now newly reissued in an understated. Suite venitienne was the resulting book, first published in 1979 and rereleased this month in collaboration with siglio. Sophie calles practice is characterised by performances using rulebased scenarios, which she then documents. 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. Having found a lost address book on the street in paris, calle copied the pages before returning it anonymously to its owner. Sophie calle suite venitienne and the hotel point101 blog. The book form creates space for the reader to make a third trail against and through those of henri b. In fact, the sheer logic of that act makes this all very sophie calle. Double game was the first major publication in english by french artist sophie calle born 1953, and is her bestselling title to date. Education born into a family of an oncologist who was a celebrated art collector and a center stage mother, sophie calle was raised into an uncommon atmosphere. I followed a man whom i lost sight of a few minutes later in the crowd, calle writes in her first book, suite. May 26, 2015 sophie calle suite venitienne by sophie calle, 9781938221095, available at book depository with free delivery worldwide. 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.
Images and text ed and provided courtesy of the artist. Whilst walking through the streets of paris calle discovered a lost address book. 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. In suite venitienne, sophie calles first artists book and 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. Set of 81 elements, made in this form from 1996 onwards. From following a stranger to venice to burying her mothers jewellery at the north pole, sophie calle is frances foremost artist of the unexpected wed. She has mounted solo shows at major museums around the world and represented france at the venice biennale in 2007. Drawing on multiple mediums from photography and prose, to strip tease and talking therapy, her work delves into the phenomena of urban malaise, asking questions about agency.
Mar 24, 2015 images from sophie calles book suite venitienne, in which the artist follows a man around venice, italy, and records his movements. Public open video lecture for the faculty and students of the european graduate school, media and communication studies department program, egs, saasfee, switzerland, europe, 2004. Calle s inquiries were published in the french daily liberation. During the course of our conversation, he told me he was planning an imminent trip to venice. Jul 30, 2018 this chapter highlights how sophie calles propensity for thinking through photography impacts on the experimental and experiential dimensions of phototextual project. Originally published in 1983, suite venitienne is the crucible.
Siglio press, after following strangers on the streets in paris for months, photographing them and notating their movements, sophie calle ran into a man at an. Suite venitienneplease follow me by sophie calle goodreads. 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. The book contains four color and 56 blackandwhite illustrations and photographs accompanying plain and descriptive narratives of henri b. Venetian suite consists of black and white photographs, texts and maps that document a journey the artist made to venice in order to follow a man, referred to only as henri b. For the pleasure offolluwing them, not because they particulary interested me. Suite venitienne printed on japanese paper with a diecut cover and printed edges, this beautifully produced artists book was designed in collaboration with sophie calle and documents in images and diaristic texts her dreamlike surveillance of henri b. In suite venitienne, sophie calle s first artists book and 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. 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. Images from sophie calle s book suite venitienne, in which the artist follows a man around venice, italy, and records his movements. The photographs in the book arent its important aspects. Suite venitienne, reissued from siglio in the form of a diecut, hardcover artists book, is handsomely bound and readable. Siglio press, after following strangers on the streets in paris for months, photographing them and notating their movements, sophie calle ran into a man at an opening whom she had followed earlier that day.
Sep 30, 2012 the address book, a key and controversial work in sophie calles oeuvre, lies at the epicenter of many layers of reality and fiction. Suite venitienne is sophie calles first artists book, long outofprint and highly coveted, now newly redesigned by siglio in collaboration with calle to be the definitive englishlanguage edition. The book is a fascinating photographic and literary investigation of the mysterious rite of following strangers. Sophie calle investigates the distance between us in. She is the daughter of robert calle, a renowned french oncologist, and monique sindler, a book critic and press attache.
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