Archive for November, 2007

letter to Sophie

1stlettercalle.pdf

Calle Sophie
1 r Hêtres 77160 PROVINS
mobile : 06 10 86 86 51
Calle Sophie
146 bd Camelinat 92240 MALAKOFF
01 42 53 99 41
ADSL, N° à tarif spécial :
0 142 53 21 94
these are the two Calle´s I found in the French phonedirectory. Will call them up to see if any one of them is my [...]

regarding the biography on Sophie Calle, I think Im beginning to see the light at the end of the tunnel. After having spent days indulging in her work, her friends and artist relationships, boyfriends, husbands, gifts, art and writing I feel like Im gettint to a point where the project is about to take form. [...]

Sophie Calle (born 1953) is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. Her work frequently depicts human vulnerability, and examines identity and intimacy. She is recognized for her detective-like ability to follow strangers and investigate their private lives.
Although much of her work employs voyeurism, Calle has allowed her own life to be [...]

sophie calle

this best explains who she is I reckon:
He loves me not

When a boyfriend dumped her by email, French artist Sophie Calle asked 100 women to read it – and became the star of the Venice Biennale, reports Angelique Chrisafis
Saturday June 16, 2007
The Guardian
Picture this. You’re one of France’s best-known living conceptual artists. You’re [...]

initially I started this project with the idea, or concept of control. Im interested in the notion of control, who has it, to whom is it directed and why, and how do we adhere to the notion of being controlled/controlling?
My ideas consisted of making me the controlled, and submitting myself to being looked upon [...]