Wednesday, February 4, 2009

I love Sophie Calle

I love Sophie Calle. Sophie is a French photographer, installation artist and as far as I'm concerned visual poet whom I respect and love tremendously. 
Her work is very personal and self reflexive. Her pieces relate directly with her life experiences. Some of her best works have come as a result of her breakups. She has used the medium as a way to cope and overcome the situations. One of the most innovative yet is called " Take Care of Yourself". 
Sophie came back from a trip and received an e-mail from her boyfriend at the time. The letter was a break up letter. She was left devastated and decided to ask dozens of women to read the letter and from there created an art show revolving around their reactions and interpretation of the letter. The installations included birds, actors and a clown. 



She also had a dozen people sleep in her bed after a break up and documented the process. 

Another example of timeless work...

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