SOPHIE CALLE

“Sophie Calle was born in 1953 and is a French writer, photographer, installation artist, and conceptual artist. 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. 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. Her photographic work often includes panels of text of her own writing.” http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sophie_Calle

We looked the artist sophie and her piece called The Shadow

The shadow (April 1981) was a piece that was largely of photographs taken by a private investigator. Sophie Calle asked her mother to hire a investigator to follow her around all day and document her doings, these photographs were then displayed with both her and the investigators observations from the day. 

Throughout all the pictures Sophie appears more as a shadow or distant figure then a being which made this piece quite dark. 

Sophie’s art is uniquely archival as part of the process to create her work is documenting the project, it’s the taking of pictures and the recording of observations which are to be displayed in future performances. Following her work method of capturing the objects and feelings as we continue through the project would be a creative way of archiving our project as we go.