Les Dormeurs Sophie Calle
To let themselves be looked at and photographed.
Les dormeurs sophie calle. Les dormeurs 1979 sophie calle transforme son lit en site situationnel brouillant les pistes entre l intime et l anonyme. Sophie calle the sleepers. Photographies et textes un livre. On pourrait aisément.
Dechman thomas dunn anne ehrenkranz robert harteveldt charles heilbronn jo carole lauder robert b. The artist asked friends to sleep in her bed in eight hour shifts. Calle s first major work was entitled les dormeurs the sleepers. 23 series of 5 to 12 images form a total of 176 b w photographs 23 individually framed texts photographs and texts one book.
6 x 7 3 4 inches each text 15 x 20 cm chaque texte. Entre texte et photos les dormeurs sont réunis dans un livre. Du 1er au 9 avril 1979 sophie calle invita 28 personnes à venir dormir chez elle. To come and sleep in my bed.
Overall 61 1 4 176 1 155 6 447 2 5 cm. Acquired through the generosity of clarissa a. Sophie calle born 9 october 1953 is a french writer photographer installation artist and conceptual artist. Her oncologist father robert calle was a renowned art collector and former director of the nimes carré d art a contemporary art museum.
Sophie calle was born into an intellectual and creative household in 1953 paris where she experienced an unconventional childhood. 6 x 8 in. Sophie calle les dormeurs the sleepers 1979. 23 séries de 5 à 12 images formant un total de 176 photographies n b 23 textes encadrés individuellement.
Sophie calle les dormeurs 1979. I asked people to give me a few hours of their sleep. 1953 the sleepers les dormeurs numbered on the reverse of each print 176 elements ink on gelatin silver prints 24 elements ink on paper 90 page manuscript ink on paper 199 elements each. 11 1 16 x 8 9 16 in.
One hundred seventy six gelatin silver prints and twenty three text panels. 28 x 21 7 cm. 15 2 x 20 3 cm one element. She documented their stay and noted important aspects of their visit as well as what they ate that day.