I traveled for seven years, and when I came back home I was completely lost. I didn't know what to do with my life, so I decided to let people decide for me. For month I followed strangers on the street. For the pleasure of following, not because the party interested me. I photographed them without their knowledge, took note of their movements, and finally lost sight of them. At the end of January 1980, I chose a man and followed him to Venice. That's how I started. That's all.
My mother was a very absent mother. She was going out, she was drinking a lot, she liked to have fun. It's fine with me. I have no bitterness about i… - Sophie Calle
My mother was a very absent mother. She was going out, she was drinking a lot, she liked to have fun. It's fine with me. I have no bitterness about i…
- Sophie Calle
Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts. - Sophie Calle
Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts.
I made three works about men in my life. But I had much more than three men. I never wrote about them. - Sophie Calle
I made three works about men in my life. But I had much more than three men. I never wrote about them.
For 'The Hotel' I spent one year to find the hotel, I spent three months going through the text and writing it, I spent three months going through th… - Sophie Calle
For 'The Hotel' I spent one year to find the hotel, I spent three months going through the text and writing it, I spent three months going through th…
I know how I live my life. I have a little magnet brain that attracts the kind of things that obsess me. - Sophie Calle
I know how I live my life. I have a little magnet brain that attracts the kind of things that obsess me.
Objects always meet your obsession. Once you have an obsession, you step on it at every corner. - Sophie Calle
Objects always meet your obsession. Once you have an obsession, you step on it at every corner.
At my age, I know myself. If I make a project, it's a way to help me. I don't do it for therapeutic reasons, but I know that the therapy can be a sid… - Sophie Calle
At my age, I know myself. If I make a project, it's a way to help me. I don't do it for therapeutic reasons, but I know that the therapy can be a sid…
I didn't go to the North Pole to do something about my mother. I was invited to the North Pole and I realized it was impossible to go there without t… - Sophie Calle
I didn't go to the North Pole to do something about my mother. I was invited to the North Pole and I realized it was impossible to go there without t…
In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photog… - Sophie Calle
In April 1981, at my request, my mother went to a detective agency. She hired them to follow me, to report my daily activities, and to provide photog…
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