![]() ![]() By revealing her state of mind through text Calle as the creator and performer becomes an integral part of the work. The text offers context that further helps to construct this fictional world where her own psychological projections and emotions serve as building blocks. The notes are written in a methodical way, they are presented typed, marked by dates and times of the day. It resulted in a book titled Suite Vénitienne, published in 1979.īy combing her surveillance images and notes she creates a narrative that fuses reality with fiction. At times she also reminded herself that though she felt like she was in love with him, it was his elusive nature to which she was drawn. ![]() Calle documented her surveillance, making notes about and evaluating her thoughts and feelings. This project soon turned into a carefully constructed surveillance operation with detailed notes and photographs. She saw it as a sign and decided to follow him around in Venice to where he had told her he was planning a trip. She followed a man around, Henri B, that she quickly lost and by chance was introduced to at some event the same evening. ![]() The concept of "private games" started in Paris the 70s when she decided to follow strangers around in order to reacquaint herself with the city. Her work is characterized by voyeurism and surveillance. Sophie Calle is a French conceptual artist (b.1953) working with photography and installation known for combining images with text in order to communicate narratives of her own and others private experience. With this post I would therefore like to discuss the work of three photographers (two pioneers and one contemporary) all working with text in various ways and I’ll try to answer the following questions: What does text offer their projects and how does it influence the interpretation of their imagery? Being mostly involved with autobiographical projects myself this idea intrigues me and I decided to investigate it further. Using text as a means of providing context in order to enrich image interpretation is something I’ve seen a few examples of, first and foremost in autobiographical imagery. ![]()
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