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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Calle, Sophie 1953- (Author, Photographer), Demoule, Jean-Paul 1947- (Author)
Other Authors: Behrman de Sinéty, Peter (Translator), Lay, Géraldine 1972- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Arles Actes Sud [2022]
Series:Beaux arts
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Abstract:Between 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle went on a clandestine exploration of the then abandoned Hôtel du Palais d'Orsay. She selected room 501 as her home and without any preestablished method, set about photographing the abandoned hotel over five years. As she explored, she picked up items she found: customer reception cards, old telephones, diaries, messages addressed to a certain "Oddo" and more. Now, more than 40 years later, room 501 has disappeared and an elevator has taken its place. At the invitation of Donatien Grau, the Musée d’Orsay curator, Calle returned, equipped with a flashlight, to explore the site again during the lockdown period. She hunted down the ghosts of the Palais d'Orsay, now connected to the present by the visitors that had also deserted the museum. The work reconstructs the artist’s archive of photography, letters, invoices and other daily items which bring a forgotten past back to life. To provide commentary on her discoveries, Sophie Calle enlisted the award-winning French archaeologist Jean-Paul Demoule, who writes a series of texts combining fact and fiction. All of this evidence has been assembled to create an art object that resembles an investigation notebook. - Exhibition "Sophie Calle. Les Fantômes d'Orsay" at the Musée d'Orsay, from 15 March to 12 June 2022 in Paris
Item Description:Ermittelt: Exposition "Sophie Calle. Les Fantômes d’Orsay" au Musée d’Orsay, du 15 mars au 12 juin 2022 à Paris
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Physical Description:372 ungezählte Seiten 22 x 27 cm 6 Beilagen (Fotos, Plan)
ISBN:9782330159481