Salon: Sophie Calle | Author Chris Kraus and Artist Juliana Halpert, In Conversation by White Cube published on 2021-10-25T15:59:56Z White Cube Salon is pleased to present a work by Sophie Calle entitled ’Suite Vénitienne‘, which consists of 81 black and white photographs, texts and maps. As an artist, Calle submitted herself to tasks that were profoundly unexpected, but so matter-of-fact, others had no option but to comply. Conceived in 1980, this work marks a major breakthrough for the artist, and involves Calle shadowing a subject without his prior consent. Casting a man she hardly knows as the unwitting protagonist in a game of cat and mouse, she follows his daily movements around Venice and documents them with a notebook and Leica camera, the results of which comprise the work ’Suite Vénitienne‘. Here, writing no longer serves to assert the artist’s personality, rather, it guarantees her anonymity in a game that is constantly changing. Author Chris Kraus, who jokingly compared herself to Sophie Calle while she was writing the novel ‘I Love Dick’, met up with photographer and writer Juliana Halpert to discuss the lasting impact of ‘Suite Vénitienne’. Genre Learning
