Review article
Who Is Sophie Calle? Performing the Self on the Borderline between Fiction and Faction
Petra Belc
Abstract
Sophie Calle’s body of work forms a complex network of meanings in the center of which is her authorial persona. Since her personal identity and (private) life are the fundamental building blocks of some of Calle’s most important works, by theoretically positioning and classifying them this paper examines the role of the relationship between reality and fiction in Calle’s work, and questions the structuring of her/the (artistic) identity through fictionalization. Attention is given to the strategies and methods which Calle uses in constructing her work, as well as the cooperation she builds with other artists and people who participate in some of her projects. The question of authorship of Calle’s artwork is introduced within that context, and the work itself is examined through the lens of process and performance art at the same time not losing sight of the importance of photography, Calle’s media of choice.
Keywords
Sophie Calle; conceptual photography; autofiction; performance art; living art
Hrčak ID:
185628
URI
Publication date:
1.7.2013.
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