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Où et quand : Lourdes

Title: Où et quand : Lourdes / Sophie Calle : [avec Maud Kristen].
Author: Calle, Sophie.
Publication: Arles : Actes sud, 2009.

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141 pages : illustrations (many color); 22 cm

Summary

"The exhibition of Calle's new works Où et Quand? Berck and Où et Quand? Lourdes includes photographs, texts and videos as well as various artifacts and neon lettering with the names of the two eponymous French towns. At the outset of her project, Calle approached the fortune-teller Maud Kristen and asked her where she should go and when. Kristen hesitated at first but then agreed to lay down travel itineraries for Calle after consulting the cards. The first destination she specified was the seaside resort of Berck in northern France and the second was Lourdes, the famous pilgrimage site. While traveling, Calle regularly checked in with Kristen by telephone to receive new instructions. The various texts describe their sessions in Paris and provide detailed accounts of each trip, including railway schedules and routes; and they record the artist's experi-ences and thoughts along the way. They are supplemented by photographs, souvenirs and video recordings of conversations with people she encountered on her travels."--Description of the exhibition at Arndt & Partner Berlin, text by Barbara Heinrich.

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Genre/Form

autobiographies (literary works)
Autobiographies
Autobiographies.

Note

Art-literature-autobiography hybrid.
Calle's "Où et Quand? Lourdes" and "Où et Quand? Berck" were the subject of an exhibition held at Arndt & Partner, Berlin, Jan. 24-April 23, 2009.

ISBN

9782742782956
2742782958

OCLC

ocn394940049
394940049
SCSB-1526128

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library