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6 unusual facts about Sophie Calle


Alfredo Aceto

Aceto first gained international recognition with his obsessional relationship with French artist Sophie Calle.

Mains d'Oeuvres

Mains d'Oeuvres has held several exhibitions showcasing artists such as Wim Delvoye, Thomas Hirschhorn, Sophie Calle, Jon Bernad, Neil Beloufa, Pauline Bastard, Ivan Argote, Dominique Blais, Etienne Jaumet, Herman Dune, and Marie Hendriks.

Pont du Garigliano

It consists of a telephone cabin sculpted in the form of a flower by the architect Frank Gehry, with no function other than to receive calls from Sophie Calle, the artist who created the idea, in order to accompany the inauguration of the service on Tramway des Maréchaux, whose terminus is very close.

Sophie Calle

In Room with a View (2002), Calle spent the night in a bed installed at the top of the Eiffel Tower.

In 1999 Calle exhibited the installation "Appointment" especially conceived for the Freud Museum in London, working with the ideas of her private desires.

Tetine

Later in 2001, Tetine is signed by avant-garde electronica artist Robin Rimbaud aka Scanner's UK imprint Sulphur Records and released their fifth album entitled Tetine vs Sophie Calle / Samba de Monalisa - an acclaimed electronica project made in collaboration with the French artist Sophie Calle.



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