Prenez soin de vous

piratebowling — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 05:44:08 -0800

"I recieved and email telling me it was over. I didn't know how to answer." (pdf) The email closed with the phrase "Prenez soin de vous" ("take care of yourself"), so Sophie Calle went to 107 woman, chosen for their profession to analyze, tran slate, or reinterpret the email. The resulting collection of responses, and Calle's portraits of the women, filled the French pavillion at this year's Venice Biennale. Although many reviews of the piece and analysis of the letter tend to focus on the medium of the breakup, Calle is insisting that she did not do this because she thought the email was impersonal (mp3). While the text of the email was printed out for everyone to take a copy of, there seems to be no posting of it online. The entire exhibition, including DVDs of the vdeo pieces, are compiled in a book.

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