It's a sort of retrospective, a treasure hunt, a Marseille tour in five stages totally dedicated to this artist who made her life a gigantic work of art.
Who are you, Sophie Calle?
By turns a visual artist, photographer, filmmaker or writer, Sophie Calle likes to explore all areas of art.
His journey began at the end of the seventies, after a 7-year journey around the world.
Back in Paris, she wanders the streets, observing people and their routes. Her first artistic project was born from a story of following, of a stranger encountered at a street corner.
Today, Sophie Calle is known all over the world.
She represented France at the Venice Biennale in 2007 and won the international prize from the Hasselblad Foundation in 2010.
She has also exhibited all over the world, from New York to Tokyo, Seoul, London and Montreal.
Marseille loves Sophie Calle
From the Palais des Beaux-Arts, to the Musée de la Faïence at the Château Borély, via the Musée d'Histoire Naturelle, the Musée Grobet Labadie and the Musée de la Vieille Charité … follow Sophie Calle through her 5 Marseille cultural venues in which she leaves her mark.
Discover jumbled paintings covered with a curtain, objects that the artist found at flea markets, sequences filmed around his mother and her death, undoubtedly the most intimate part of these five exhibitions.
The artist has just released a book entitled " What do you do with your dead ?" published by Actes Sud.
A question she asked visitors to one of her exhibitions.
In this book, you will find visitors' answers.
Messages that are sometimes funny, sad, and even provocative.
