Suite Vénitienne Please Follow Me

93 Pages·1988·3.92 MB·English

by  Sophie Calle

Sophie Calle. Suite
venitienne. Jean Baudrillard.
Please follow me.

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Sophie Calle. Suite
venitienne. Jean Baudrillard.
Please follow me.

Sophie Calle. Suite
venitienne. Jean Baudrillard.
Please follow me.
Translated by Dany Barash and Danny Hatfield.
Bay Press. Seattle.

Suite venitienne.
Sophie Calle.
For Dick Bel-ami
For months I jollowed strallqers on the street. For the pleasure offolluwing them, not
because they particular~y interested me. I photographed them withont their knmFledge,
took note ift heir nwvements, then finally lost sight ift hem and jOrgJt them.
At the end ofJ anuary [980, 1m the streets ifP aris, I jollowed a man whom I lost
siqht ofa few minutes later in the crowd. That V.'1)' evenillq, quite by chance, he was
introdnced to me at an opening. During the conrse ofo nr conversation, he told me he
was planning an immincnt trip to Venice.
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Monday. February II, I980.
10:00 P.M. Gare de Lyon. Platform H. Venice boarding area. My father
accompanies me to the platform. He waves his hand.
In my suitcase: a make-up kit so I can disguise myself; a blond, bobbed wig;
hats; veils; gloves; sunglasses; a Leica and a Squintar (a lens attachment equipped
with a set of mirrors so I can take photos without aiming at the subject).
I photograph the occupants of the other berths and then go to sleep.
lomarrow I will see Venti:e for the first time.
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