Sophie Calle: Double Game (with the participation of Paul Auster) [Hardcover]

Sophie Calle (Author), Paul Auster (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 2, 2000

This is the first major publication in English on the work of French artist Sophie Calle, yet this volume is in no way an ordinary monograph. In fact, it takes the form of a "double jeu", a "double game," between the work of Sophie Calle and the fiction of Paul Auster. Representing an imaginative interplay of fact and fiction, "Double Game" creates a publication of endless intrigue and layers: part novel, part diary, part artist's book, and part jest.

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About the Author

Sophie Calle was born in Paris in 1953. Since the 1980s her photographic installations have received international recognition at museum including The Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Tate Gallery, London, and Musee d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris. Paul Auster was born in New Jersey in 1947. His novels include "The New York Trilogy," "Leviathan," and "Mr. Vertigo."

Product Details

• Hardcover: 296 pages
• Publisher: Violette Editions; 1st edition (January 2, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1900828065
• ISBN-13: 978-1900828062
• Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 8.3 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,198,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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37 of 41 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fact, Fiction, Life, Art, May 6, 2000

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Chiang Hai Tat (Jupiter) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sophie Calle: Double Game (with the participation of Paul Auster) (Hardcover)

Whether you're an artist, a writer, an art lover, a fan of either Sophie Calle or Paul Auster (or both), or just an observer of life, there is something for you in this beautifully designed and wonderfully written book. From the elegantly hardcover binding to the amusingly devised performance art pieces, you can't find any fault in this book. The first part of the book collects some of Sophie Calle's own performance art pieces, which were adapted into fiction as part of the Paul Auster's novel Leviathan. One of my favourite is her collection of birthday gifts through a span of several years which she kept and displayed in glass cabinets. The second part is titled the Gotham Handbook, which chronicles her life based on some 'instructions' she asked Paul Auster to write for her. This book will make you wonder where is the thin line between fact and fiction, life and art.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The best introduction to Sophie Galle, February 11, 2010

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This review is from: Sophie Calle: Double Game (Hardcover)

This book, not as big as some other books by Sophie Galle, is the best introduction to her works on the market.

8 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars brilliant and unusual, March 28, 2000

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Ingrid Woodrow (Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sophie Calle: Double Game (with the participation of Paul Auster) (Hardcover)

This groundbreaking book details performance artist Sophie Calle's reclamation of the fictionalised version of her that appears in Paul Auster's novel Leviathan. A beautifully produced full colour glossy volume that includes annotated pages from Auster's text as well as the results of the Gotham Handbook, Auster's 'prescription' for Sophie's project that included decorating a NYC phone booth with flowers, free cigarettes, Kleenex, Coke, and snacks and then sitting back and watching people's responses. I loved the 'Chromatic Diet' she assigned herself- eating only foods of a single colour on each day of the week. An intriguing and unforgettable collector's item.