The Elevator Resides in 501
$132.00
- Hardcover
392 pages
- Release Date
6 November 2022
Summary
Between 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle went on a clandestine exploration of the then abandoned Hôtel du Palais d’Orsay. She selected room 501 as her home and without any pre-established method, set about photographing the abandoned hotel over 5 years. As she explored, she picked up items she found: room numbers, customer reception cards, old telephones, diaries, messages addressed to a certain “Oddo” and more besides.
What happened to room 501? More than 40 years later it has disappeared…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9782330159481 |
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| ISBN-10: | 233015948X |
| Author: | Sophie Calle, Jean-Paul Demoule, Philippe Millot |
| Publisher: | Actes Sud |
| Imprint: | Actes Sud |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 392 |
| Release Date: | 6 November 2022 |
| Weight: | 1.12kg |
| Dimensions: | 270mm x 220mm |
About The Author
Sophie Calle
Since the early 1970, Sophie Calle has created a number of exhibitions around the world. She has been described as a conceptual artist, photographer, video-artist and even detective and has developed her own distinct modus operandi, combining text and photography to tell of something deeply personal. She is considered one of the greatest artists of the 21st century.
The archaeologist and prehistorian, Jean-Paul Demoule is an emeritus professor in European protohistory at Paris I University (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and an honorary member of the Institut Universitaire de France. He specializes in this history of archaeology, its ideological constructions and its social role.
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