Sophie CALLE

Voir la mer, 2011

14 digital films with color and sound, framed color photograph

photo | Variable size following installation : 33.5 x 52.5 x 2.5 cm | 13 3/16 x 20 43/64 x 0 63/64 inch ((photo))

Edition of 3

Courtesy Perrotin

Installation view in Arles. Videoprojections on screens.

Director of photography : Caroline Champetier

In Istanbul, a city surrounded by the sea, I met people who had never seen it. I filmed their first time.
I took them to the Black Sea.
They came to the water's edge, separately, eyes lowered, closed or masked.
I was behind them.
I asked them to look out to the sea and then to turn back towards me to show me these eyes that had just seen the sea for the first time.

Vue d'exposition à Arles, 2012

vue d'exposition à la galerie Perrotin, 2012

Le vieil homme

La femme aux losanges

Petite fille en rose

Femme 738

Jeune flle en rouge

L'Homme aux béquilles

La Femme souriante

L'Homme à la chemise rayée

La Femme aux carreaux

L'Homme profond

La Femme qui rit

La Femme au bébé

L'Homme à la veste beige

Les Enfants

Photographie (version française)

Photograph (english version)

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