Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts.
Sophie CalleI try every time for a project to have a natural ending. As much as I can, I try to follow the story and to give it its own end.
Sophie CalleI know how I live my life. I have a little magnet brain that attracts the kind of things that obsess me.
Sophie CalleI made three works about men in my life. But I had much more than three men. I never wrote about them.
Sophie CalleAt my age, I know myself. If I make a project, it's a way to help me. I don't do it for therapeutic reasons, but I know that the therapy can be a side profit.
Sophie CalleI traveled for seven years, and when I came back home I was completely lost. I didn't know what to do with my life, so I decided to let people decide for me. For month I followed strangers on the street. For the pleasure of following, not because the party interested me. I photographed them without their knowledge, took note of their movements, and finally lost sight of them. At the end of January 1980, I chose a man and followed him to Venice. That's how I started. That's all.
Sophie Calle