Art is a way of taking distance. The pathological or therapeutic aspects exist, but just as catalysts.
Sophie CalleMy mother was a very absent mother. She was going out, she was drinking a lot, she liked to have fun. It's fine with me. I have no bitterness about it. When I was 3, she went to America for months. I never had any problems with that. I even liked it.
Sophie CalleI made three works about men in my life. But I had much more than three men. I never wrote about them.
Sophie CalleI went to Istanbul. I spoke to blind people, most of whom had lost their sight suddenly. I asked them to describe the last thing they saw.
Sophie Calle