| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (30 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in |
| Series |
Art safari (Television program)
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| Summary |
Sophie Calle is the grand dame of French contemporary art. Her famous works of art usually involve following a set of rules or a procedure - following a stranger to Venice, obeying a set of instructions from writer Paul Auster, or working as a hotel maid. Her art combines romantic autobiography and detached conceptualism. She gives Ben permission to make a film about her on one condition: he has to think up a ritual or set of rules for her to follow, similar to the rules which govern her works of art. Ben visits arts theorists to take advice on what to suggest to her. He submits idea after idea. She rejects one after the other. Finally, in his final encounter with the artist, Ben realises that this ritual of rejection is the set of rules he wanted Sophie to follow |
| Notes |
Off-air recording of ABC-TV broadcast August 22, 2006. Copied under Part VA of the Copyright Act |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Ben Lewis |
| Performer |
Presented by Ben Lewis |
| Notes |
No rating given |
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DVD |
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Available for Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Calle, Sophie
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Art modern -- 20th century
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Arts, Modern -- 20th century -- French
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Life in art
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| Author |
Lewis, Ben
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ABC-TV (Australia)
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