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PUBLISHER
Violette Editions

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 5.5 x 7.5 in. / 296 pgs / 85 color / 373 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date
Out of stock indefinitely

DISTRIBUTION
D.A.P. Exclusive
Catalog: FALL 2013 p. 74   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9781900828284 TRADE
List Price: $39.95 CDN $53.95

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“…that rare thing, an artist’s monograph that is actually a work of art in and of itself, a furthering of Calle’s vision.”Eye Magazine

  

VIOLETTE EDITIONS

Sophie Calle: Double Game

With the participation of Paul Auster.

Double Game was the first major publication in English by French artist Sophie Calle (born 1953), and is her bestselling title to date. It takes the form of a double jeu or double game between the work of Sophie Calle and the fiction of Paul Auster. The story begins with Maria, a fictional character in Paul Auster’s novel, Leviathan. Most of the fictional Maria’s works are, in fact, based on those of the real-life Sophie Calle. The first section of Double Game features Calle’s representations of the fictional Maria’s works. We see the pieces both as they’re described in their fictional context and as Calle’s own interpretation of the descriptions from Paul Auster’s novel. In the second section, the story delves deeper into Calle’s world, with a sequence of Calle’s seminal narrative and abstract works in texts and images that were in turn appropriated by the fictional Maria in Leviathan. The third section of Double Game switches the focus back to Maria’s original creator, Paul Auster, who takes Calle as his subject, formulating for her the Gotham Handbook, which offers personalized instructions for the artist on “How to Improve Life in New York City.” This is the British edition of the 2007 reprint.
Sophie Calle: Double Game

STATUS: Out of stock indefinitely.

FROM THE ARTBOOK BLOG

CORY REYNOLDS | DATE 4/23/2017

Sophie Calle: Double Game, a 'delightfully meta project'

Sophie Calle: Double Game, a 'delightfully meta project'

"In his novel Leviathan, Paul Auster thanks me for having authorized him to mingle fact with fiction. And indeed on pages 60 to 67 of his book, he uses a number of episodes from my life to create a fictive character named Maria. Intrigued by this double, I decided to turn Paul Auster's novel into a game and to make my own particular mixture of reality and fiction." – Sophie Calle on Double Game, one of 10 books profiled in this weekend's T Magazine feature, 'Sophie Calle, in Books.' Reporter Mary Kaye Schilling calls this beautifully printed clothbound volume with paper changes and silk ribbon a "delightfully meta project." continue to blog


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Actes Sud

ISBN: 9782330182465
USD $22.00
| CAN $32 UK £ 18.5

Pub Date: 4/9/2024
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Sophie Calle: The Hotel

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Siglio

ISBN: 9781938221293
USD $39.95
| CAN $49.95 UK £ 31.99

Pub Date: 12/7/2021
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SOPHIE CALLE: RACHEL MONIQUE

Editions Xavier Barral

ISBN: 9782365111171
USD $75.00
| CAN $99

Pub Date: 4/25/2017
Active | In stock


Sophie Calle: Suite Vénitienne

SOPHIE CALLE: SUITE VéNITIENNE

Siglio

ISBN: 9781938221095
USD $34.95
| CAN $45.95 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
Active | In stock


Sophie Calle: Voir la mer

SOPHIE CALLE: VOIR LA MER

Actes Sud

ISBN: 9782330016166
USD $35.00
| CAN $47.5 UK £ 29

Pub Date: 2/28/2014
Active | Out of stock


Sophie Calle: The Address Book

SOPHIE CALLE: THE ADDRESS BOOK

Siglio

ISBN: 9780979956294
USD $29.95
| CAN $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 9/30/2012
Active | In stock


Sophie Calle: Take Care of Yourself

SOPHIE CALLE: TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF

Dis Voir/Actes Sud

ISBN: 9782742768936
USD $125.00
| CAN $170 UK £ 105

Pub Date: 12/15/2007
Active | In stock