Detective Element: approximations between Sophie Calle and Walter Benjamin

Authors

  • Stela Politano Universidade Estadual de Campinas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2594-5920.primeirosescritos.2018.153053

Keywords:

Walter Benjamin, Sophie Calle, Contemporary art, Photography

Abstract

The objective of this essay is to analyze the work Suite Vénitienne (1981), by the artist Sophie Calle (1953), and counter it to some aesthetic mechanisms of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), such as: concept of experience, art of narration, and modifier of the subject, concept of fragment and mimesis. The text is the result of an initial exercise of reflection.

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BAUDRILLARD, J. Please follow me. In: CALLE, S. Suite Vénitienne. Paris: Éditions de l’Étoile – Cathiers du cinema 9 passage de la Boule Blanche, 1988, p.75-87.
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Published

2018-12-20

Issue

Section

Artigos

How to Cite

Politano, S. (2018). Detective Element: approximations between Sophie Calle and Walter Benjamin. Primeiros Escritos, 9(1), 157-188. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2594-5920.primeirosescritos.2018.153053