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Hannah Silver

‘I asked people to give me eight hours of their sleep’: Sophie Calle revisits her artistic experiment

Black and white images of people sleeping.

In 1979, French writer, photographer and artist Sophie Calle invited friends and strangers to sleep in her bed, with the intention of photographing them and recording their movements, including their conversations behind closed doors. Twenty-seven people said yes, including a seamstress, a trumpet player, a painter, a baker and a babysitter.

Detail from The Sleepers by Sophie Calle, Siglio, 2024 (Image credit: Images courtesy of the artist and Siglio, all rights reserved )
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