#les dormeurs

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Sophie Calle - Les dormeurs

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Serie “Los durmientes” de Sophie Calle.

Aquí su descripción:

“Pedí a algunas personas que me proporcionaran algunas horas de sueño. Venir a dormir a mi lecho. Dejarse fotografiar. Responder a algunas preguntas. Propuse a cada uno una estancia de unas ocho horas, la de un sueño normal. Contacté por teléfono con 45 personas: desconocidos cuyos nombres me habían sido sugeridos por conocidos comunes, amigos y habitantes del barrio llamados para dormir de día, (...) Mi habitación tenía que constituir un espacio constantemente ocupado durante 8 días, sucediéndose los durmientes a intervalos regulares. (...) La ocupación de la cama comenzó el 1 de abril de 1979 a las 17 y finalizó el lunes 9 de abril de 1979 a las 10 , 28 durmientes se sucedieron. Algunos se cruzaron (...) Un juego de cama limpio estaba a su disposición (...) no se trataba de saber, de encuestar, sino de establecer un contacto neutro y distante. Yo tomaba fotos todas las horas. Observaba a mis invitados durmiendo.”

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Les Dormeurs

Cécile Giovannini is an illustrator living and working in Martigny, Switzerland. Les Dormeurs, which is "The Sleepers" in French, is an introspective series depicting solitary subjects in nighttime landscapes offset by the surreal imagery.

Since I was a child, I have experienced anxiety falling asleep, afraid about this moment when you accept to lose control of your reality. I think a lot of people feel the same...It is a feeling the same as thinking about how big the universe is or fear of the dark. Deep feelings that do not disappear when you grow up.

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Interview with Cécile Giovannini

Could you talk a little bit about what the creative process is like for you?

When an idea or an image pops, I like to take my time. I like to let it grown, transform, disappear and reappear until the moment I will be obliged, like a need, to let the idea out of my head. It can be one week, one month or even six months…

It took me a long time to find my visual language. I'm a really introspective personality so I had to work a lot on myself to show my work and accept that art is also communication.

Many of your works seem to have a lot to do with human consciousness in relation to the universe. What do you want people to think/feel when they look at your work?

Many of my works are about being human. The link between being in a spiritual way and a material way, the body and the soul. It's probably the best way that I can find to understand people. 

It's like when you look at his behavior and physical appearance, but you want to know what kind of secrets he has inside: fear? Sadness? Might? Or some magic secrets?

I think trying to look inside a person is the best way to create a beautiful story. I don't like to use totally straight language in my illustrations or to share a precise opinion. Of course each of my characters has a personal story. An imaginary or a real story, but I try to make the viewers ask themselves: "Who is this old woman on the sofa? Is she sleeping or real?" just to provoke a feeling inside, neither good nor bad, but a feeling.

Is there a story behind Les Dormeurs? What inspired you to make this series?

The idea came from talking with my friend [from] college, Dexter Maurer, who is a young, talented artist. We often have exhibitions and projects together as members of Collectif REMAKE, so we share a lot about our emotions and feelings.

Since I was a child, I have experienced anxiety falling asleep, afraid about this moment when you accept to lose control of your reality. I think a lot of people feel the same...

It is a feeling the same as thinking about how big the universe is or fear of the dark. Deep feelings that do not disappear when you grow up.

In our reality everything goes fast, everything is calculated and "under control," even oneself. Time is the centerpiece in our existence. But when we sleep we "accept" or we are obligated to "accept" and lose all our material marks. We become vulnerable. It's really interesting to observe someone sleeping, a person that you love or a perfect stranger in the train.

How deep is he traveling inside? And where?

What would you be doing if you weren't an illustrator?

Ha! I ask this question to myself often...something with an interest in the human mind probably. Like a psychologist or a writer. Or maybe something totally different...like a shoemaker. Haha, [it's a] difficult question.

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Les Dormeurs - Sophie Calle 1979

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"Les dormeurs"

Sophie Calle, 1979

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Sophie Calle, The Sleepers (1979)

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