Sophie Calle. Absence and La Visite Guidee

(1) Absence. Rotterdam / Lausanne, Museum Boijmans-Van Beuningen / Musee Cantonal des Beaux-arts, 1994. Softcover, 27 x 22 cm, 72 pp. Exhibition catalogue /artists' book profusely illustrated in b/w and colour. Texts by Sophie Calle, Elbrig de Groot and Jorg Zutter in Dutch and French. Edition of 1500 copies. Tiny corner bumps, else very good.

(2) La Visite Guidee. Rotterdam, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, 1996. Hardcover, 17.5 x 25 cm, 48 pp. For her museum show in 1994 Sophie Calle created a guided tour on walkman, together with musician and conceptual artist Laurie Anderson. While visitors passed displays of the artist's personal belongings interspersed with museum objects, they could listen to Calle's spoken text set to music by Anderson. The book presents images from the show, combined with Calle's stories in Dutch, English and French. Laurie Anderson's soundscape is included on CD, inserted in a slipcase. Light scratches on black rear cover, else very good. (total 2)