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CATEGORIES:Darwin College Humanities and Social Sciences Semi
 nars
SUMMARY:Sophie Calle: Turning Love Backwards - Jezebel Man
 sell
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20190305T131000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20190305T140000
UID:TALK117106AThttp://talks.cam.ac.uk
URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/117106
DESCRIPTION:Sophie Calle is known for her works based around r
 itual (_Le Régime chromatique_ (1997)\, _Rituel d’
 anniversaire_ (1980-1993)) and absent others (_L’H
 ôtel_ (1981)\, _Le Carnet d’adresses_ (1983)). Mos
 t recently\, her work has turned to the death of h
 er father (_Beau doublé\, Monsieur le marquis!_ (2
 017)) and the death of her cat\, Souris (_Souris C
 alle_ (2018))\, but the pullulation of exhibitions
  emerging in the wake of Calle’s mother’s diagnosi
 s of breast cancer has so far been unparalleled.\n
 \nMy talk will examine Calle’s ongoing preoccupati
 on with her mother’s death\, looking particularly 
 at _Rachel\, Monique…_ (2017) which is the physica
 l embodiment of the many exhibitions stemming from
  the final months of her mother’s life\, and the a
 ftermath of her death. It considers the extent to 
 which the daughter’s portrayal of her mother might
  be doomed to failure\, or even to be read as an e
 rasure in itself. It will suggest that Calle is fa
 ced with the paradox inherent in the attempt to ca
 pture her mother’s essence\, impossible to ‘solidi
 fy’\, and showing itself only through ‘the flux of
  action and speech’ (Arendt 1998: 181). It looks a
 t how Calle acknowledges this impossibility within
  her work\, confronting and highlighting the diffi
 culty of representing the other\, rather than reac
 hing towards fixed meaning and closure.\n
LOCATION:The Richard King Room\, Darwin College
CONTACT:Dr Jenny Zhao
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