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SOPHIE CALLE’S THE SLEEPERS, 1979

By Anne Carson

Reading 9-11-01

Print November 2001

BETTY GOODWIN: SEATED FIGURE WITH RED ANGLE, 1988

Print September 1999

ON THE OCCASION OF “Overshare,” Sophie Calle’s first retrospective in North America at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, Artforum asked Anne Carson to discuss a work from the French artist’s show. Her text, “COUNTERSLEEPFEIT,” was written in response to a project for which Calle invited twenty-seven people to sleep in her bed over the course of eight days. A selection of photographs documenting this event are reproduced here.

“Overshare” is on view through January 26.

**Sophie Calle, *The Sleepers* (details), 1979,** 176 framed gelatin silver prints with ink on paper, twenty-three framed texts, book, each framed print 6 1⁄4 × 8 1⁄4″. © Sophie Calle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris.

**Sophie Calle, *The Sleepers*, 1979,** 176 framed gelatin silver prints with ink on paper, twenty-three framed texts, book. Installation view, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2024. Photo: Kameron Herndon. © Sophie Calle/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris.

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