Stella Chrysostomou of Volume Books in Nelson reviews The Hotel by Sophie Calle, published by Siglio Press
This is a book about hotels, or rather those who stay in them through the eyes of a chambermaid. In fact, a not-a-chambermaid. French artist Sophie Calle spent a few months in 1981 employed at a Venetian hotel. Here she conducted a series of observations in photography and text of the rooms she cleaned when the guests were absent. She was a voyeur, - an explorer into what is both intimate and anonymous. Exquisite in content and production
Photo: Siglio
