STARS OF CCTV: TECHNOLOGY, VISIBILITY AND IDENTITY IN THE WORK OF SOPHIE CALLE AND ANNIE ERNAUX.

The article discusses parallels between the film "Unfinished" by Sophie Calle and Annie Ernaux' book "Journal du dehors." Both focus on daily experience. Calle's film shows footage of people using a cash machine, with narrative. Ernaux' book recounts an episode in which she visits a cash machine, wa...

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Publicado en:Nottingham French Studies Vol. 48; no. 2; pp. 55 - 68
Autor principal: WELCH, EDWARD
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Edinburgh University Press Summer2009
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Sumario:The article discusses parallels between the film "Unfinished" by Sophie Calle and Annie Ernaux' book "Journal du dehors." Both focus on daily experience. Calle's film shows footage of people using a cash machine, with narrative. Ernaux' book recounts an episode in which she visits a cash machine, waits in line, has her card refused, and explains the emotions this evokes for her. The article analyzes the focus each has on identity and possible reasons for this at the time of their work.