Following Sophie

Performance artist Sophie Calle followed strangers in the street. Writer Julia Wohlstetter follows Sophie. “My project is simple, “ she writes. “I mean to follow her in every sense. First, to track her down by identifying her presence in other artwork fascinated with chance, strangers, and the walker or flaneur. Second, in the sense of imitating her by executing and documenting a similar project of my own. And third, like Sophie, to follow strict rules for this project.” Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Antonioni’s Blow-up, Andre Breton’s Nadja—the reader who follows Julie following Sophie will encounter them all in this elegant montage of photo and text.