Detachment
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Sophie Calle, 2013
ISBN10: n/a ISBN13: 9782330019808
Inhabitants of the former East Berlin are asked for their reactions to the disappearance of symbols, monuments and commemorative plaques Detachment is based on the same principle as Sophie Calle's earlier work Fantmes and Souvenirs, exploring once again the topic of artefacts vanished from public view and how those familiar with these objects felt about them. In this volume, Calle interviews inhabitants of the former East Berlin, whom she asked to react to the disappearance of various symbols, monuments or commemorative plaques--for example, the Two Soldiers Monument on Hohenschnhauser Strasse or the East German Republic insignia on the faade of the Republican Palace. Actes Sud makes this book available again for the first time since its original publication in 2000.
