Appointment: Sophie Calle and Sigmund Freud

A unique assembly of Calle’s own thoughts and photographs of her belongings juxtaposed with objects from Sigmund Freud’s personal collection, still kept in the house where he lived. “In February 1998, I was invited to create an exhibition entitled ‘Appointment’ at a house at 20 Maresfield Gardens, London, where Dr. Freud lived and died. After having a vision of my wedding dress laid across Freud’s couch, I immediately accepted. I chose to display relics of my own life among the interiors of Sigmund’s home.”—Sophie Calle

Appointment features fragments from the artist’s own fascinating life story, characteristic texts that reveal intimate secrets and unravel some of Calle’s childhood memories as well as her adult relationships. Calle’s references to certain mementos and the emotionally charged events with which they are associated have many parallels to Freud’s own psychoanalytic theories and his passion for collecting. 80 illustrations, 50 in color.