'Sophie Calle is a French artist who works with photographs and performances, placing herself in situations almost as if she and the people she encounters were fictional. She also imposes elements of her own life onto public places creating a personal narrative where she is both author and character. She has been called a detective and a voyeur and her pieces involve serious investigations as well as natural curiousity.'
from: http://www.iniva.org/dare/themes/space/calle.html

Key works include:

The Shadow (1981)

The Hotel (1981)

Address Book (1983)

The Blind (1986)

The Birthday Ceremony (1980 - 93)

No Sex Last Night (1996)

Appointment (1999)

Room with a View (2003)

Douleur Exquise ('Exquisite Pain') 2003

Take Care of Yourself (2007) shown at the Venice Biennale

see also Paul Auster’s novel Leviathan (1992) - esp. the character 'Maria'.

Links:

http://www.iniva.org/dare/themes/space/calle.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/artanddesign/2009/sep/23/sophie-calle

http://www.whitechapelgallery.org/exhibitions/sophie-calle-talking-to-strangers

http://www.tate.org.uk/britain/exhibitions/artnow/sophiecalle/default.shtm

to be continued...