Sophie Calle took on a project titled 'please follow me.' She picked random people off the street and followed them until they entered a space she could not follow. I admire her greatly for doing this, there is something fascinating to me about peoples lives and how we all pass each other daily without knowing anything about each other. Sophie took a job in a hotel at one point in her career to try and gather information about its occupants.
Some argue that work like this isn't art, its stalking. I agree completely that it is stalking to an extent but she is not doing it to take advantage of the person she's following, she's merely collecting data to create a body of work. I hope one day i'll be brave enough to do something like this!
references: www.tate.org.uk
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