Reference code
GB 359 SLG-SLI-2002-2
Title
Christian Boltanski: Les Abonnes du Telephone
Date(s)
- 2002 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
22 colour 35mm slides
Name of creator
(1868 to present)
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Scope and content
Photographs of the solo show of Christian Boltanski: Les Abonnes du Telephone which took place at the South London Gallery from 27 March to 5 May 2002. The artist transformed the space into an extraordinary library of about 3,000 telephone directories from all over the world. There was also a specially commissioned sound piece in which the names of the 12,000 registered voters living within ten minutes’ walk of the Gallery are read out from different points around the space.
Les Abonnés du Téléphone was a kind of archive of the whole world, in one gallery space.
Les Abonnés du Téléphone was a kind of archive of the whole world, in one gallery space.
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