SOPHIE CALLE
La rivale, 1994, photographie noir et blanc et texte170 x 100 et 50 x 50 cm

I wanted a love letter, but he would not write one to me. One day, I saw the word « Sophie » written at the top of a piece of stationery. This gave me hope. Two months after our wedding, I noticed the edge of a sheet of paper sticking out from under his typewriter. I pulled it toward me. The last line of a letter appeared : « My confession is last night, I kissed the envelope with your letter and photo ». I continued to read, in reverse : »You asked me once if I believed in love at first sight. Did I ever answer you ? » At the top of the page I noticed these words were not adressed to me but to a letter « H ». I crossed out the « H » and replaced it with an « S ». This became the letter I had never received.