{"product_id":"the-elevator-resides-in-501-by-jean-paul-demoule-9782330159481","title":"The Elevator Resides in 501","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBetween 1978 and 1981, Sophie Calle went on a clandestine exploration of the then-abandoned Hôtel du Palais d'Orsay. She selected room 501 as her home and, without any pre-established method, set about photographing the abandoned hotel over five years. As she explored, she picked up items she found: room numbers, customer reception cards, old telephones, diaries, messages addressed to a certain \"Oddo\" and more besides.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWhat happened to room 501? More than 40 years later, it has disappeared and an elevator has taken its place. At the invitation of Donatien Grau, the Musée d'Orsay curator, Sophie Calle returned, equipped with a flashlight, to explore the site again during the lockdown period. She hunted down the ghosts of the Palais d'Orsay, now connected to the present by the visitors that had also deserted the museum. The work reconstructs the artist's archive of photography, letters, invoices, and other daily items which bring a forgotten past back to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eTo provide commentary on her discoveries, Sophie Calle called upon the archaeologist Jean-Paul Demoule, who writes a series of texts combining fact and fiction. All this evidence has been assembled together to create an \u003cem\u003eobjet d'art\u003c\/em\u003e which resembles an investigation notebook.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Elevator Resides in 501\u003c\/em\u003e is a compelling exploration of memory, place, and the layers of history that shape our understanding of the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47487590367468,"sku":"9782330159481","price":165.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/72f6da028b65468efdaeca60c788703e.jpg?v=1775773141","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/the-elevator-resides-in-501-by-jean-paul-demoule-9782330159481","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}