Les Dormeurs
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Les Dormeurs is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she photographed and documented people sleeping in her bed over several days, exploring themes of intimacy, voyeurism, and the boundaries between public and private life.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Les Dormeurs canonical | 1 |
| Les Dormeurs (French) | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4793096 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Dormeurs Context triple: [Sophie Calle, notableWork, Les Dormeurs]
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A.
Les Dormeuses
Les Dormeuses is a painting by Gustave Courbet depicting two women sleeping together in an intimate, naturalistic scene.
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B.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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C.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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D.
Le Jour
Le Jour is the original French title of the 1987 American drama film "The Day," directed by Peter Markle.
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E.
Le Feu
Le Feu is a seminal anti-war novel by Henri Barbusse that vividly depicts the grim realities of French soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Les Dormeurs Target entity description: Les Dormeurs is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she photographed and documented people sleeping in her bed over several days, exploring themes of intimacy, voyeurism, and the boundaries between public and private life.
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A.
Les Dormeuses
Les Dormeuses is a painting by Gustave Courbet depicting two women sleeping together in an intimate, naturalistic scene.
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B.
D’entre les morts
D’entre les morts is a 1954 French crime novel by Pierre Boileau and Thomas Narcejac that served as the literary basis for Alfred Hitchcock’s film Vertigo.
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C.
L’Œuvre
L’Œuvre is a naturalist novel by Émile Zola that portrays the struggles of an ambitious painter in Paris whose obsessive pursuit of artistic perfection leads to personal and professional ruin.
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D.
Le Jour
Le Jour is the original French title of the 1987 American drama film "The Day," directed by Peter Markle.
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E.
Le Feu
Le Feu is a seminal anti-war novel by Henri Barbusse that vividly depicts the grim realities of French soldiers’ experiences in the trenches during World War I.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (42)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
artwork
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conceptual art project ⓘ |
| artMovement |
conceptual art movement
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contemporary art ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | France ⓘ |
| creator | Sophie Calle ⓘ |
| creatorNationality | French ⓘ |
| depicts |
bodies at rest
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domestic interior ⓘ |
| documents | presence of others in the artist's private space ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
boundaries between public and private life
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exposure of the private sphere ⓘ intimacy ⓘ privacy ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| features |
multiple participants
ⓘ
people sleeping in Sophie Calle's bed ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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photographic art ⓘ |
| hasCreatorRole |
Sophie Calle as organizer of the project
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Sophie Calle as photographer ⓘ |
| hasForm |
conceptual performance
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photographic series ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | French ⓘ |
| hasParticipantRole |
host
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photographer ⓘ sleeper ⓘ |
| hasTitleInLanguage |
Les Dormeurs (French)
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linked to:
Les Dormeurs
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| involvesActivity |
documenting sleepers
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photographing sleeping people ⓘ |
| locationOfCreation | Paris ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
intimacy
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public and private life ⓘ sleep ⓘ voyeurism ⓘ |
| partOf | Sophie Calle's early works ⓘ |
| questions |
conventions of privacy
ⓘ
limits of artistic voyeurism ⓘ |
| setting | artist's bed ⓘ |
| timeSpan | several days ⓘ |
| usesMedium |
photography
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textual documentation ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Les Dormeurs Description of subject: Les Dormeurs is a conceptual art project by French artist Sophie Calle in which she photographed and documented people sleeping in her bed over several days, exploring themes of intimacy, voyeurism, and the boundaries between public and private life.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Les Dormeurs