Exquisite Corpse

Exquisite Corpse: A Surrealists game of folded paper played by several people, who compose a sentence or draw or paint a picture without anyone seeing the preceding collaboration or collaborations The now classic example, which gave the game its name, was drawn from the first sentence obtained this way: The-exquisite-corpse-will-drink-new-wine..


How to create an Exquisite Corpse.

Take a piece of paper and fold it into sections. For example, if there are three people participating, fold the paper into three sections.

Without letting anyone see, Person #1 draws something in Section #1. Person #1 continues the lines at the bottom of Section #1 slightly over onto Section #2, as shown below.

Person #1 then folds Section #1 over--so that no one can see what has been drawn--and passes the paper on to Person #2.

Now, starting with the lines from Section #1, Person #2 (who hasn't seen Section #1) continues the drawing in Section #2, then continues the lines from Section #2 slightly over onto section #3.

Person #2 then folds Section #2 over--so that no one can see what has been drawn--and passes the paper to Person #3.

Continue until all the sections are filled. Then unfold the paper and see what you have created.

Obviously pictures can be made going from top to bottom or left to right with any number of artists.

Some example corpses follow:

Corpse by: Bernard Dumaine and Jean Paul.

Corpse by: Rodney Gee (left half) and Bernard Dumaine (right half).

Also see:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse

http://theexquisitecorpse.deviantart.com/