The Exquisite Corpse Game
The Exquisite Corpse Game uses a sheet folded paper and is played by several people, who compose a sentence or drawing 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."
--André Breton (Waldberg, 93-94)
Try it out by following this process:
--André Breton (Waldberg, 93-94)
Try it out by following this process:
- Fold 1 piece of sketchbook paper into 4 sections.
- You have 4 minutes to draw an image. Start in the top section of your paper and make a tiny part of the drawing overlap the crease.
- When time is up, the first section is folded backwards so only blank paper and the tiny overlapping part is visible.
- Repeat steps 2 and 3 with the next section, moving down the paper. No peaking at the previous drawing! You can use the tiny visible part of the drawing to influence your drawings.