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An exquisite corpse drawing, 2012

Exquisite corpse (from the original French term cadavre exquis, literally exquisite cadaver) is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule (e.g., "The adjective noun adverb verb the adjective noun." as in "The green duck sweetly sang the dreadful dirge.")[citation needed] or by being allowed to see only the end of what the previous person contributed.

History[edit]

This technique was invented by surrealists and is similar to an old parlour game called consequences in which players write in turn on a sheet of paper, fold it to conceal part of the writing, and then pass it to the next player for a further contribution. Surrealism principal founder André Breton reported that it started in fun, but became playful and eventually enriching. Breton said the diversion started about 1925, but Pierre Reverdy wrote that it started much earlier, at least as early as 1918.[1]

The name is derived from a phrase that resulted when Surrealists first played the game, "Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau." ("The exquisite corpse shall drink the new wine.")[1][2] André Breton writes that the game developed at the residence of friends at an old house in Montparnasse, 54 rue du Château (no longer existing). Besides himself he mentions Marcel Duhamel, Jacques Prévert, Yves Tanguy and Benjamin Péret as original participants.[1][3][4]

Henry Miller often played the game to pass time in French cafés during the 1930s.[5]

In 1932, artists Frida Kahlo and Lucienne Bloch created two near-nude exquisite corpses.[6] One is titled "Frida"[7] and the other "Diego"[8] (likely meant to represent Kahlo herself and her husband, muralist Diego Rivera).

Picture consequences[edit]

A four-person (four-sectioned) exquisite corpse drawing, 2011

Later the game was adapted to drawing and collage, in a version called picture consequences, with portions of a person replacing the written sentence fragments of the original.[9] The person is traditionally drawn in four steps: The head, the torso, the legs and the feet with the paper folded after each portion so that later participants cannot see earlier portions.[10][11] The finished product is similar to children's books in which the pages were cut into thirds, the top third pages showing the head of a person or animal, the middle third the torso, and the bottom third the legs, with children having the ability to "mix and match" by turning pages.

Another variation of the exquisite corpse also called "picture consequences" is Telephone Pictionary, a game in which players alternate writing descriptions and matching illustrations based on the previous step.[12]

In popular culture[edit]

Art[edit]

Film and television[edit]

Music[edit]

Architecture[edit]

Games[edit]

See also[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ a b c Breton, André (7 October 1948). "Breton Remembers". Archived from the original on 27 January 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2019. Exhibition catalogue, Le Cadavre Exquis: Son Exaltation, La Dragonne, Galerie Nina Dausset, Paris (October 7–30).
  • ^ Brotchie, Alastair; Mel Gooding (1991). Surrealist Games. London: Redstone Press. pp. 143–144. ISBN 1-870003-21-7.
  • ^ "The Exquisite Corpse". Poetry Plus. 2009. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
  • ^ OctoberCMS. "The Exquisite Corpse". vintana.ph. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  • ^ Kochhar-Lindgren, Kanta; Schneiderman, Davis; Denlinger, Tom (2009-12-01). The Exquisite Corpse: Chance and Collaboration in Surrealism's Parlor Game. U of Nebraska Press. ISBN 978-0-8032-2781-1.
  • ^ Ms Marissa Lynn (2012-02-20), Frida Kahlo & Lucienne Bloch - Exquisite Corpse, retrieved 2023-08-03
  • ^ "Frida Kahlo | Exquisite corpse (Frida)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  • ^ "Frida Kahlo | Exquisite corpse (Diego)". The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  • ^ Lubbock, Tom (13 April 2007). "Cozens, Alexander: A Blot: Tigers (c. 1770–80)". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2008-09-25. Retrieved 24 September 2008. about Alexander Cozens
  • ^ Budden, Jo. "Essential UK – Tattoos". British Council. Archived from the original on 14 January 2009. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
  • ^ "Rainy days survival guide". The Independent. 1 June 2007. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
  • ^ Newby, Peter (1995). The Giant Book of Word Games: The Bumper Book of Ingenious and Enjoyable Games for all Occasions. The Book Company. pp. 42–43. ISBN 1-86309-172-6.
  • ^ "Exquisite Corpse". Space and Time. Retrieved December 12, 2021.
  • ^ https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/an-exquisite-corpse-uncovered-drawings-from-an-asia-pacific-triennial-artists-retreat/
  • ^ The Exquisite Corpse Adventure, Library of Congress, undated
  • ^ https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/chapman-exquisite-corpse-p78457
  • ^ Gotthardt, Alexxa (2018). "Explaining Exquisite Corpse, the Surrealist Drawing Game That Just Won't Die". Artsy.
  • ^ "Remix Culture". 2022. Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  • ^ Blackistone, Kevin (2022). "Exquisite Corpus". Retrieved 2023-12-12.
  • ^ Leta Miller, ″Cage's Collaborations" in The Cambridge Companion to John Cage, 151-168. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 154.
  • ^ "Bauhaus Share "Drink the New Wine," First Song in 14 Years". Pitchfork. 23 March 2022.
  • ^ https://pitchfork.com/news/polyvinyl-shares-new-album-featuring-xiu-xiu-jeff-rosenstock-and-more-listen/
  • ^ Weir, Simon; O’Connor, Dylan Wozniak; Watt, Rodney; Reinhardt, Dagmar; Fernando, Shayani; Dibbs, Jason (2018-12-01). "Design and Fabrication of a ruled surface vault with the Exquisite Corpse". Nexus Network Journal. 20 (3): 723–740. doi:10.1007/s00004-018-0385-9. ISSN 1522-4600. S2CID 126183070.
  • ^ "Exquisite Corpse: Catenary Vaults". sydneydesign.com.au. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  • ^ "To Better Know that Death | Unwinnable". 3 January 2019. Retrieved 4 January 2019.
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