Comments on: Exquisite Corpse #1

By: Roman Edirisinghe

Thu, 08 Mar 2007 22:12:55 +0000

They end up being completely absurd simply by virtue of their random creation. I love the Exquisite corpse.

By: Heidi

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 22:42:04 +0000

I think that ruins it, but that’s just me. I like it completely absurd.

By: Roman Edirisinghe

Thu, 13 Apr 2006 00:45:51 +0000

In the sentence version that I’m used to playing, the writer sees only previously written sentence at a time.

By: Heidi

Wed, 12 Apr 2006 21:40:29 +0000

I think the sentence version is fine. Really I think you can do either or both at once, but in your example it seems like the authors were aware of what had already been written before they contributed.

By: Roman Edirisinghe

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 15:58:06 +0000

Interesting.

Doing it word by word almost makes it more unpredictable.

I think I prefer the sentence version better, although both have their place in good amusement.

There is also a visual (artwork) version of the game.

I can just imagine all those old surrealists sitting around a parlor smoking and playing this game.

By: Heidi

Tue, 11 Apr 2006 02:32:38 +0000

OK. There were actually two different ones, one for each half of the lecture hall, but this is the one I participated in:

The cute black cat a most curious twist of fate
Jewelry gangsta headache
J’adore tu love beans sour candy
Go brew crew bored Lee Harvey Oswald
Hi how’s it goin? Rubbish casa Rurale
Kicken him in the like a fish slip

I contributed the word “jewelry” and I think the phrase “jewelry gangsta headache” is my favorite part.

By: Heidi

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:43:42 +0000

We did one of those in my art history class, but mostly people just wrote one word each and we weren’t allowed to see what had already been written. I think it’s more interesting that way, and more true to the nature of an exquisite corpse. I wish I had a copy of how it turned out to show you, but I don’t. Maybe I’ll ask the professor to email me a copy.