Man Ray, Andre Breton, Yves Tanguy, Max Morise

Exquisite Corpse

1928

On the very next turn, the Exquisite Corpse was born—under the pen of Prévert, precisely, for it was he who wrote down the first words: “The Exquisite Corpse”, so well completed by “will drink the new wine.” Once the imagination of these fellows was set loose, there was no stopping it. André shouted with joy, immediately recognizing in this game one of those natural wellsprings or waterfalls of inspiration that he loved so much to discover. It was an ‘unfettering.’ Even more so than with automatic writing, we were sure of getting an astonishing amalgam. Violent surprise provoked our admiration and sparked an insatiable passion for new images: images unimaginable by one brain alone—images born of the involuntary, unconscious, and unpredictable combination of three or four heterogeneous minds. Some sentences assumed an aggressively subversive character. Others lapsed into excessive absurdity. And don't forget—the wastebasket had a role in all this. Nonetheless, the suggestive power of those arbitrary meetings of words was so astounding, so dazzling, and verified surrealism’s theses and outlook so strikingly, that the game became a system, a method of research, a means of exaltation as well as stimulation, and even, perhaps, a kind of drug.

Simone Kahn Breton, Surrealist Women: An International Anthology

Kuro "Exquisite Corpse" game #1

Here's the base of a chin and neck. Someone please draw a torso or find a Kuro panel torso to put with it.

Reblog this post with only the base of the torso showing. Then pm me an image of the full torso.

When we get a reblog with the legs and feet, I'll edit them all together.

la Sagrada  Frida Kahlo tombe  dans la peau d’une favorite mal-aimée 

- Fabienne PASSAMENT. 2022

Crosses - Cadavre Exquis

My sections of 4 “exquisite corpse” style drawings I worked on in art class today! I had a lot of fun doing these and the resulting images were wonderful and unique!

Drawlloween 21

Frankenfriday

Disponible dès demain sur notre blog / site. Et c'est cadeau !

3D modeled Exquisite Corpse

Gathered my classmates together to do something over winter break, there is a minor language barrier when it comes to communicating over text across the world to people who's first language typically wasn't English, so I drafted up the idea in image form. This allowed people to understand what the game was at first glance, 2 weeks later we got this little fella. (mine was his left leg) Rules were really simple, I didn't want to overwhelm people on their break, I wanted people to be able to submit their limb with little to no pressure so the rules were as follows: 1.) model will be placed as is, no adjustments will be made from the "stitcher" other than size (which is good because only two people modeled to scale) 2.) no poly budget 3.) deadline is before the end of 2022 I think the flexibility I gave the group allowed them to finish before the break ended, if I had included UV unwrapping, texturing, and shading this would have most likely combusted despite two weeks being plenty of time to create one limb, after all who wants to work on a break?

Juice

Cadavre Exquis i lay under as i rummage  my body my mind Souvenirs erupt Sensations submerge me The painting resurfaces A long-lost friend of my tender age as i grow older i learn to savor All the sappy wisdom of my long-lived innocence

Tina Aumont in Francesco Rosi's film Cadaveri eccellenti (1976). This photo was used in the Polish program for the film.

Ebay.

Salvador Dali, Valentine Hugo, Andre Breton, and Gala Dali

Cadavre exquis (sketch)

ca. 1932

「美妙な死体」の物語、読み終えた。

レオノーラ・キャリントンは絵がすごく素敵だなと思っていたけど、小説も書いていたというのは初めて知って、ネットで紹介していた古書ドリスさんまで行って買ってきた。

かなり短い短編10編と、中編が1つ収録されている。短編の方は全体的にちょっとホラーなおとぎ話という感じで全然悪くはないけど、お話と��てはそこまでかな…という感じだったかも。でも、いかにもレオノーラ・キャリントンの絵に出てきそう！というシーンが多くて、そういう意味でとても楽しめた。「うぶな娘」、「愛人」、「白兎」あたりは特に良かったな。絵で見てみたい。

中編の「石の扉」は、最初読み始めた時はなんだかよくわからなくてふわっとした話が続くのでちょっとだめかも…と思っていたけど、読み進めるに連れてどんどん面白くなってきて、明け方までかけて一気に読んでしまった。 これもおとぎ話のような感じだけど短編より長い分、錬金術や占星術などオカルト的な要素や、夢と兆候なんかも色々出てきて、パウロ・コエーリョのアルケミストにも似ている気がした。こちらはもっとよく分からない感じだけど。でもすごくよかったなあ。ただ、登場人物がやや多くて、誰が誰の話をしているのかよく分からない部分があって読み流してしまったりしてたので、もう一度読んでみたい気もする。

しかし絵だけではなくてこんな小説も書けるとはレオノーラ・キャリントンかっこいいなあ。別の本で「耳ラッパ」という有名なのがあるようなので、そちらも読んでみたい。ただ、聖杯伝説が下敷きになっているようで、聖杯伝説を知らない自分が読んで分かるのかどうか…。（モンティ・パイソンのホーリーグレイルだけは観たことある…）

あと、装丁がかっこいいなと思っていたら、奥村靫正さんだった。さすが…！

時間を直線として考えるのは単なる偏見よ。だって何も直線でなくて、螺旋とか、折れ線、円とかなんでも私達が勝手に考えるような線も描けるんだから。時間というのは何か必ず始まりがあって終わりがあるものとして考え出されたものだもの。

ええ、私にとっては言葉だって恐ろしい。言葉は不完全だから、当てにならない。書かれた文字は鉛の塊のように時間の中でぶらさがっている。全ては年月と惑星と共に動かねばならないのに。

でもやっぱり絵がいいなあ。

Would anyone be interested in playing a Black Butler-themed game of Exquisite Corpse on Tumblr? I mean the kind that's like the book of pages cut into sections.

I would start by posting only the base of a neck. It might be a drawing or it might be directly from a manga panel.

Next person would add a torso, either drawn or from a manga panel but would only reblog with the base of the torso. Then they would pm me the entire image of the torso.

Third would be the legs and feet. Drawn or manga panel. Just reblog with the full last image.

Last, I would take all the images and "paste" them together. And post the final "Exquisite corpse".

It's almost 3am, and I haven't slept. Does this make sense?

nouvelle année  “j’aurai la peau des choses”  et la culture à plein régime !  en mode cousu de fil blanc  dress code 2023 : la ceinture bien serrée ! 

- Fabienne PASSAMENT. 2022 Source : Journal La Strada 

''Cadavre exquis'' (1938)____________________André Breton.

photographie originale prise à l'exposition surréaliste de Paris en 1938, tirage argentique d'époque