| exquisite corpses were
first created by the surrealists, André Breton,
Max Ernst, Man Ray, Joan Miró, Yves Tanguy and
others in the 1920s. Based on an old parlor game, it was
played by several people, each of whom would write a phrase
on a sheet of paper, fold the paper to conceal what she/he
had just written, and pass it on to the next player for
his or her contribution. The technique got its name from
the first sentence created: “Le cadavre exquis boira
le vin nouveau” —”The exquisite corpse
will drink the young wine”. The game was quickly
adapted to drawing. In this collaboration, the first person
draws the head, folds the paper over so that the second
person can not see the head—only where the neck
starts. The second person draws the torso and then folds
that over, so that the third person drawing the legs can
not see the torso or the head.
With
the help of our talented and generous illustrators who
published with us in 2006 and 2007, and with the US
Postal service Schwartz & Wade Books has managed
to create our own exquisite corpses. We hope you enjoy
them!
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