This game is also known as the exquisite cadaver (from the original French term cadavre exquis) or rotating corpse, is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. It was first invented in 1925 in Paris by surrealists Tanguy, Prevert, Breton and Duchamp and played as parlor game. Imagine the fun we had with this in our Art Club at school! We started by everyone picking a medium and then had a time limit of two minutes to draw/paint what we saw. ( I set up a still life of mannequins) After two minutes was up, we rotated to the right leaving our drawing behind and taking our medium with us. Imagine the bizarre and intuitive images that evolved from this! It was the perfect game because it was unpredictable, had elements of chance, and group collaboration.( we also had a lot of fun and laughs!) I will defiantly be trying this with my art classes!
