 The
Digital Exquisite Corpse Project (you may go straight
to the thumbnails page by clicking the above link)
is the result of a unique collaboration via the Internet
begun in September 1997 between myself and two other
artists I have yet to meet. Larry
Parkes (Blooming Prairie, MN) and David Walters
(Newbury Park, CA) and I have been creating digital
works of art based on the surrealist game of the
1920's and 30's called "Exquisite Corpse," in
which an artist creates a drawing on the top section
of a sheet of paper folded in thirds. He or she then
extends a few lines down into the middle section
before folding the top section back and passing it
to the next artist, who does the same before passing
it to the third artist. When the drawing is completed
it is unfolded. The resulting work is frequently
bizarre or dream-like, possibly charged with humor,
surprising, and often poetic.
Here's
how our digital version works, as devised by
the three of us: The first artist creates a digital
image on his computer, then emails the bottom
quarter inch of the image to the next artist.
We call this quarter inch piece the "reference strip." The
second artist uses this strip as a reference
for starting his section. When completed, he
emails the bottom quarter inch of his image to
the third artist, who then creates the last section.
Once all sections are completed, we email them
to one another and they are put together in Photoshop
to form one image. There is no altering or touching
up of the image after the sections are completed.
They go together exactly as they arrive.
I think you'll find the resulting images quite wonderful.
You may click HERE to go to the thumbnails page, from which you may begin
the Exquisite Corpse slide show.
Actual
size is 7"X9".
Contact info:
Burnell Yow!
- burnell@ravenswingstudio.com
Larry
Parkes - parxart@yahoo.com
Click
HERE to download a PDF file of the thumbnails
for ec 1 thru ec 72. |
