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==In popular culture== *''The Exquisite Corpse'' (1967) a novel by Alfred Chester. *''[[Exquisite Corpse (novel)|Exquisite Corpse]]'' (1996) is a Gothic horror novel by Poppy Z. Brite. * ''[[Space and Time (magazine)|Space and Time]]'' magazine builds a community exquisite corpse monthly on their website.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://spaceandtime.net/exquisite-corpse/ |title=Exquisite Corpse |magazine=[[Space and Time (magazine)|Space and Time]] |access-date=December 12, 2021}}</ref> *''[[Naked Came the Stranger]]'' is a 1969 erotic novel written as a [[Literary forgery|literary hoax]] to parody American literary trends of the time. The credited author is the fictive "Penelope Ashe", though it was written by twenty-four journalists led by [[Mike McGrady]], with each author writing a chapter without any knowledge of what the others had written. * ''Exquisite Corpse'' is a literary magazine founded in 1983 (later in online version from 1999) published by [[Andrei Codrescu]]. * ''[[Naked Came the Manatee]]'' (Putnam, 1996) is a mystery thriller parody novel. Each of its thirteen chapters was written, in sequence, by a different Florida writer, beginning with [[Dave Barry]] and ending with [[Carl Hiaasen]]. *''Folio of 28 Exquisite corpse drawings'' collected from Queensland Art Gallery's First Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT1) artists' retreat, Bangalow, NSW, 20–23 September 1993. Held in the QAGOMA Research Library collection.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://blog.qagoma.qld.gov.au/an-exquisite-corpse-uncovered-drawings-from-an-asia-pacific-triennial-artists-retreat/ | title=An 'exquisite corpse' uncovered - QAGOMA Blog | work=QAGOMA Blog | date=24 February 2022 | last1=Charlton | first1=Cath }}</ref> === Art === * ''[[The Narrative Corpse]]'' (Gates of Heck, 1995) is a comic book chain-story by 69 all-star cartoonists co-edited by [[Art Spiegelman]] and [[R. Sikoryak]]. * The ''[[Breaking Boredom Project]]'' in graphic design, Cairo (2008). * ''The Exquisite Corpse Adventure'' (Candlewick, 2011), commissioned by the [[Library of Congress]], uses well-known children's authors and illustrators<ref>[http://www.read.gov/exquisite-corpse/ ''The Exquisite Corpse Adventure''], Library of Congress, undated</ref> *[[Jake and Dinos Chapman]] have produced a number of exquisite corpses.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/chapman-exquisite-corpse-p78457 | title='Exquisite Corpse', Jake Chapman, Dinos Chapman, 2000 }}</ref> * Eric Croes, ''Cadavre exquis, Chat Santiag'' (2017). Croes used his exquisite corpse drawing to make this clay sculpture.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gotthardt|first=Alexxa|date=2018|title=Explaining Exquisite Corpse, the Surrealist Drawing Game That Just Won't Die|url=https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-explaining-exquisite-corpse-surrealist-drawing-game-die|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=|website=Artsy}}</ref> * ''A Cheese and Tomato Spider'' (1998) and a number of other books by author [[Nick Sharratt]] allow children to construct crazy combinations from images on half-pages. * ''Exquisite Corpus'' (2022) by Kevin Blackistone uses [[machine learning]] to create "3d chimeras of the human interior"<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=2022|title=Remix Culture|url=https://kunstuni-linz.at/Exquisite-Corpus.20022+M52087573ab0.0.html|access-date=2023-12-12}}</ref> using [[medical imaging]] data.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blackistone|first=Kevin|date=2022|title=Exquisite Corpus|url=https://kunstuni-linz.at/Exquisite-Corpus.20022+M52087573ab0.0.html|access-date=2023-12-12}}</ref> === Film and television === * [[Apichatpong Weerasethakul]]'s 2000 film ''[[Mysterious Object at Noon]]'' uses this technique with a mixture of documentary and fictional film. * ''[[The Exquisite Corpse Project]]'' is a 2012 feature-length comedy film written using the exquisite corpse technique. * [[Cartoon Network]] and [[Adult Swim]] had created various "Exquisite Corpse" promos, with examples such as ''[[Rick and Morty]]'' 2017 trailer for season 3 titled "Exquisite Corpse" features a sequence to the song "Thursday in the Danger Room" from the album ''[[Run the Jewels 3]]'' by [[Run the Jewels]]. * ''Exquisite Corps'' as well as ''And So Say All of Us'' are choreographic versions by filmmaker [[Mitchell Rose]]. * A sketch in [[Limmy's Show]] Season 3 Episode 1 involves a game of exquisite corpse being played in a bar. === Music === *In the 1940s, composers [[John Cage]], [[Virgil Thomson]], [[Henry Cowell]], and [[Lou Harrison]], composed a set of pieces using this same process—writing a measure of music, with 1 or 2 additional notes (sources differ), folding it on the bar line then passing it to the next person. The pieces were later arranged by Robert Hughes and published as ''Party Pieces''.<ref>Leta Miller, ″Cage's Collaborations" in ''The Cambridge Companion to John Cage'', 151-168. (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002), 154.</ref> *The band [[Bauhaus (band)|Bauhaus]] include the track "Exquisite Corpse" on their third studio album (''[[The Sky's Gone Out]]'') (1982), which appears to have been created in this collaborative surrealist style. They returned to the method for 2022's "Drink the New Wine", their first new song in 14 years.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bauhaus-share-drink-the-new-wine-first-song-in-14-years-listen/ | title=Bauhaus Share "Drink the New Wine," First Song in 14 Years | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=23 March 2022 }}</ref> *The fifth track on the 1992 album [[Sacred City]] by the British rock band [[Shriekback]] is "Exquisite Corpse". * The [[They Might Be Giants]] 1996 song "[[Factory Showroom|Exquisite Dead Guy]]." * The musical ''[[Hedwig and the Angry Inch (musical)|Hedwig and the Angry Inch]]'' (1998) includes the song "Exquisite Corpse". * The band [[Warpaint (band)|Warpaint]] named their debut EP ''Exquisite Corpse'' (2008) because of their collaborative songwriting style. * [[George Watsky]]'s 2016 album ''x Infinity'' features the song "Exquisite Corpse" using this technique featuring verses by several artists. * In December 2019, French alternative-pop-rock band [[Therapie Taxi|Therapie TAXI]] released the album ''Cadavre Exquis'', relating to the artistic visuals and collaborative production of the opus. *Swedish composer [[Anders Hillborg]] uses the technique in his 2002 orchestral work ''Exquisite Corpse''. * In September 2020, [[Polyvinyl Records]] released an 11-track compilation titled ''Exquisite Corpse'', featuring over 45 of the label's artists including [[The Get Up Kids]], [[Jeff Rosenstock]] and [[American Football (band)|American Football]], among others. The tracks were recorded remotely in the style of the game during the COVID-19 pandemic and a portion of the physical and digital album sales were donated to the non-profit MusiCares.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://pitchfork.com/news/polyvinyl-shares-new-album-featuring-xiu-xiu-jeff-rosenstock-and-more-listen/ | title=Polyvinyl Shares New Album Featuring Xiu Xiu, Jeff Rosenstock, and More | website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] | date=4 September 2020 }}</ref> * In August 2022, the free improvisation group G.at.0 ([[Pedro Alcalde]], Núria Andorrà, Marina Hervás, Wade Matthews, Henar Rivière) presented ''17 minutes of free improvisation ("Cadavre Exquis")'' at the ''IF 2022 – Improvisation Festival'', organized and streamed online by the International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the [[University of Guelph]], Canada. The piece, co-presented by 17, Instituto de Estudios Críticos, was an example of collective spontaneous creation, where each performer contributed unpredictably, resulting in a collaborative and experimental sonic work.<ref>{{YouTube|id=b-XYzd3HRX0&t=607s|title="Cadavre Exquis, G.at.0"}}</ref> === Architecture === * In 2018, Simon Weir began producing catenary vaults where a dozen designers collaborate blindly using the exquisite corpse method.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Weir|first1=Simon|last2=O’Connor|first2=Dylan Wozniak|last3=Watt|first3=Rodney|last4=Reinhardt|first4=Dagmar|last5=Fernando|first5=Shayani|last6=Dibbs|first6=Jason|date=2018-12-01|title=Design and Fabrication of a ruled surface vault with the Exquisite Corpse|journal=Nexus Network Journal|language=en|volume=20|issue=3|pages=723–740|doi=10.1007/s00004-018-0385-9|s2cid=126183070|issn=1522-4600|doi-access=free}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sydneydesign.com.au/2019/event/exquisite-corpse-catenary-vaults|title=Exquisite Corpse: Catenary Vaults|website=sydneydesign.com.au|language=en-US|access-date=19 April 2020}}</ref> === Games === *In ''... and then we died'', players use word-fragment tarot cards to form words to tell the story of their collective deaths.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://unwinnable.com/2019/01/03/to-better-know-that-death/|title=To Better Know that Death {{!}} Unwinnable|date=3 January 2019 |access-date=4 January 2019}}</ref>
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