Exquisite Corpse Definition

noun

A collective art game in which several collaborating artists assemble a sentence or image , usually by following a prompt , or being allowed to see the only last contribution.

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A sentence or image created as a result of this game.

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Origin of Exquisite Corpse

of French EXQUISITE CORPSE EXQUISITE CORPSE cadavre exquis . First coined in 1925 by surrealists André Breton , Marcel Duhamel , Jacques Prévert , and Yves Tanguy in a similar manner to consequences ; the first example was constructed from the following prompt : Le cadavre exquis boira le vin nouveau ("The exquisite corpse will drink new wine").

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