About Exquisite Corps: This is the Atlantika Collective edition of the original “Exquisite Corpse.” Invented by surrealists, it is a method by which a collection of words or images is collectively assembled. Each collaborator adds to a composition in sequence, either by following a rule or by being allowed to see only the end of what the previous person contributed. More here: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exquisite_corpse.
Six people involved with Atlantika Collective have participated in Exquisite Corps in the following order: Billy Friebele, Gabriela Bulisova, Michelle Frankfurter, Jessica Zychowicz, Mark Isaac, Yam Chew Oh, and Todd Forsgren. The following text has also been created organically by the participants to accompany the piece.
A game began 100 years ago
Players creating generative collaborative compositions
who are they?
what about their stories?
every bit,
E very bit,
e v e r y b i t,
ponde r
pondr
rednop
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Open close
The door swings on its hinges
closer in and then out.
They are all alone together again.
Just sitting there, smoking in the rain.
Red sky at morning.“Sing a song of sixpence.”
The sparrow pecks at the windowpane.
Not this again.
Magnifying glasses for spectacles,The doctor pulls the numbers up like weeds in a field of wheat.
“A pocket full of rye.”
angle yourself really close
pinch the glove
because that is
down the hand
how you can look
important thing
perform hand hygiene
some distance away
use soft boxes
with interlaced fingers
absolutely the way
perform hand hygiene
from the skin
without touching the skin
slide the fingers
between the glove
of the forearm
perform hand hygiene
moment in time
find the perfect
turn inside out
skin of the wrist
perform hand hygiene
start things off
allowing it to
bag or bin
and natural light
perform hand hygiene
away from the hand thus
folding it over the first
lit from underneath
medicines and food
palm to palm
perform hand hygiene
a big window
and vice versa
remove the second
mindful of that
in the gloved hand
perform hand hygiene
hands with water
hold the removed
folding it over
light is to go
tips for doing
perform hand hygiene
here’s something
wearing technique
opposing palms
do the magic
rotational rubbing
perform hand hygiene
you’re not alone
separate bathrooms
fingers interlaced
fingers interlocked
always really happy
perform hand hygiene
turn off faucet
helpful for me
find good lighting
find my magic spot
you’ll be like, wow
your hands are now safe
Staring at the screen,
Pacing around the apartment,
Looking at the horizon,
One moment I’m overwhelmed,
The next I’m bored to death.
Flip flop flip flop flip flop repeat.
But strangely, the silver lining,
Is that some relationship flourish,
From a medium distance.
:)
Slow
Down
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I n — h a l e
E x — h a l e
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Beautiful corps
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I am sitting in a room, different from the one you are in now….