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| The exquisite corpse is a multiplayer game invented by the surrealists. Its aim is to compose a collective drawing or a story. |
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| Traditionally the game is played on a long sheet of paper and each player draws a part. |
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| The next player should not see the drawing of the previous one. They only have a small hint from which to continue. |
| This goes on and on: the next player draws from the hint of the previous one without seeing the whole image. |
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| The result is a weird linear narrative. The transition between authors is both smooth and abrupt. |
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| The Exquisite Branch is
an online take on
the game. |
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| It questions concepts such as authorship and collaboration in the light of the digital age. |
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| The original version is constrained to a single piece of paper and is destined to be linear. |
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| Let’s imagine our drawings forking and branching. Going in different directions. |
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| The way in which Exquisite Branch works recalls the flow of a version control system just like Git. |
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| There are 2 ways to get to the Exquisite Branch: |
| You either navigate to
https://hub.xpub.nl
/soupboat
/xquisite |
| Or you receive a link from someone pointing to a specific branch. |
| Then it's time to scribble
something or paint
a masterpiece. |
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| When you are done, you can submit the drawing. |
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| You will receive a new link to share with others. |
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| They will continue from your drawing, so leave some hints! |
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| If you pass the link to just one person, the xquisite drawing will continue linearly. |
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| But if you pass it to
several people,
it will branch. |
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| It will have multiple versions with a common starting point. |
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| xquisite.png |
hub.xpub.nl/soupboat/si17/🖌/ |
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| On the website you
can either start a new
drawing, continue from
the last contribution or
view all the branches. |