diff --git a/xquisite/contents.md b/xquisite/contents.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c02d30a --- /dev/null +++ b/xquisite/contents.md @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +--- +title: Exquisite Branch +credits: Kamo +contents: + - The exquisite corpse is a multiplayer game invented by the surrealists in which the participants compose a drawing or a story together. + - Traditionally the game is played on a long sheet of paper, and each player draws a part. + - The process requires to hide the drawing to the next person, but leaving them some hints to continue. + - The following fellow keeps draw from there and so on. + - The result is a weird linear narrative, in which the transition between authors are at the same time smooth and abrupt. + + - The Exquisite Branch is an online take on the game. + - It questions concepts such as authorship and collaboration in the light of the digital age. + - The original version is constrained to the single piece of paper and is doomed to be linear. + - Here we can imagine our drawings forking and branching and go in different directions. + - The way in which XB works recall the flows of a protocol like Git. + + - Instruction + - There are 2 ways to get to the XB + - either you navigate to https://hub.xpub.nl/soupboat/xquisite #TODO: QRCODE + - or you receive a link from someone pointing to a specific branch + - you can either start a new drawing, continue from the last contribuition or view all the branches + - then it's time to scribble something or paint a masterpiece + - and when you are done you can submit the drawing + - you will receive a new link to share with others. + - They will continue from your drawing, so leave some hints! + + - If you pass the link to just one person the xquisite drawing will continue linearly + - but if you pass it to several people it will branch + - resulting in multiple version with a common starting point. +--- + +