Exquisite Corpses: A Creative Game of Limitless Possibilities

The Beautiful Book of Exquisite Corpses offers a star-studded twist on the creativity-sparking game where players complete drawings and stories without knowing their origins. This unique game, known as Exquisite Corpse, involves two or more people creating an unpredictable artwork by hiding each contribution on a folded paper, leaving only small connective lines as clues. When the page is unfolded, a finished collaboration is revealed—sometimes wacky, sometimes twisted, but always one-of-a-kind.

In this book, you can create your own Exquisite Corpses either with friends or on your own, as the pages are already filled with potential collaborators. Dozens of remarkable cartoonists, illustrators, animators, and tattoo artists are featured, waiting for you to complete their drawings. You may even find yourself collaborating with well-known figures such as fabric designer Wesley Mancini, Pulitzer-winning TV critic Emily Nussbaum, Tony-winning costume designer Paul Tazewell (known for Hamilton), or favorite musicians like Grace Slick, Moby, Robby Krieger of The Doors, and Chris Frantz of Talking Heads.

In addition to completing drawings, there are pages that challenge your storytelling abilities using a single sentence to kickstart a story. You'll have the opportunity to craft tales alongside bestselling authors Chuck Klosterman and Aimee Bender, rock stars Rivers Cuomo (from Weezer) and Gavin Rossdale (from Bush), TV writer and producer Jane Espenson (known for Buffy the Vampire Slayer), and legendary actor Stephen Fry, among others.

The Exquisite Corpse technique, developed by André Breton and surrealists over a century ago, remains popular at parties today. The collaborative works of art you create with The Beautiful Book of Exquisite Corpses will surprise and delight you, resulting from a unique long-distance partnership unlike anything you've experienced before.

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