Art Chain Game N1: Art as Pandemic

What is “Exquisite Corpse”?

“Cadavre exquis (exquisite corpse) is a collaborative drawing approach first used by surrealist artists to create bizarre and intuitive drawings” “It was invented in 1925 in Paris by the surrealists Yves Tanguy, Jacques Prevert, Andre Breton and Marcel Duchamp.

“It is a game in which each participant takes turns writing or drawing on a sheet of paper, folding it to conceal his or her contribution, and then passing it to the next player for a further contribution.”

Process

01: The participants are informed about the sequential rules and are expected to produce an artwork according to the instructions.

02: The participants are sent artworks the artist of which they do not know and are asked to produce a new artwork according to their reaction, feelings, and thoughts, without knowing the context.

03: The artists have 24 hours to produce their own artwork after seeing the artwork sent to them from the previous artist in the chain.

04: Afterwards, the artwork they produce is sent to the next participant, so an artistic chain that follows and inspires other artworks is created.

05: We will be collecting all the works via e-mail and passing them to the next artists.

06: Please also add at least 2 (random or not) sentences to your work - so that when each work and word are combined - a surprise meta-narrative comes out.

07: Mediums can include; a gesture, movement, still images, dance, creative writing, video poetry, film, audio-visual, animation, collage, photography, painting, watercolor, sound, music, sculpture - it is up to you - however, you wish to respond to the person’s work before you.

08: Game open for 40 days.

PARTICIPANTS

MELTEM ŞAHIN

AYLA HIBRI

C/A

MARGHERITA CHIARVA

MELIH CEBI

SERRA DURAN PARALI

SUDE BELKIS

LEMAN AKPINAR

ELÇIN ARPAÇAY

ZEYNEP ÖZKANCA

YASIN ARIBUĞA

BARAKUNAN DANI ARBID

ALI DEMIREL

AYÇA CEYLAN

HAMID HENRY HENRY

EYMEN AKTEL

SIMAY BAHÇIVAN

YASEMIN DEMIREL

SUAT SERKAN ÇELMELI

BEGÜM AYDINOĞLU

DENIZ ŞEN

BALKAN KARIŞMAN

MINE ÖZGÜLE

BETÜL AKSU

TUĞÇE EVIRGEN ÖZMEN

ÖZGE TOPÇU

KIVILCIM GÜNGÖRÜN

ESRA GÜLMEN

OLENA POGRIBNA

EMRE PAKEL

ŞEYDA TEMEL

ZEYNEP TÜMERTEKIN

MERVE HASMAN

HASAN BARANA

KURTOĞLU

SINAN TUNCAY

Interview Questions

-When did you receive the game?

-What were you feeling at the time?

-What was happening in your environment? What was on the TV or on your desktop?

What did the news say? Did it affect you? Do you have a tweet from that day?

-Did you post on Instagram that day? Or were you tech-detoxing?

-How was your house at the time, was it tidy? How were the streets?

-Do you have a selfie, a photo or a video of your environment from that day?

Would you like to share it with us?

-Comparing your psychology now and then; how did your ideas/feelings on mental

status, lock down, and the governmental decisions in your country and world have

changed? Or did it change?

-Any ideas on the concept of time?

-How are you feeling right now?

-What were your thoughts on the artwork you received? What triggered you, or what

inspired you to respond the way you did? What was your initial reaction to the

artwork you received?

-We want to hear your voice, would you like to share a voice recording of you

reading the things you’ve written about your artwork, or a sound file, which we can

use in the chain narrative. (it may be something experimental like the sounds from

the environment you were in at the time)

-A selfie or an avatar :) Candid Photo

-How do you interpret the work you submitted within your art practice?