Exquisite consequences

Judy Annear
Catherine Borra
AC
Kelly Fliedner
Nic Flood
BF
Ross Gibson
AG
David McCooey
emc2
Rowan Mcnaught
Z.O’Mahoney
Tanya Peterson
Patrick Pound
Kate Russell
Ella Sutherland
Eleanor Weber

Exquisite corpse was a method perfected by the surrealists whereby a number of artists would draw parts of a body in sequence, without seeing what the others had done until the end.

consequence: something that happens as a result of a particular action or set of conditions

Exquisite consequences is the outcome of 1 designer and 4 groups of 4 writers constructing 4 textual bodies within a limited timeframe and according to a specific 12-part sequence.

Each body hangs on this sequence. The first writers in each group commence. The designer then circulates an email; each writer is given only the last line of what was written before, until all 12 parts of the sequence are complete.

The designer acts as a surgical post-office, receiving the texts and recycling part of each new growth to piece together the beautiful monsters of our social artistic relation.

The results are unforeseen narratives, with the overriding element being chance.

PP, DM, RM, KF
EW, KR, AC, CB
JA, EM, TP, RG
BF, ZO, NF, AG
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