Swap due date – December 10
Signup / withdraw date – November 21
Number of cards – 3 for 3
Number of participants – 12
Media – hand-drawn / hand-painted
Cadavre Exquis (“exquisite corpse”) is a drawing game invented by Surrealists in the 1920s in which multiple artists create a fantastical joint composition, piece by piece. Artists would draw on a sheet of paper and fold it over to hide most of their drawing. Then, it would be handed off to the next person to continue the drawing without knowing what the previous contributions looked like.
Salvador Dalí, Valentine Hugo, Gala Eluard & André Breton
This swap is inspired by the game of Cadavre Exquis. Each player will contribute a head, torso, and legs and receive a mix of body parts in return that combine to form a scrambled figure. The body parts can be human, animal, or machine; they can be realistic, whimsical, or absurd. Your three cards can match each other forming a cohesive creature if you wish.
This swap has special card guidelines to make sure the parts fit together. Please read them carefully and refer to the example!
1. Cards must be ATC standard size (3.5" x 2.5") in landscape orientation.
2. Make your cards out of a sturdy white paper (or white paper on a sturdy backing). Backgrounds should be left white.
3. The head-torso connection should be 1.5” wide and centered on the long edge of the card. An easy way to determine this is to mark 1" from each corner.
4. The torso-legs connection should be 1.5” wide and centered on the long edge of the card.
5. Aside from the 1.5" wide connections mentioned above, there should be no extra parts crossing the boundaries between cards (for example, no arms extending from the torso card into the head card).
6. Sign the front, and label the back of each card with the swap name, your name/username, location, and date.
7. Send each card in an individual clear plastic sleeve.
Mailing guidelines:
1. When you are ready to mail your cards, send me a PM for my address.
2a. US participants, include a large address label + one forever stamp for your returns.
2b. International participants, send a large address label and I will cover your return postage.
When you receive your returns, please leave a feedback for me, your host, and a reputation for the artists whose art you receive.
Who will join me for this virtual parlor game?
1. izzibynight
2. Lunna
3. Amai
4. sunderance
5. wildholly
6. mybrokenart
7. Elliejaybird
8. leydab
9. nanner
10. 14CarrotGold
11. AmethystStar
12. DevaR
Signup / withdraw date – November 21
Number of cards – 3 for 3
Number of participants – 12
Media – hand-drawn / hand-painted
Cadavre Exquis (“exquisite corpse”) is a drawing game invented by Surrealists in the 1920s in which multiple artists create a fantastical joint composition, piece by piece. Artists would draw on a sheet of paper and fold it over to hide most of their drawing. Then, it would be handed off to the next person to continue the drawing without knowing what the previous contributions looked like.
Salvador Dalí, Valentine Hugo, Gala Eluard & André Breton
This swap is inspired by the game of Cadavre Exquis. Each player will contribute a head, torso, and legs and receive a mix of body parts in return that combine to form a scrambled figure. The body parts can be human, animal, or machine; they can be realistic, whimsical, or absurd. Your three cards can match each other forming a cohesive creature if you wish.
This swap has special card guidelines to make sure the parts fit together. Please read them carefully and refer to the example!
1. Cards must be ATC standard size (3.5" x 2.5") in landscape orientation.
2. Make your cards out of a sturdy white paper (or white paper on a sturdy backing). Backgrounds should be left white.
3. The head-torso connection should be 1.5” wide and centered on the long edge of the card. An easy way to determine this is to mark 1" from each corner.
4. The torso-legs connection should be 1.5” wide and centered on the long edge of the card.
5. Aside from the 1.5" wide connections mentioned above, there should be no extra parts crossing the boundaries between cards (for example, no arms extending from the torso card into the head card).
6. Sign the front, and label the back of each card with the swap name, your name/username, location, and date.
7. Send each card in an individual clear plastic sleeve.
Here's an example showing how they should fit together:
Mailing guidelines:
1. When you are ready to mail your cards, send me a PM for my address.
2a. US participants, include a large address label + one forever stamp for your returns.
2b. International participants, send a large address label and I will cover your return postage.
When you receive your returns, please leave a feedback for me, your host, and a reputation for the artists whose art you receive.
Who will join me for this virtual parlor game?
1. izzibynight
2. Lunna
3. Amai
4. sunderance
5. wildholly
6. mybrokenart
7. Elliejaybird
8. leydab
9. nanner
10. 14CarrotGold
11. AmethystStar
12. DevaR
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