Nine different video works has been done, using the following manner; the final ten-seconds of an initial one-minute video is sent online to a second participant, who then integrates it into the beginning of her own minute-long video, and she, in turn, sends her final-ten-seconds to a third contributor, and so on.
THE EXQUISITE CORPSE VIDEO PROJECT written by Marty McCutcheon
Inspired by the Surrealist invention, the "Exquisite Corpse", a method of sequential, collaborative image production, these video shorts were composed over a period of two weeks by 14 artists from 9 countries.
In the Surrealist 'game', a paper is folded such that each contributor sees only a small portion of the previous contributor's work, and begins his own work from that small portion. When the last participant is finished, the sheet is unfolded to reveal a strangely divergent, yet contiguous form or figure.
These video versions were created by members of artreview.com, an online networking site for artists, galleries, and collectors, and was instigated and managed by Brazilian video-artist, Kika Nicolela. They were composed in the following manner: the final ten-seconds of an initial one-minute video is sent online to a second participant, who then integrates it into the beginning of her own minute-long video, and she, in turn, sends her final-ten-seconds to a third contributor, and so on, until the collected minutes are 'stitched' together in their order, creating a single piece.
While the Surrealists are said to have created the method almost a century ago, only recently could such a fast-paced, pan-global, audiovisual variation of this exercise be produced.
Whereas the end product is the medium by which this method can be shared with an audience, it is the inspiring process of sharing and exchange between and among 'strangers' from around the world that illuminates and celebrates the possibilities and potentials of globalized, collective creativity.