Mission Statement
The goal of the Exquisite Corpse Festival
is to create works of art that are led by inspiration
and spontaneity, rather than working towards a predetermined
goal. To accomplish this, art is created by following a set
of rules that guide the artists to a finished work which is
discovered through the creation of the work rather. All
work is also collaborative, asking artists to abandon
ownership of the work so that, like a set of parents
birthing a child, the artwork begins to have a life
unpredictable and unexpected.
Featured Artist: Christa Zuss
Zuss Fashion Design is all about one of a kind designs, recycling, custom orders, personally tailored garments, All is ONE, taking care of Mother Earth and sisterhood. More like sculpting than sewing, the challenge was to work with the restricted forms and shapes. Online since 1999, Zuss.com received millions of visitors from all over the world and the recycling aspect turned out to be inspirational and educational.
Featured Artist: Jody Christopherson
Jody Christopherson is the writer (and performer) of the first three minutes of "Like This". Jody's writing has been featured on Big Vision Empty Wallet, One Producer in the City, nytheater.com's Indie Theater Companion.
As a theater maker she has been awarded grants from Philadelphia Shakespeare, Bowery Arts and Sciences, commissions from Blue Box productions and the Exquisite Corpse Festival.
Featured Artist: Liam Harrison
Liam is a mysterious figure responsible for the middle 3 minutes of "Like This". He is also responsible for the nightmares of preborn chickens I've been having for the last month. He is a designer and animator.
More of his stop motion work can be seen here
Featured Artist: Boris Khaykin
Boris Khaykin is the Hustler Baby of the last 3 minutes of "Like This". Boris's stand up has been featured on the UCB 2011 Stand Up Showcase, Collegehumor Live, Hufftington Post, and North Carolina Comedy Arts Festival: All Star Showcase. He's appeared in and written for videos featured on Comedy Central, Collegehumor, High Times, UCBcomedy, and more.
Follow him on twitter @HardcoreBoris.
Romeo and Juliet Drink the Young Wine
WEDNESDAY-SATURDAY JUNE 20th-30th
at 8:00 pm followed by music performances
133 STREET ARTS CENTER
308 WEST 133rd STREET, NEW YORK, NY
Romeo and Juliet Drink the Young Wine
is the first in our series of plays where we trick playwrights into writing famous works of literature. The 12 playwrights were given scene descriptions with the characters' names obscured. The playwrights finished the scenes, we stitched it together, and replaced the names for something that was almost entirely unlike Shakespeare.
In tandem with the therical presentation we will be exhibiting work for our Spring Roundtable where six artists gathered around a round table with their supplies and got to work...but...every fifteen minutes they abandoned their work and supplies and moved around the table to another artist's work. The result is a series of drawings, sculptures, and comic book pages that will be on display during the run of the festival.
"I'm Death" and "I'm Batman"
by Carla Brown, Adam Brown
Jason Tyne-Zimmerman, David DOstilio, and Kieran X. Quinn