Digital collaborative art platform inspired by the 1920s Surrealist parlor game. Contributors build hidden panels in isolation until the final reveal stitches an unexpected composite artwork together.
Exquisite Corpse Online is a digital collaborative art platform inspired by the 1920s Surrealist parlor game cadavre exquis. The app allows artists, creatives, and curious minds to create multi-panel composite artworks where each contributor works in isolation — building their section without seeing what others have contributed — until the final reveal stitches everything together.
Core value: surprise as a creative force. The app turns the unknown into a feature. By keeping panels hidden from each other, it eliminates creative self-consciousness and produces genuinely unexpected, often dreamlike compositions that no single artist could have planned.
Core loop: Create → Contribute → Reveal → Share. Start a corpse (choose size + composition mode), fill one or more panels (upload, browse library, or use AI), invite collaborators via magic links — or fill all panels solo, reveal the stitched composite and explore different modes, then publish to the Salon Wall or download for social sharing.
Brand positioning: a lightweight, no-friction creative tool that honors a century-old art tradition while making it native to the web. Not a professional design tool — a creative game that produces real art through structured chance and collaboration.
Multi-panel collaborative artwork creation
Hidden panel system — contributors work in isolation without seeing others' sections
Asynchronous workflow — contribute when ready, no scheduling needed
Multiple composition modes — same panels, entirely different final aesthetics
AI collaborator — fills missing panels in the Surrealist spirit of automatism
Magic link invitations for asynchronous collaboration
Solo mode — fill all panels yourself
Public domain image library — lowers barrier, no artistic skill required
Upload your own panel images
Browse Open Corpses — join any community work in progress
Salon Wall — public gallery of completed collaborative works
Final reveal — stitched composite reveal moment
Download completed artwork for social sharing
Solo artists using constrained formats to break creative blocks; collaborators (friends, students, design teams) wanting a playful asynchronous creative exercise; community contributors who browse and add to strangers' works in progress; art educators teaching Surrealism, collage, or collaborative process.
Hidden panel system faithfully preserves the core surprise mechanic of the original Surrealist game. Asynchronous workflow eliminates scheduling friction for collaborative works. AI collaborator as an automatism stand-in is conceptually on-brand. Public domain image library removes the 'I can't draw' barrier entirely. Salon Wall creates a living archive that builds community and discovery.
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