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[ aka PeeWee ]
"Oddfellows Local 151 behind the firehouse
Where Peewee sits upon the wall to preach
This boy and girl that gather pearls of wisdom
Falling from his mouth
Wash off the blood, wash off the 151 ..."
~ M. Stipe
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From the Denim - Mr. TRONA collaboration
This is another shot in collaboration with the incredibly generous and always cool Denim -- flickr.com/photos/denim/. In case you're wondering, the double exposure images are essentially accidental compositions. There's more information below.
Denim was the first kind soul I found on Flickr to collaborate with me on the CPP project -- flickr.com/photos/trona/sets/97568/. These three posts were actually spotted when I was putting together a snail-mail package for her. I had somehow overlooked them. Some fun stuff, and thanks Donna! ^_^
OK. And now for something completely… similar….. to the description added to all my CPP posts:
CPP was first conceived of as a sort of abstraction a Surrealist game (known as "EXQUISITE CORPSE") while driving the lonely stretches of the 95 through the old American South (rural Georgia) in the spring of 1994. The project languished, a bit, for a while, but has been conferred new life due my ability to connect with other kind, creative souls here on Flickr! ^_^
I can't locate my formal description of the project, but I'll try to succinctly state its simplicity:
With E.C., partipants divide a piece of a paper into thirds or quaters, choosing, for instance, the human form. Each participant chooses a section of the form to complete, covering their work, leaving only lines to give the next player a starting point for the next section of the piece. The result can be something quite surprising and, sometimes even good! ;)
I chose to use double exposure photographs. The CPP images have mostly been produced directly in the camera (35mm). With no fixed form in mind, participants grab an image to be integrated with the photograph of another in the camera, and hopefully the result is just as surprising and, even good!
I'm interested in refining the method to CPP madness, and look forward to discussing this with current and future collaborators.
Please feel free to Flickr-mail me with any comments, questions, etc., and thank you for taking a look.
1964 Volkswagen 1500S Karmann Ghia.
Fitted with a 1584cc engine. Seen here without passenger door. Also note how the black part of the number plate is peeling off.