CPP - Abandoned Couch [Funky Edit =]

A Kristal - Mr. TRONA collaboration

 

I'm very pleased to post some even preliminary results of a collaboration with the very generous, very cool and talented Kristal -- www.flickr.com/photos/kristyk/.

 

Her shots were grabbed in New Mexico & mine in Maryland. These few posts were almost randomly chosen and are low res, quickly edited versions of, in some cases, wonderful images. Appropriately, I'll be posting versions of these, our first CPP shots, that more closely reflect the unique character and beautiful style of some of our works thus far.

 

For now, thank you for taking a look. ^_^

 

This is a very funky edit, as you can see! Long week! ;-)

 

(THANKS again, Kristy! =).

 

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.

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