EXQUISITE STORIES

THE HEAD, THE BODY, THE BOTTOM BIT.

The Beginning, The Middle, The End.

Exquisite corpse was a game played by surrealists in the 1920s and it is a great device for collaboration and lateral thinking 100 years later. Playable Streets uses this game as a leaping off point to create an interactive installation that allows the public to use the drawings of children to create new characters and new stories! Through a series of workshops we explore the amazing depths of children's imagination.

A long table covered with a blue tablecloth, set up for an event with colorful notebooks, yellow pamphlets titled 'Exquisite Stories,' and green cups filled with colored pencils.

Children sitting and standing around a table with coloring supplies, engaging in arts and crafts activities in a brightly lit indoor space.

A young girl with dark hair, dressed in a black leather jacket with gold buttons, sitting on a pink box in a public space with colorful tables and people working on computers in the background.

Child smiling while holding a large colorful cardboard box with a drawing of a shirt on it at an indoor event with other children and adults in the background.

Display stand with cartoon characters and a sign reading 'Exquisite Stories' in a store or exhibition space.

A young girl sitting on a large, colorful cardboard cube decorated with drawings of a cartoon character. The cube is part of an art exhibit or play area, with other similarly decorated cubes in the background, and people and children observing or walking around in an indoor setting with wooden floors and beige walls.

Child playing with large, cartoon-style, colorful blocks featuring pictures of animals and objects, arranged in a tall tower inside a room.

Images from the Darebin Kite Festival (photo credit: Mitch Forrester) and The State Library.

Exquisite Stories is supported by the City of Darebin.

Exquisite Stories by Playable Streets, Drawings by the students of William Ruthven and Reservoir Primary Schools. Composer Cayn Borthwick, Tech Wizardry by Bob Jarvis, Painting by Edie, Virginia, Mitch & Jamie.