Exquisite cadaver—“cadaver” sounds impersonal, often referring to an unidentified body. Derived from “cadere”—to fall—it signifies both decline and transformation. The cadaverous features can no longer be hidden; a new social role emerges— a radical redefinition. The game “Exquisite Cadaver,” a collective assembly of words or images, explores the interplay between consciousness and subconsciousness, reality and fiction, and public and autocrat. Folding montage, a controlled viewing technique, exposes society’s fragmentation and critiques the present “sub-realism.” Women, often passive subjects, reclaim identity—challenging conventional beauty with a more complex, multifaceted femininity. A radical redefinition of desire. Mission, commission, submission—born into position or unquestioned order?
Cadavre exquis reveals the metamorphosis of social perception, rooted in surrealist praxis. To transcend constructed relations (relatio rationis) and return to nature. Back to relatio in natura.