Round Robin Workshop

Round Robin (20 pts.)

Each student will collaborate on a series of five ‘tiny stories.’ By ‘tiny story’, I mean a narrative (with something that might resemble a beginning, middle and end) of less than 30 words, accompanied by an illustration (drawn, photographed, computer generated, etc.). By ‘collaborate,’ I mean that each student will complete the series’ 1st tiny story, forward it to a second (pre-determined) student, who will complete the 2nd tiny story in the series, who will then forward that 2nd story (NOT 1 & 2) to a third (pre- determined) student who will continue the process until each student has contributed 5 tiny stories, each to a different series. Then we’ll see how they turn out. Artist statements should include a discussion of how form and content, narrative and theme, individual story and series correlate and compliment each other. 

Speaking of narratives formed from a disconnected image,

Here's a thing I found called "Two Monks Inventing Things"




MONK #1: ok i KNOW i can do this
MONK #2: you definitely can
this one’s a freebie
it’s just other monks
think about what we look like and draw it
MONK #1: ahhh i want to peek but i feel like thats cheating
i honestly cant remember if we have shoulders and chests rn

MONK #2: give it your best guess

MONK #1: what do birds eat
MONK #2: other birds mostly
MONK #1: like different kinds of birds, or something else
MONK #2: no birds only eat exactly the same kind of birds that they are



MONK #1: how many people would you guess fit in a church
MONK #2: like at a time?

MONK #1: one, probably?

MONK #2: yeah probably one, or almost one but not quite

MONK #1: how tall are most women
MONK #2: tower sized but normal heads
MONK #1: cool thank you
MONK #2: here to help
MONK #1: ooh while i have you though
most dogs look –
MONK #2: emotionally destroyed
MONK #1: got it, ty

MONK #1: so when a dog and a bird make out
MONK #2: right
MONK #1: it’s usually the bird that’s on top
right?
MONK #2: yeah
usually
MONK #1: great

Here's another thing:

"Exquisite Corpse Party Game"

Requirements: Paper, Writing Stick, Friends

• Get a piece of paper.
• Everyone write a tiny story or narrative on their paper.
• Pass it to the next person, who will draw an image based on the tiny story the person before wrote.
• Fold the paper, so the original story cannot be seen by the next person.
• Pass the paper.
• The next person writes a tiny story based on the image (but not the first story).
• Continue until everyone has gone.

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