Hide Until Done
Cover each part as it is made; uncover at the end; change nothing after.
A drawing folded four times, opened once.
Seen in Cadavre exquis, Paris, 1925
Try it on your work
Make a collage in three layers, covering each layer with plain paper before you make the next. Lift all the covers together when the third is done. Stop there; glue nothing more.
Two people write one paragraph between them. Each writes a sentence, folds it out of sight leaving the last word showing, and passes the paper. Unfold after eight sentences and read it aloud unchanged.
A group ranks five proposals with the authors' names in sealed envelopes. Open the envelopes only when the ranking is written down. Stop there; the ranking stands.
How it has been used
Keep part of the work covered while the rest is made, and uncover it at a point fixed in advance: the folded drawing opened at the end, the name in a sealed envelope opened after the judging, the brief read only once the sketches are done. The move forbids peeking, and forbids changing anything once the cover is off.
Where it leads
Grouped under Take something out of view for now