Hervé Constant, Tarot Cultures, 11-13 June 2026, Goldsmiths, University of London
11 - 14 JUN 2026
Goldsmiths, University of London
| A three-day interdisciplinary conference, Tarot Cultures, is co-organised by the Decadence, Magic(k), and Occult Network and the Magic Network at Goldsmiths.
Tarot Cultures celebrates the tarot as living art – an instrument of intuition, design, and excess. Neither museum piece nor mystical novelty, the tarot is a space of speculation: a design object, a creative method, and a mirror for contemporary identity. |
| In an age when the future feels uncertain and the self is digitally mediated, the tarot is being reimagined. Today it circulates as a tool for self-understanding as well as fortune-telling and magical practice, a resource for creative blocks and new paths as well as predictions. Artists, designers, and researchers are using the deck to unlock visual modes, remix archetypes, and project collective imaginaries – from meme-friendly decks to works that map the scientific method onto the arcana. This is not a return to mysticism, but an exploration of practice: tarot as a technology of imagination, critique, and connection.
This interdisciplinary conference brings together artists, scholars, and practitioners to consider how tarot circulates through today’s visual, digital, and performative cultures. Across three days of panels, readings, screenings, and workshops, we ask what tarot does – as a design method, a storytelling system, a collaborative speculation, and a system of meaning designed for the now. |