Tarot Cultures
What does tarot do for you?
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12-13 June 2026
COLAB Tower
(c) Stacey Williams-Ng, Rhythm & Soul Tarot (2024)
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 sold out, interdisciplinary conference brought 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 asked what tarot does – as a design method, a storytelling system, a collaborative speculation, and a system of meaning designed for the now.
Visit our instagram @TarotCultures to see images from the event.
***** Online Exhibition Catalogue ******
***** Revised Programme (12-13 June) *****
***** Abstracts and Biographies *****
Venue Update
Due to indefinite strike action at Goldsmiths, University of London, Tarot Cultures took place at COLAB Tower, an immersive arts venue near London Bridge.
All events continued as planned, including panels, workshops, the exhibition, and “Meet the Deck”. The venue’s creative and experimental character made it a fitting new home for the conference.
We are very grateful to our friends at COLAB Theatre for their generous support in hosting us at short notice and helping ensure the event could go ahead.
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Co-organised by the Decadence, Magic(k), and Occult Network and the Magic Network at Goldsmiths.
With thanks to the Decadence Research Centre and BADS.