Itinéraires Fantômes: Oracle Deck

Itinéraires Fantômes is an oracle deck created by Alexandra Grant with Hélène Cixous in celebration of Hélène’s work. The Itinéraires Fantômes deck consists of 72 cards in six categories: animots, creatures, and entities that include Those from Below, Those from Above, Those Who Fly/Steal, who travel via Portals, manipulate Messages and Symbols, and have Superpowers. The cards are accompanied by a booklet in English and French.

The images on the Itinéraires Fantômes cards come from family, friends, and artists who have been inspired by and inspired Hélène’s writing. Artists include: Adel Abdessemed, Pierre Alechinsky, Sara Barker, Gabrielle Berger, Louise Bourgeois, Leonardo Bravo, Maria Bussmann, Sarah Cain, Lewis Carroll, Bertrand Charneau, Maria Chevska, Michael Kennedy Costa, Laura Darbutaite, Tacita Dean, Edgar Fabián Frías, Je Gibson, Francisco Goya, Alexandra Grant, Mathew Hale, Simon Hantaï, Johanna Hedva, Roni Horn, Victor Hugo, Hanna Hur, Franz Kafka, YeRin Kim, Lynn Marie Kirby, Jean-Jacques Lemêtre, Colin Lemoine, Laure Prouvost, Elsa Prudent, Addy Rabinovitch, Keanu Reeves, Cindy Rehm, Saranya Siegel-Berg-er, Shinique Smith, Nancy Spero, Luc Tuymans, Unyimeabasi Udoh, Roger Viollet, Anna Winger.

Itinéraires Fantômes is organized in conjunction with the exhibition Itinéraires Fantômes at the CAPC Bordeaux, 2024, curated by Marion Vasseur Raluy and Ana Iwataki. Published as part of X Projects by X Artists’ Books, Los Angeles, CA.