I’ve been seeing this deck around and after finally hunting down the press release, I have to share it. Because it’s fucking amazing. I’ve quoted some paragraphs below from the press release but here’s the full article if you want to read it from A Bad Witch.
The Ghetto Tarot is a photographic interpretation of the traditional tarot deck in the ghetto. The scenes are inspired by the very ancient, European Rider Waite Tarot deck and are replicated together with a group of Haitian artists called Atis Rezistans (resistant artists) in the Haitian slums using only material we were able to find or create locally.Â
Sounds badass right? Beautiful art and supports Haitian artists? Sign me up. Oh, wait. Does the deck’s name make you angry? Good. It’s suppose to.
Our idea behind choosing the term “Ghetto” as a name for the deck, is to provoke a discussion around the topic, to have people question their own assumptions about what the ghetto really is and to change the often negative connotation that the word implies in our culture into a positive one. The name of the Ghetto Tarot is inspired by the “Ghetto Biennale”, which is an invitation by Atis Rezistans to visiting Western and non-Western artists to come to Haiti and create art in collaboration with them to produce a show at the end. Atis Rezistans use trash to create art with their own visions that are a reflection of the beauty they see hidden within the waste.
Our intention is not a glorification of the life in the Ghetto, but to feature the Haitian Ghetto and poverty in general in another light. I have observed over and over again that those, who the world calls “the poor”, are full of strength, full of life, joy and creativity. I believe we need more people in this world to start looking at them that way and stop seeing them as victims of a deserted and hopeless situation. A desirable consequence of this imagined situation is a reintegration of the lost self-trust into their own original ideas.
Yeah. This is definitely something we, as tarot readers, should get behind. Not only will this deck be amazing (because look at those images!) but the vibrancy and passion these artists and actors are putting in their work will give this deck a unique energy and power that really will stand out as images and a deck.
The deck’s already funded (and was funded in 24 hours!) but only 400 of the first editions are being printed so snap them up if you’re interested as they’re going very quickly. Remember to add in the price of shipping if you’re not in Europe.
Go here to give your support! http://igg.me/at/ghettotarot/x/162441
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