Collaborators
Dr. Anna Smith has studied and collected tarot for nearly 30 years, reading informally for friends and family while lecturing on its history and connecting with an international community of tarotists. Collaborating on Four Worlds Tarot has expanded her role, offering new ways to engage audiences at contemporary art events. Anna sees this project as an opportunity to explore how archetypes persist and transform through artistic interpretation.
Alice Bonifant, a longtime collaborator in designing Julia’s art publications, is particularly interested in the boundaries of artworks and their documentation. She sees the tarot deck as both an artwork and an art publication—one that extends Julia’s practice into a tool for further narratives and deeper audience engagement.
Harriette Herlund, a designer and tarot reader, completed her BFA (Hons) at Ilam in 2022, researching how tarot can guide the design process. Her practice challenges traditional design conventions by using tarot as a tool for deeper questioning and collaborative decision-making. For Four Worlds Tarot, she has helped shape the design of the deck and reading events while also exploring how tarot can guide the collective’s working process.
Emily Gardener Projects
Jonathan Smart Gallery Ōtautahi Christchurch.
Knight Associates is a Tāmaki-based design studio recognised for its honest, tactile approach to architecture, interiors, and experiential briefs, creating spaces with a focus on craftsmanship and material integrity.
John Christoffels, cinematographer, produced the film of Anna Smith dealing the cards.
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