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Cards

Paper, Acrylic paint, box
56 cards, 6.5 x 13 cm
2017

Inspired by cartomancy but created with the desire to invent a system that wasn’t based on narrative or linguistic structures, these divination cards focus on color and subjectivity. Not only does the diviner need to decode color relationships, they must also invent the layout structure. The result is a reading that is less interpreted than felt or intuited. 

Diagrams

A series of diagrams showing mathematical probabilities/outcomes.

I began experimenting with games because I was intrigued by their potential to challenge traditionally structured social relationships in a hands-on interactive way. Unlike traditional games that are typically competitive zero-sum situations, my goal is to create inherently synergistic and altruistic parameters. Providing cooperative rule-based structures encourages participants to think critically about embedded value systems through active participation instead of passive contemplation. 

Mariah Dekkenga

Mariah Dekkenga