Itinéraires Fantômes Oracle Deck, 2024

*Courtesy of X Artist Books and Alexandra Grant.*

The Itinéraires Fantômes Oracle Deck is a unique collaborative project created by artist Alexandra Grant in partnership with renowned writer Hélène Cixous. This limited edition deck, published in 2024, celebrates Cixous's work and coincides with an exhibition of the same name at the CAPC Musée d'art Contemporain de Bordeaux.

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.

*All 72 cards from the deck. Courtesy of X Artist Books and Alexandra Grant.*

Published in 2024

Edition of 500, 72 cards in a cardboard box.

Author & Artist: Alexandra Grant with Hélène Cixous
Contributors: 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 Darbutaitė, Tacita Dean, Edgar Fabián Frías, Jeffrey 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-Berger, Shinique Smith, Nancy Spero, Luc Tuymans, Unyimeabasi Udoh, Roger Viollet, and Anna Winger
Design: Unyimeabasi Udoh

As one of the contributors, Edgar Fabián Frías created two cards above for this deck: "L'étranger Redoutable" (The Formidable Stranger) and "La Non-Forme" (The Non-Form).

To learn more and to see all of the cards created for this deck, check out Edgar’s video below.