Bohain Tarot

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About the Show

Bohain Tarot is a one-on-one performance thesis project created for the Master of Experimentation in Arts and Sciences program at The Paris Institute of Political Studes (SciencesPo). The project is the culmination of an eight month anthropological study of the urban identity of the deindustrialised town of Bohain-en-Vermandois in France's Picardie region.

Taking stories and symbols collected from the town's history and architecture, Bohain Tarot uses a deck of originally-designed "Tarot"-like cards to question the past, present and future of the town's reputation and identity. The project created hundreds of opportunities for intimate, personal exchanges as both performer and audience member worked to create a narrative of the town's past and a (usually satirical) prediction of its future. Bohain Tarot was performed over several weeks in dozens of locations around Bohain, including in homes, farmer's markets, festivals and more.

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A man and woman sit at a desk facing each other. We assume they are looking at a deck of cards because a screen next to them is seemingly broadcasting the desk surface from above.
An old brick roof dramatically and geometrically contrasted by the perfect blue sky behind.
Old broken down, European brick buildings on the corner of an empty street.
A man sits a table with a blue starry tablecloth, seemingly giving a tarot reading to two women and two young girls who stare down at the cards.
A man's hands on a blue starry tablecloth, next to a series of enigmatic images on tarot-like cards.
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Cast & Creative

  • Created and performed by Griffin McInnes
  • Collaborators: Milena Kartowski, Jim O'Hagan
  • Graphic Design: Erika Ratti

Supporters & Partners

Sciences Po
Bohain En Vermandois