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 these cards come from family, friends, and artists who have been inspired by Hélène Cixous' writing. Artists include:
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, Anna Winger.
Alexandra Grant (born 1973 in Fairview Park, Ohio, lives and works in Los Angeles) is an American artist who uses language, literature, and exchanges with writers as the basis for her work in painting, drawing, sculpture, and photography. She is a founding member, with
Keanu Reeves, of
X Artists' Books.
Hélène Cixous (born 1937 in Oran) is a French writer, writer, playwright, poet, literary critic, philosopher and teacher. A leading figure in feminism, is the author of a major body of work comprising almost seventy works of fiction and essays.
