MARITA LIULIA TAROT

Today’s witches use technology!

Marita Liulia Tarot is a combination of art & culture, entertainment and technology. Tarot is a playful communication system based on 78 symbolic cards and their interpretations. The cards present the main events of human life from birth to death. The cards are organized into tables, each dealing with a specific issue. The aim of this game is to better understand oneself and others. Marita Liulia has brought the 600-year-old Tarot game to the present, to our styles, our visual world and naturally to our communication systems.
Language versions: Finnish, Swedish, English, Italian, French.

Tarot family includes:
- exhibition, 78 original photos and interactive multimedia
- Tarot package, printed cards and Tarot Manual
- www.maritaliuliatarot.com
- mobile phone versions

“Self-composed and highly skilled Liulia is nonetheless passionately interested in human beings and possesses a strong sense of beauty. She is a multi person.”
Asahi Shimbun, Japan

“These Tarots are born from an allience of ancient suggestions and new technologies...”
La Repubblica, Italy

“The creativity and imagination of the Finnish artist are always present in this reinterpretation...” Il Giornale D´Italia

Marita Liulia is a visual artist and pioneer of multimedia. Maire (1994) was one of the first artworks published in cd-rom format. Ambitious Bitch, a humorous cd-rom about femininity (1996) was her international breakthrough. SOB (Son of a Bitch), a cd-rom about men and masculinity, followed in 1999. Tarot was first published for mobile phones in 2000. Liulia’s works are translated into several languages.

Liulia also works on stage, performing both on her own and in collaboration
with dancer/choreographer Tero Saarinen and musician/composer Kimmo
Pohjonen.

Liulia has received numerous awards, including Prix Möbius International, Prix Ars Electronica and Finland Prize. She founded Medeia in 1997 and Prix
Möbius Nordica in 2001.

More information: www.medeia.com, www.maritaliuliatarot.com