INITIATIVE FOR PRACTICES AND VISIONS OF RADICAL CARE


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L’Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care, fondée en 2020 dans la région parisienne, est un groupe diversifié de praticien·nes des arts, de l’artisanat, des philosophies, des soins et de la thérapie, dont les membres sont issu·es d’horizons géographiques divers. Ni collectif classique, ni structure rigide, l’Initiative recherche et réinvente des modes d’institutionnalisme durables. Fondée sur des amitiés et des liens professionnels, elle fonctionne comme un écosystème et encourage l’interdépendance et la solidarité au-delà de l’identité. L’accent mis sur le care est mis en œuvre sous la forme d’un flux d’activités qui nourrissent des individus et soutiennent des liens sociaux, environnementaux et politiques, en se concentrant autant sur les processus et les méthodes que sur les résultats. Par le biais d’initiatives artistiques et curatoriales fluides, l’Initiative explore les langages, les énergies, les histoires, les paysages, les corps et les matériaux qui reflètent une relation non-extractive et sensible à l’humain et au non-humain

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Reading with Echo : On Generosity

AWARE, Villa Marie Vassilieff, 21 Avenue de Maine, 75015 Paris

June 26 and 27, 2025

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On the invitation by AWARE: Archives of Women Artists, Research & Exhibitions, Initiative for Practices and Visions of Radical Care imagined “Care as Methodology”, a series of events that aim to practice and reflect collectively on intersections of care and art. For the fourth and last event of this series, Valentina Desideri and Denise Ferreira da Silva presented their project Reading with Echo: On Generosity, a session that invited participants into a shared inquiry around care, tarot, and the poethics of generosity.

Rooted in their unique approach to reading, this deck emerges from poethical interpretations of poetry — especially the work of Ai Ogawa — and takes shape through tarot spreads, Reiki sessions, and intuitive inquiry. Rather than reimagining the Tarot in its conventional form, the Echo Tarot reconfigures its ethical foundations. It departs from the classical, linear arc of self-actualization — epitomized in traditional decks by the figure of the Magician — and instead proposes a layered, complex composition of meaning.

In this deck, the Empress becomes Generosity : not a static archetype, but a force that acknowledges existence as ongoing re- and de-composition. Meaning is not tethered to a single purpose or final outcome, but resides in the infinite — the continuous unfolding of what comes into and out of space and time.

To expand this exploration, Valentina and Denise invited participants to join a collective study of the Empress — and the image of Generosity she evokes.

This event is produced in collaboration with visual artist Petra Bauer, initiator of Feminism Art Maintenance (F.A.M).

Photo credits : Tawfiq Sediqi