recompose 2021 – onwards, is a tarot reading led by artist Caitlin Franzmann. By engaging with a deck of hand drawn divination cards, audiences are invited to attune to the understory of a forest, its leaf litter, humus, microbes, and symbiotic entanglements as analogies for personal and collective guidance. Learning from decay and regeneration, Franzmann draws our attention to nature’s great ‘decomposers’ — the fungi, bacteria, earthworms and insects which play a critical role in the metabolism of ecosystem health and nature’s carbon cycles.
Book to join Caitlin for a reading, each experience is unique and guided by the artist.
This work is presented as part of These Entanglements: Ecology After Nature.
This is a free participatory experience and places are limited. If you can no longer attend, please let us know so that we can offer someone else the opportunity.
Dates available:
- 10:15am – 10:40am, Sat 1 March 2025
- 10:45am – 11:10am, Sat 1 March 2025
- 11:15am – 11:40am, Sat 1 March 2025
- 11:45am – 12:10am, Sat 1 March 2025
- More dates in April and June
recompose (2021 - onwards) tarot card decks are available for purchase at UQ Art Museum RRP $70 AUD.
Caitlin Franzmann is a Brisbane based artist who works with installation, sound, performance, and community-based projects. In reaction to the fast pace and sensory overstimulation of contemporary urban life, she encourages people to slow down and pay closer attention to their surroundings and interactions with nature. By creating thoughtful and engaging experiences in galleries and public spaces, she fosters conversation and reflection on local histories, ecosystems, and environmental issues.
Image: recompose 2021, conversation, divination cards, interactive website. A part of Final Call exhibition, Mossy Log Garden, Maroochy Regional Bushland Botanic Gardens, Horizon Festival 2021. Photography: Timothy Birch
About BLOCK PARTY
You're invited to UQ Arts BLOCK PARTY, 10am — 4pm SAT 1 MARCH!
Join the UQ St Lucia Museums for a FREE community day, art, workshops, performances, tours, learning, heritage, food and more! Enjoy exclusive openings at four of UQ St Lucia's Museums, all day food trucks and drawing on the Art Museum Lawn, free workshops, tours and talks across the Museums, and exclusive performances by artist Alicia Frankovich and Nunukul Yuggera.
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