David Apakidze

After the Last
2021

The structure of the Major Arcana of the Tarot is really a projection of the cosmos, depicting Eurocentric notions of the universe for us. Each arcana creates a separate world, which, despite its high spirituality, is still arranged rationally. Major Arcana tells us about one soul’s journey through different stages, developing as they progress and coming back to the very beginning as a culmination.

After the Last is a post-apocalyptic vision of the Tarot world; the timeline of the soul’s development will still exist here and in the same stages, but the eternal balance of these stages will be disturbed, indicating the collapse of the Tarot as an “encyclopedia” of European consciousness. It is an animation in which all the Major Arcana, gathered in one space, present my personal model of the cosmos, fighting the Western consciousness at its core and admiring it simultaneously.

Thank you: Nata Sopromadze, Tamaz Jobava, Gvanca Jishkariani, Godera, Levan Shanshiashvili, Aka Prodiashvili, Levau Shvelidze, Lado Bokuchava, George Keburia, Uta Bekaia, Keto Chantadze, Ucha Darcey, Lenka Tsitsishvili, Ana Kipiani, Lasha Kabanashvili, Mariko Chanturia, Matt Shally, Lile Qaldani, Mery Mamukashvili, Hitori Ni, Luka Bitchikashvili, Tina Atami, Kety Mangoshvili, Etuna Machavariani, Luka Ashley, Ana Kaishauri, Tornike Davituliani, Tato Londaride.