Explore your world, and uncover hidden wonder.
Enact the ritual, and connect with deeper magic.
Engage other adventurers, and chart the new world you’ve made together.
Shrines
Adventure awaits, spring 2021
Enact the ritual, and connect with deeper magic.
Engage other adventurers, and chart the new world you’ve made together.
Shrines
Adventure awaits, spring 2021
Foreword
Shrines is a new interactive experience from The Arcanists, creators of the cult variety show The Tarot Reading. In Spring 2021, six curious, wondrous Shrines will appear throughout the region’s landscape.
Explorers seeking to visit a Shrine will find a Map to its location published for free online. Explorers will also find instructions for that Shrine’s unique Ritual, a ritual that they might perform themselves when they arrive.
Each Ritual connects the Explorer to the Shrine, and the magic unique to that Shrine’s location. Visitation is entirely free, all we ask in exchange is that Explorers document their journey with stories, art, music, photo or whatever medium they choose and publish their travelogues on social media for posterity.
Explorers seeking to visit a Shrine will find a Map to its location published for free online. Explorers will also find instructions for that Shrine’s unique Ritual, a ritual that they might perform themselves when they arrive.
Each Ritual connects the Explorer to the Shrine, and the magic unique to that Shrine’s location. Visitation is entirely free, all we ask in exchange is that Explorers document their journey with stories, art, music, photo or whatever medium they choose and publish their travelogues on social media for posterity.
Guidebook
Visitation | The complete calendar for Shrines hasn’t yet been finalized, but Shrines will be erected in Spring 2021, and available for visitation for 4-6 weeks. Each site may have unique hours of access, which will be published with the Maps and Rituals. Visitation is entirely free, there is no tithe.
COVID Safety | Shrines is designed to be COVID-safe. Locations will be predominantly out of doors, or in locations with adequate space and quality ventilation. Rituals are designed to be performed solo, but can also be performed in small groups. Masks covering the nose and mouth will be required of all visitors. In the event that Explorers should cross paths, enough space will be available to maintain both social distance and a sense of privacy during the ritual. Hand sanitizer will be provided, as will disinfectant, and Explorers will be asked to participate as custodians of the Shrine in visitation and be mindful of one another in solitude.
Accessibility | Shrines locations haven’t yet been finalized, but we will prioritize accessibility. The six sites will pepper the DC-MD-VA region, so look out for the one that’s closest to you. Each Shrine will be a complete, holistic experience in and of itself一don’t feel like you’re missing out if you can’t visit them all. While many Shrines may be out of doors, we will prioritize sites whose topography provides access for Explorers of many kinds. When the maps are published, each location will have a scouting report detailing things like on site travel distances, terrain, metro access and parking, and more. Shrines and Rituals will also be designed with access in mind, with alternative options for Ritual elements that might require things like manual dexterity, balance, etc. from Explorers.
COVID Safety | Shrines is designed to be COVID-safe. Locations will be predominantly out of doors, or in locations with adequate space and quality ventilation. Rituals are designed to be performed solo, but can also be performed in small groups. Masks covering the nose and mouth will be required of all visitors. In the event that Explorers should cross paths, enough space will be available to maintain both social distance and a sense of privacy during the ritual. Hand sanitizer will be provided, as will disinfectant, and Explorers will be asked to participate as custodians of the Shrine in visitation and be mindful of one another in solitude.
Accessibility | Shrines locations haven’t yet been finalized, but we will prioritize accessibility. The six sites will pepper the DC-MD-VA region, so look out for the one that’s closest to you. Each Shrine will be a complete, holistic experience in and of itself一don’t feel like you’re missing out if you can’t visit them all. While many Shrines may be out of doors, we will prioritize sites whose topography provides access for Explorers of many kinds. When the maps are published, each location will have a scouting report detailing things like on site travel distances, terrain, metro access and parking, and more. Shrines and Rituals will also be designed with access in mind, with alternative options for Ritual elements that might require things like manual dexterity, balance, etc. from Explorers.
Personae
Shrines was created by Deb Sivigny and Alan Katz. Deb Sivigny leads the Shrine design, and Alan Katz leads the Ritual design. The Shrines team includes Marshall Bradshaw, Cody Whitfield, and more to be announced. The team was assembled by Jon Jon Johnson. Quill Nebeker is the Executive Producer of The Arcanists.
Addendae
Acknowledgements | Shrines is made possible with support from Arlington Arts, and from the generous supporters of The Arcanists. If you value this sort of free, interactive and innovative experiences and want to support the work of the artists who create them, please consider a donation. Any amount makes a big difference.
Sponsor a Shrine | If you could be curious about what it would take to sponsor a Shrine or underwrite the Shrines project, please contact Quill at quill@thetarotreading.org to hear about the impact your support might provide. You can also send us a message on social.
Site Partnership | If you are a venue owner or location manager who would be interested in hosting a Shrine, or even if you simply have a suggestion for a location, please contact Quill at quill@thetarotreading.org about how we might form a partnership. You can also send us a message on social.
Tell Somebody | If you know someone who might be interested in either sponsorship or hosting a Shrine, please consider sharing this with them now! (Yes, like now! Please just send them a message, you never know what might happen!)
Sponsor a Shrine | If you could be curious about what it would take to sponsor a Shrine or underwrite the Shrines project, please contact Quill at quill@thetarotreading.org to hear about the impact your support might provide. You can also send us a message on social.
Site Partnership | If you are a venue owner or location manager who would be interested in hosting a Shrine, or even if you simply have a suggestion for a location, please contact Quill at quill@thetarotreading.org about how we might form a partnership. You can also send us a message on social.
Tell Somebody | If you know someone who might be interested in either sponsorship or hosting a Shrine, please consider sharing this with them now! (Yes, like now! Please just send them a message, you never know what might happen!)