Games

Metaphysical Roulette

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Metaphysical Roulette is a game based on betting on beliefs (those appearing in previous Census).  A custom roulette table has been created for the purpose of the game. This game premiered at the Ventnor Fringe Festival in 2021 and is available for hire/performance.

Father Bob’s Travelling Salvation Show

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The show, performed at the Ventnor Fringe Festival, featured Revelation Tarot and the Book of Revelation – Zeussed, together with the display of the ‘Last Supper for Christianity.’

Court of Moral Ambiguity

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Each card contains a description of a morally ambigous act covering four categories (suites): home, money, leisure and work. The severity of the act increases with the value of the card. Once the three rounds of exchanging cards are finished the winner is declared as the player with the highest value cards remaining in their hands. 

Sins of the Mind

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Through the confessional for cognitive sins Prophette is offering absolution from modern sins in the form of cognitive bias. Both the website and the installation play with the idea of cognitive bias, to get people to admit to these biases and “absolve” them of their “sins”. The idea is to poke fun at this over-hyped area of discussion which reached an apex with the success of Daniel Kahneman’s Thinking, Fast and Slow.

Betfair Metaphysical

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Betfair Metaphysical (and the later incarnation The Data Gamble) was project that evolved out of the original Prophette and Shaman Metaphysical Bookmakers. Prophette and Shaman was a satirical street/festival performance piece. Although the exchange is now defunct the bets and outcomes can be viewed on the anonymous betting exchange Betmoose. Background All households in England … Betfair Metaphysical

Tarot for Fools

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Bob Prophette’s Tarot for Fools is based on the Book Narrenshiff by Sebastian Brant. A book first published in 1497, capturing the many ways we can display our foolishness. In Bob’s Tarot for Fools you are not led on a fool’s journey. You will not meet a Magician or a High Priestess, you will not emerge from the Hermit’s cave to feel you have understood the balance of life. You will not delude yourself by thinking you have understood anything or can really know anything. Instead, you will remain with the humility you were born with.

Metaphysical Lottery

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The Metaphysical Lottery was a spin off from Prophette and Shaman Metaphysical Bookmakers which featured in a number of summer festivals and was a feature of the How the Light Gets In festival – the Hay Literature festival’s Fringe music and philosophy off-shoot. The stand used a modified UK National Lottery stand and sinage, replacing … Metaphysical Lottery