The Fortune Cookie Cart

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The Fortune Cookie Cart

Receive a fortune cookie — with a twist.

The Fortune Cookie Cart invites anyone passing by to receive a fortune cookie. The twist? These cookies aren’t edible - instead, they’re origami - and instead of containing a prediction of the future, they contain a stranger’s reflection of the past, based on a series of rotating provocations (e.g. ‘What advice would you give your 13-year-old self?’

Anybody who discovers The Fortune Cookie Cart will be able to receive a fortune cookie: all they need to do is write one of their own.

Created by Rosabel Tan and Micheal McCabe, the cart has travelled extensively across Tāmaki Makaurau and beyond, facilitating more than 10,000 exchanges. 

Select Presentations

Queen St Christmas
20 Dec 2018

Te Papa
21 Sep 2018

Arts Out East
12 May 2018

New Lynn Memorial Square
21 Apr 2018

Auckland International Cultural Festival
8 Apr 2018

Heart of Te Atatu South Festival
17 Mar 2018

Kōkako Summer Fair
10 Mar 2018

Cultural Festival
25 Nov 2017

Ponsonby Market Day
16 Sep 2017

New Zealand International Film Festival
31 Jul — 2 Aug 2017

Auckland Zine Fest
30 Jul 2017


To enquire about commissioning this work, please contact Rosabel Tan at rosabel@satellites.co.nz

Photos by Julie Zhu.