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Tomorrow
Tomorrow
Prague
Prague
CIDR is a speculative institution that collects, categorises, and exhibits digital rituals: the everyday gestures, compulsions, and symbolic acts that emerge from living with digital technology.
Our aim is to recontextualize digital rituals, reveal the cracks between what platforms design and what users actually do and unmask ritualistic behavior.
CIDR is a speculative institution that collects, categorises, and exhibits digital rituals: the everyday gestures, compulsions, and symbolic acts that emerge from living with digital technology.
Our aim is to recontextualize digital rituals, reveal the cracks between what platforms design and what users actually do and unmask ritualistic behavior.
CIDR is a speculative institution that collects, categorises, and exhibits digital rituals: the everyday gestures, compulsions, and symbolic acts that emerge from living with digital technology.
Our aim is to recontextualize digital rituals, reveal the cracks between what platforms design and what users actually do and unmask ritualistic behavior.
CIDR is a speculative institution that collects, categorises, and exhibits digital rituals: the everyday gestures, compulsions, and symbolic acts that emerge from living with digital technology.
Our aim is to recontextualize digital rituals, reveal the cracks between what platforms design and what users actually do and unmask ritualistic behavior.
Collection
Collection
The archive now holds 9 entries. Each is a ritual that was never intended, a scroll that became a prayer, a notification that became an obligation, a loader that became a test of patience. The collection grows because digital life does not stop producing new ones.
The archive now holds 9 entries. Each is a ritual that was never intended, a scroll that became a prayer, a notification that became an obligation, a loader that became a test of patience. The collection grows because digital life does not stop producing new ones.
The archive now holds 9 entries. Each is a ritual that was never intended, a scroll that became a prayer, a notification that became an obligation, a loader that became a test of patience. The collection grows because digital life does not stop producing new ones.
What is
a digital ritual?
A digital ritual is what happens when a designed digital action — scrolling, swiping, checking notifications — takes on personal meaning for the user. It starts as something a designer built into an interface, but becomes a ritual when the user repeats it for their own reasons, with their own emotional experience attached to it.
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001-PHO-Monolith
007-S-Group
002-WA-Thought
006-F-Remember
003-PHO-Ring
008-F-Mirror
004-VE-Loader
009-WID-Counter
005-WID-Sunset
Archive entries
The archive now holds 9 entries. Each is a ritual that was never intended, a scroll that became a prayer, a notification that became an obligation, a loader that became a test of patience. The collection grows because digital life does not stop producing new ones.
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001-PHO-Monolith
007-S-Group
002-WA-Thought
008-F-Remember
003-PHO-Ring
009-F-Mirror
004-VE-Loader
010-WID-Counter
005-WID-Sunset
001-CA-Monolith
33 hours
12 minutes
Specifications
Condition
Passing Time
Person scrolling through a social media feed — alone, often without intention, at any time of day
Action
Thumb Slide Up
– Thumb moving upward in a rhythmic loop
– Occasional pauses on content
– No defined endpoint or goal
Artefact
Screen
– Infinite feed of images, videos, text
– The thumb — the only active agent
– Content made by others for an unknown audience
Feedback
Dissociation
– Possible relief, possible hollow feeling afterwards
– You give yourself without receiving an answer
– Prayer inverted: feedback arrives unasked-for
– Disengagement from self — passage of time unnoticed
Specifications
Sádra, 15×7×110cm
001-CA-Monolith
33 hours
12 minutes
Specifications
Condition
Passing Time
Person scrolling through a social media feed — alone, often without intention, at any time of day
Action
Thumb Slide Up
– Thumb moving upward in a rhythmic loop
– Occasional pauses on content
– No defined endpoint or goal
Artefact
Screen
– Infinite feed of images, videos, text
– The thumb — the only active agent
– Content made by others for an unknown audience
Feedback
Dissociation
– Possible relief, possible hollow feeling afterwards
– You give yourself without receiving an answer
– Prayer inverted: feedback arrives unasked-for
– Disengagement from self — passage of time unnoticed
Specifications
3D printed hollow iPhone, 15×7×110cm
001-CA-Monolith
33 hours
12 minutes
Specifications
Condition
Passing Time
Person scrolling through a social media feed — alone, often without intention, at any time of day
Action
Thumb Slide Up
– Thumb moving upward in a rhythmic loop
– Occasional pauses on content
– No defined endpoint or goal
Artefact
Screen
– Infinite feed of images, videos, text
– The thumb — the only active agent
– Content made by others for an unknown audience
Feedback
Dissociation
– Possible relief, possible hollow feeling afterwards
– You give yourself without receiving an answer
– Prayer inverted: feedback arrives unasked-for
– Disengagement from self — passage of time unnoticed
Specifications
3D printed hollow iPhone, 15×7×110cm
005-WID-Sunset
Sunset
Specifications
Condition
Putting device down
A person in the evening before bed, closes applications, laptop's screen or switching off their PC. Usually nowadays leaving themselves the way to check back again soon.
Action
Hand movement
– A hand pressing switch of button or lock button on their device
– Sharp Inhale and Exhale
– Swiping the app up
– Moving the laptop on it's place
Artefact
Black screen
– Reflection of the day's end
– Loud locking sound
– The back of the device
– The silence
Feedback
Reliefe
– An urge to check again
– Marker of the day's end
Specifications
Widget for smartphone
Predicts when you are going to see the most beautiful and such needed Next Sunset
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009–F–Mirror
That's not
news for me
Specifications
Condition
Midday
Person opening a news page in the middle of the work day
Action
Eye movement
– Eye movement
– Occasional pauses on content
– Scroll lenth
Artefact
Ad banner
– News headlines
– Scrolling wheel
– Decision
Feedback
Reflection
– Expression of surprise
– Lack of interest on certain topics
– Knowing why the person got this advertisement
– Disengagement from real word
Specifications
News Web page 1920x1080
005-WID-Sunset
Sunset
Specifications
Condition
Putting device down
A person in the evening before bed, closes applications, laptop's screen or switching off their PC. Usually nowadays leaving themselves the way to check back again soon.
Action
Hand movement
– A hand pressing switch of button or lock button on their device
– Sharp Inhale and Exhale
– Swiping the app up
– Moving the laptop on it's place
Artefact
Black screen
– Reflection of the day's end
– Loud locking sound
– The back of the device
– The silence
Feedback
Reliefe
– An urge to check again
– Marker of the day's end
Specifications
Widget for smartphone
Predicts when you are going to see the most beautiful and such needed Next Sunset
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009–F–Mirror
That's not
news for me
Specifications
Condition
Midday
Person opening a news page in the middle of the work day
Action
Eye movement
– Eye movement
– Occasional pauses on content
– Scroll lenth
Artefact
Ad banner
– News headlines
– Scrolling wheel
– Decision
Feedback
Reflection
– Expression of surprise
– Lack of interest on certain topics
– Knowing why the person got this advertisement
– Disengagement from real word
Specifications
News Web page 1920x1080
009–F–Mirror
That's not
news for me
Specifications
Condition
Midday
Person opening a news page in the middle of the work day
Action
Eye movement
– Eye movement
– Occasional pauses on content
– Scroll lenth
Artefact
Ad banner
– News headlines
– Scrolling wheel
– Decision
Feedback
Reflection
– Expression of surprise
– Lack of interest on certain topics
– Knowing why the person got this advertisement
– Disengagement from real word
News Web page 1920x1080
Specifications
What is a digital ritual?
A digital ritual is what happens when a designed digital action — scrolling, swiping, checking notifications — takes on personal meaning for the user. It starts as something a designer built into an interface, but becomes a ritual when the user repeats it for their own reasons, with their own emotional experience attached to it.
009–F–Mirror
That's not
news for me
Specifications
Condition
Midday
Person opening a news page in the middle of the work day
Action
Eye movement
– Eye movement
– Occasional pauses on content
– Scroll lenth
Artefact
Ad banner
– News headlines
– Scrolling wheel
– Decision
Feedback
Reflection
– Expression of surprise
– Lack of interest on certain topics
– Knowing why the person got this advertisement
– Disengagement from real word
Specifications
News Web page 1920x1080
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Draw your
ritual
Condition
Artefact
Action
Feedback
009–F–Mirror
That's not
news for me
Specifications
Condition
Midday
Person opening a news page in the middle of the work day
Action
Eye movement
– Eye movement
– Occasional pauses on content
– Scroll lenth
Artefact
Ad banner
– News headlines
– Scrolling wheel
– Decision
Feedback
Reflection
– Expression of surprise
– Lack of interest on certain topics
– Knowing why the person got this advertisement
– Disengagement from real word
Specifications
News Web page 1920x1080
Collection
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Archive entries
The archive now holds 9 entries. Each is a ritual that was never intended, a scroll that became a prayer, a notification that became an obligation, a loader that became a test of patience. The collection grows because digital life does not stop producing new ones.
Archive entries
The archive now holds 9 entries. Each is a ritual that was never intended, a scroll that became a prayer, a notification that became an obligation, a loader that became a test of patience. The collection grows because digital life does not stop producing new ones.
2631
care institute
of digital rituals
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Objects
Some rituals have been materialised. The objects in the exhibition are speculative hypotheses: physical forms of things that usually felt through a screen.
PHO – Physical Object
WA – Web App
VE – Video Experience
WID – Widget
S – Situation
F – Feature
2631
care institute
of digital rituals
Sit porta id ornare tincidunt enim sit diam. Ut tristique pellentesque ut aliquam enim non leo urna. Posuere elementum integer faucibus volutpat vitae libero aliquam orci duis.
Objects
Some rituals have been materialised.
The objects in the exhibition are speculative hypotheses: physical forms of things that usually felt through a screen.
PHO – Physical Object
WA – Web App
VE – Video Experience
WID – Widget
S – Situation
F – Feature
Objects
Some rituals have been materialised.
The objects in the exhibition are speculative hypotheses: physical forms of things that usually felt through a screen.
PHO – Physical Object
WA – Web App
VE – Video Experience
WID – Widget
S – Situation
F – Feature
Objects
Some rituals have been materialised.
The objects in the exhibition are speculative hypotheses: physical forms of things that usually felt through a screen.
PHO – Physical Object
WA – Web App
VE – Video Experience
WID – Widget
S – Situation
F – Feature