R:OSARIUM(: 
prayers and digital rosaries 

WORKSHOP

Time 3H

The workshop investigates liturgical ritual language in a digital key, as a vector of communication between different generations. Prayer is always a positive text, aimed at generating a deep connection between people, or between people and the divine.
In this workshop, everyone develops a whatsapp message starting from the analysis of the rosary. After choosing to whom to address the message, each participant will write their own rosary. The text follows typical message chat language: use of emoji, stickers, links, etc. As in the rosary, a necklace of beads is used to guide the prayers, so each participant can construct their own. Beads with overwritten letters will be used. In this way, one can compose one's own necklace with phrases and words from one's own digital prayer.


The workshop consists of two phases:

1. Writing one's digital prayer

In this first part, each participant chooses a person to whom to address a prayer. Following the structure of the rosary, a message is written in the project's WhatsApp channel chat. Each sentence is written using typical digital messaging language, i.e. including emoji, stickers and links.

2. Making the rosary

Each participant has to choose the most significant words or phrases. They will be given a series of spherical beads with engraved letters, various kinds of charms, smile beads etc. In this second part everyone makes their own rosary-necklace.


It concludes with a collective prayer in which each person recites their own prayer by saying their rosary beads.

credit
Pic from Bardo projektraum space, Berlin