The exhibition “Rituales Tecnológicos II” (Technological Rituals II) at the Palace of Liberty invites reflection on the persistence of ritual in an environment saturated with devices, interfaces, and algorithmic logic. Far from positing a simple opposition between the ancestral and the technological, the exhibition suggests a continuity: contemporary systems have not abolished ritual, but rather have reconfigured it.

What becomes evident throughout the exhibition is a concern with repetition, codification, and embodied interaction. Technology here is not presented merely as a tool, but as a structuring force that shapes gestures, temporalities, and modes of attention. In this sense, the works resonate with theoretical frameworks that understand ritual as a system of regulated actions producing meaning through iteration, one might think of anthropological readings from Victor Turner or more recent media theory approaches.

Rather than offering spectacular or immersive effects for their own sake, the exhibition tends to privilege a slower, more reflective engagement. Interfaces appear, but often stripped of their promise of seamlessness. What emerges instead is friction: delays, glitches, or loops that insist on the user’s awareness of their own participation. This is where the notion of “ritual” becomes most compelling, not as a nostalgic return to pre-modern forms, but as a way to understand how contemporary subjects are trained, disciplined, and synchronized with technological systems.