Sparked by algorithmic applications, new rituals—‘culturally patterned behaviours’— act as normalisation processes for societies and individuals alike. Computer scientist and performing artist Diana Serbanescu, speculative designer Régis Lemberthe, physical theatre performer Kate Ryan and sound artist Body Fool propose an intervention to creatively anticipate future codes.

Participants are invited to take part in a social experiment—interactive exercises to ritualise human-machine collaboration, to highlight the algorithmic nature of rituals, and to devise a minimal compositional piece based on modern routines viewed from different vantage points:
    - act code as a ritual: poetic and aesthetic qualities of the instrumental procedure;  
    - write code for a ritual: efficiency of routines and automatised behaviour;
    - iterations and rhythms: creating meaning through repetition;
    - collective ritual: mutual understanding and universal codes. 

In the second part, REPLICA's approach to creative anticipation in performing arts is presented, followed by a conversation on the topic, through which we aim to reflect on the conjunction of algorithms and rituals, emphasising points of causality and reinforcement. What happens when instincts adapt to machines; when artificial intelligences become cultural artefacts; how do algorithms monitor the social computer. We are interested in answering these questions in the socio-political context of our time, following a few key points: