# garme spotlight on the official rituals > you won't listen to any more sound advice. you won't ask for any remedies. you will go your own way you will look to the trees the water the stones the sky your face the clouds the ceiling the void > ~ georges perec a man asleep in which an abstract encounter called rituals evokes several other intersecting narrative possibilities (let's hope the dev makes it modifiable) // video here note how the (forever unnamed silent and faceless) protagonist of the official not only wakes up from but also into a dream - someone else's air conditioned nightmare a signpost of / for our contemporary alienation (o.c.a) the ongoing catastrophe of postmodernism one is reminded of uncle tati in "playtime" // video here a documentary about the bonaventure hotel also spring to/as mind // video here consider also the architecture of tadao ando / 1950's conceptions of good taste **update patch** a walkthrough of rituals // video here 'naturally' j.g. ballard plays ir part on this this strange stage what's missing in all these memories and experiences seems to be people - as though these are fully automatic systems of aesthetic engagement already operating far outside the human sphere without knowledge or concern of or for us // republic of bob