EXPERIENCES

Experience Map

How the design system manifests in each RI experience. Every project mapped to the Ritual Pattern, component usage, and visual references.

Du Bois Does Data: VR Cave Gallery

FIRE & VOIDDEPLOYED

RITUAL PATTERN

Enter circular gallery (threshold) → 10 stations in sequence → Du Bois data plates (witness) → "Correct the Record" layer (transformation) → Identity Card (return)

COMPONENTS

ParticleField (ambient)Spatial audio (proximity narration)Du Bois data platesScholar debate mode

REFERENCES

pretext.js (3D text)Wattenberger (data viz)Particle Geometry (ambient)

Douglass July 4th

FIRE & VOIDFEATURE-COMPLETE

RITUAL PATTERN

Corinthian Hall (threshold/container) → 7 scenes in sequence → Coffle + fire-text (witness/transformation) → Jubilee dawn (return)

COMPONENTS

FireTextParticleFieldDissolveTransitionCustom GLSL shaders (fire.glsl, dissolve.glsl)Spatial audio

REFERENCES

Efecto (face aging dissolve)Generative Garden (Jubilee regrowth)Particle Geometry (formations)Arthur Jafa (emotional pacing)

The Obelisk Speaks

FIRE & VOIDCONCEPT

RITUAL PATTERN

Phone scan (threshold) → AR overlay on stone (container) → Timeline up shaft (sequence) → 3,500 years of erosion (witness/transformation) → Shareable glyph card (return)

COMPONENTS

FireText (low intensity, gold)ParticleField (hieroglyphic formations)AR image recognitionTimeline overlay

REFERENCES

pretext.js (text on 3D surface)Efecto (erosion dissolve)Particle Geometry (glyph shapes)

Paris 1900 Wrapped

BOTHBUILT

RITUAL PATTERN

First slide (threshold) → 17-slide scroll (sequence) → Du Bois exhibit reveal (witness/transformation) → Share/explore prompt (return)

COMPONENTS

ScrollytellingVTC Du Bois typographyParallax layersData callouts

REFERENCES

Wattenberger (interactive data)Zajno (parallax + zoom)Arthur Jafa (rhythm)

The Black Star Line: A Voyage

FIRE & VOIDDESIGN

RITUAL PATTERN

Board as shareholder (threshold) → Shipping container (container) → 8 stations (sequence) → FBI infiltration reveal (witness/transformation) → Cultural lineage wall (return)

COMPONENTS

Physical set (container)AR overlay (Meta Quest passthrough)Spatial audio (directional)Reproduction stock certificates

REFERENCES

pretext.js (Garvey manifesto in 3D)Arthur Jafa (montage)Stewart Brand (double-duty objects)

RI Origin Story (About Page)

WARMTH & CRAFTPLANNED

RITUAL PATTERN

7 felt diorama scenes scrolling: True Zion → felt Du Bois at Paris → Obelisk in felt park → Pelican case opening → headsets → letter box → Accra

COMPONENTS

Felt diorama images (AI-generated + commissioned)Lenis smooth scrollParallax layersTypewriter text reveal

REFERENCES

@_jshmllr felt dioramas (primary)Zajno (scroll + parallax)Generative Garden (final scene)

DOUGLASS JULY 4TH — STORYBOARD

7 scenes / ~12 minutes total

EMOTIONAL ARC

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SafetyUneaseRuptureHorrorRageReckoningHope
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THE HALL

~90s

Warm amber gaslight fills Corinthian Hall. The audience gathers. The year is 1852.

Threshold + ContainerSafety▼
2

THE CELEBRATION

~90s

Hall walls become transparent. Fireworks explode outside. The warmth begins to cool.

SequenceUnease▼
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NOT MINE

~2min

Amber drains from the room. The crowd freezes. The words "NOT MINE" float in space.

WitnessRupture▼
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THE SLAVE ROAD

~2min

Desaturated near-B&W. Harsh sun. A coffle passes, chained figures walking a road that has no end.

WitnessHorror▼
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NOT LIGHT — FIRE

~90s

The ground cracks open. 10,000 particles burst upward. The word FIRE burns into existence.

TransformationRage▼
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THE ANSWER

~2min

Pure black void. Accusations appear as FireText from every direction. Ash drifts downward.

TransformationReckoning▼
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THE JUBILEE

~90s

Particles cool from red to gold to white. A new dawn rises. The garden begins to grow.

ReturnHope▼