don’t check the map while walking.


The so-called smartphone zombie (smombie) is a being walking through all our cities. For smombies, the screens of their smart devices begin to replace the streets around them. They start to be the cursors of bigger infrastructural machines.

Read your surroundings

To counteract this, it is a valuable tactic to train yourself in classic orientation technologies (like reading maps and road signs). This keeps you aware of your surroundings and promotes self-sufficient modes of orientation that have proven valuable for centuries.

Collected in Linz, 2024