NOIA #4

NOIA - the Italian word for boredom - is an independent magazine born from a creative reaction to lockdown and isolation. Rooted in collaborations between artists, designers, photographers, writers, and other creatives, NOIA sources a diverse range of expressions and perspectives to create visual responses toward contemporary critical issues.

NOIA is a platform for experimentation and a laboratory to create dynamic forms of expression, presenting alternative solutions to challenge current establishments of thought. We believe that collaboration between creatives is a powerful tool to ignite discussion and to counterbalance dominant, traditional narratives.

NOIA issue 4: Absurd Rituals

Rituals are deeply human constructs that emerge from belief and intention. Some are devised through necessity or deliberate thought as efforts to structure meaning, order, or identity; others persist beyond the relevancy of the original logic. In this way, rituals are both rationally composed and ritually re-enacted, performed less to fulfil a conscious aim than to preserve inherited forms of sense-making.