Department of Digital Remains
Anjali Nair
The Department of Digital Remains is a fictional federal agency that keeps a tab on all your virtual actions which will determine your place in the digital afterlife.
In an age of immortal digital presences, this is a speculative look at what happens to our online selves after we die. This project uses design fiction to examine digital lives through the lens of digital death while trying to answer the question: If we have found ways to treat physical remains of the departed with dignity, why not digital remains?
Case Files
Everyone gets a fair chance at a virtual memorial. With a high karmic score, your digital soul will be preserved in Everland for eternity.
The saturation of the colour of each digital eulogy is determined by the tone of their online content.
If your digital karma is unsatisfactory, your profile will be banished to Cape Troll.
With good score, you can choose to have your profile deleted after death and earn a peaceful afterlife off the grid in the Isle of Oblivion.
