Pray-As-You-Go In The Converted Photo-Book Pray-O-Mat

Finding the time to pay your respects to whichever deity you worship can be difficult these days, life really is a rat-race and often making your way to your local church or temple can often be difficult. 
Now though, for people who want to Pray-as-you-go, there is an ingenious new way of letting your God know that you are still a faithful servant.

The Pray-O-Mat, or ‘Gebetomat’ as it is called in Germany is converted photo booth which you can go into and access more than 300 pre-recorded prayers and incantations in more than 60 languages.

It was created by German artist Oliver Sturm, who collected the majority of the prayers himself. Upon entering the booth, you put in your 50 cent euro and choose what prayers or blessings you want to listen to using on the touchscreen. Religion just got an upgrade…

Already popular in the multicultural Germany, a Pray-O-Mat has recently been installed at the University of Manchester as part of a study into ‘multi-faith spaces’ and has caused quite a stir.


So what do you think about the Pray-O-Mat, would you pop into this converted photo-booth to pay your respects? Leave a comment and let us know…

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