Hardly Working (2022)

An ethnographic exploration of the work and daily life of non-player characters, the digital extras in video games. Their labor loops, activity patterns as well as bugs and malfunctions paint a vivid analogy for work under capitalism.

Production

Creative Europe Media · Land Steiermark, department 9 - Culture, Europe, Ext. Relations · Total Refusal · Werkleitz Gesellschaft · Kunsthaus Graz · Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport · European Media Art Platform