Hardly Working

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.

Country:

Austria

Genre:

Animation,

Documentary

Duration:

21 minutes

Year:

2022

Director:

Susanna Flock

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Company:

Total Refusal,

Kunsthaus Graz,

Land Steiermark, department 9 - Culture, Europe, Ext. Relations,

Bundesministerium für Kunst, Kultur, öffentlichen Dienst und Sport,

Werkleitz Gesellschaft,

European Media Art Platform,

Creative Europe Media

Cast:

"The Street Sweeper"

"The Laundress"

"The Carpenter"

"The Stable Hand"

Narrator

Crew:

Director

Director

Director

Director

Writer