Hardly Working(2022)

August 3, 2022

21m

IMDb7.288

Overview

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.

Director

Susanna Flock

Writers

Leonhard Müllner, Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel

Producers

Robin Klengel, Susanna Flock

Cast

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"The Street Sweeper"

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"The Laundress"

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"The Carpenter"

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"The Stable Hand"

Jacob Banigan

Narrator

Crew

Director

Susanna Flock, Leonhard Müllner, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf

Writer

Leonhard Müllner, Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Michael Stumpf

Editor

Susanna Flock, Robin Klengel, Leonhard Müllner, Michael Stumpf

Producer

Robin Klengel, Susanna Flock, Michael Stumpf, Leonhard Müllner

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Original Language

Country

Austria

Production

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