Which chain of work processes are triggered by a click in an app? Whose bodies are thereby set in motion and exposed to the elements? And how will our cities change when work is no longer tied to spaces, but is controlled by an ephemeral architecture of routes, data and likes?

The promise of services that can be delivered directly to your doorstep around the clock has now become part of everyday life. However, platforms such as Uber Eats, Gorillas and Lieferando are operated at the expense of migrants, who are frequently subjected to precarious working conditions. Digital interfaces conceal the material conditions that make such services possible initially.

The evening brings people together who work in the digital economy, in the context of app-based delivery services or on crowdworking platforms, for instance. What future of work becomes visible here, and what future do we want? The audience is invited to open discussions, personal assessments and film contributions.

›Work. Clicks and Crowds (AT)‹ marks the start of the new series ›Hidden Futures‹ at PACT, which is organised and developed in cooperation with the Käte Hamburger Kolleg: Cultures of Research (c:o/re) | RWTH Aachen University. 
 

A project as part of the Alliance International Production Houses, funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.