Hidden Futures ›Arbeit. Clicks and Crowds‹

In the organizer's words:

What chain of work processes is triggered by a click in an app? Which bodies are set in motion in wind and weather? And how will our cities change when work is no longer tied to spaces, but is controlled by a fleeting architecture of routes, data and likes?

The promise of services that can be delivered directly to your doorstep at any time has now become part of everyday life. However, platforms such as Uber Eats, Gorillas or Lieferando are operated at the expense of precarious working conditions, which often affect migrants. Digital interfaces conceal the material conditions that make such services possible in the first place.

The evening brings together people who work in digital economies, for example in app-based delivery services or on crowdworking platforms. What future of work is visible here, and what future do we want? We invite you to open discussions, experience reports and film contributions.

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

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