The Clicker Game. With Daniel Moreno Roldán

Thirty keyboards and mice connected to a single computer operate simultaneously. Participants collaborate to carry out tasks that would normally be done by one person —writing coordinated sentences, solving CAPTCHAs, or performing psychomotor exercises—. This is followed by a series of practical “tutorials” on automation and small survival strategies in the face of alienating work routines: from making multiple keyboards type a looping phrase (“back in 5 min”) to building a homemade “mouse mover” to simulate that you are working even when you are not sitting in front of the computer.
With humor and experimentation, this activity —which takes the form of a kind of performative masterclass— focuses on the absurdity of useless jobs that proliferate in today’s digital ecosystem, and reflects on how technological tools, forced collaboration, and the simulation of productivity shape contemporary labor.
Daniel Moreno Roldán (Barcelona, 1990) is a visual artist and musician. His work investigates the relationship between technology, memory, and digital culture, with particular attention to archiving and preservation processes on the Internet. His practice is situated within a contradiction: the conscious and communal use of technology —linked to DIY and hacker culture— and the logics of acceleration and visibility inherent to social media platforms. Within this gap, and through different media (such as audiovisual installation, animation, or live performance), he explores how the informal languages of the internet —such as humor, irony, or memes— can function as tools for critical reflection and as ways of thinking about politics from the everyday and the seemingly banal.