“a” works for nike.com in a Call Center in Amsterdam. Unmotivated and alienated, she decides to quit her job and return to her hometown in the Basque Country. During her last weeks at the company, she video documents the many spaces that make up the building, records her co-workers and often takes self-portraits of herself while eating alone. Her chat texts with “k” introduce us to a decaying sentimental relationship.
“a” works for nike.com in a Call Center in Amsterdam. Unmotivated and alienated, she decides to quit her job and return to her hometown in the Basque Country. During her last weeks at the company, she video documents the many spaces that make up the building, records her co-workers and often takes self-portraits of herself while eating alone. Her chat texts with “k” introduce us to a decaying sentimental relationship.
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