OpDocs/The New York Times shows Hardly Working by Total Refusal, scholars of the European Media Art Platform (EMAP). The work was realised at Werkleitz as part of the European Media Art Platform.

Hardly Working gives priority to characters that normally fade into the background of video games: NPCs. NPCs are non-playable characters that populate hyper real worlds to create the appearance of normality. Usually these digital extras play no major role in the story of the game. Here a laundress, a stableman, a street sweeper, and a handyman are the four main characters of this film.