Captive in Mobility

Andrei Nacu

16 July - October 20, 2025

"Captive in Mobility" investigates the effects of digitalization on labor and collective identities in the contemporary economy, focusing on the analysis of gig economy work and the phenomenon of platformization. Coordinated by artist Andrei Nacu, the project examines how digitalization contributes to the atomization of individuals and the dissolution of collective subjectivities, with an emphasis on food delivery workers. In the gig economy, food delivery workers exemplify precarious labor, lacking rights such as social protection or job security, and are often isolated by digital technologies and competition from platforms like Uber Eats and Glovo.

The project proposes the use of group photography to create new collective subjectivities, reclaiming the social and symbolic space lost to platformization. Inspired by Ariella Azoulay's concept of "potential history," group photography challenges digital separation and control.  This project seeks to recover these fragments through visual art, constructing collective images that transcend the boundaries imposed by digitalization.

 

© Andrei Nacu

 

Captive in Mobility

Andrei Nacu

16 July - October 20, 2025

"Captive in Mobility" investigates the effects of digitalization on labor and collective identities in the contemporary economy, focusing on the analysis of gig economy work and the phenomenon of platformization. Coordinated by artist Andrei Nacu, the project examines how digitalization contributes to the atomization of individuals and the dissolution of collective subjectivities, with an emphasis on food delivery workers. In the gig economy, food delivery workers exemplify precarious labor, lacking rights such as social protection or job security, and are often isolated by digital technologies and competition from platforms like Uber Eats and Glovo.

The project proposes the use of group photography to create new collective subjectivities, reclaiming the social and symbolic space lost to platformization. Inspired by Ariella Azoulay's concept of "potential history," group photography challenges digital separation and control.  This project seeks to recover these fragments through visual art, constructing collective images that transcend the boundaries imposed by digitalization.

 

© Andrei Nacu