The second incarnation of PWT’s consciousness-raising custom for the age of A.I. Capitalism is collectively written and produced with Infinite Opera and with costumes from James Frost and Lottie Wood. Captain Swing, the fictional face of worker dissent in the great English agricultural uprising of 1830, is resurrected to confront the horrors of working as a seasonal associate in an Amazon fulfilment centre. Will Swing help the workers to overcome Alexis the evil scanner, a symbol of Amazon's regime of technological discipline?

As part of the wider Autohoodening project begun in 2019, this is an ongoing collectively written response to the mid-winter custom of Hoodening, performed in East Kent for over 200 years. Originally, the Hoodeners were agricultural labourers, working in ploughing teams, who performed a carnivalesque satire of their working realites, visiting different locations in the local community during the fallow season of winter. Autohoodening reimagines this custom for the age of automation, updating its design, delivery and social purpose and asks how might the singing, dancing and physical humour parody and draw attention to the horrifying working conditions hidden behind consumer-facing infrastructure and the ease of ‘one-click’ delivery?

Due to the restrictions of the Covid-19 Pandemic, the film was rehearsed and recorded on Zoom. Editing by Roxanne Corda & Nick Mortimer and with original music by Dani Blanco and Infinite Opera. The script is based on worker testimonies gathered from online forums and interviews with regional organisers from GMB.