Day 01. Road into the unknown

Deserted Nikola-Lenivets willingly waves goodbye, while rushing us to the closed cafe doors with unexpected frosts. As it turns out, life is still lingering on behind them, but the hopes of the local industry for the beginning of the tourist season are rapidly melting away.

We pinball between the desire to stay in and spend the time of compulsory isolation in the vast expanses of the park, and the fear of being cut off from the capital, with which we are tied by work and study, as well as an invisible psychological leash that stretches and squeezes as you move away from the "center".

No one at QUARANTEAM sees the current situation in the city for what it is. To make things worse, it is exacerbated by numerous speculations and rumors that people exchange with each other.

Usually, the talkative team spends hundreds of kilometers in silence, trying to process the reality of the situation.

The swelling anxiety retreats step by step as we approach Moscow. The entrance is not closed; passers-by can be seen from the car window, their movements still not being controlled by anyone.

Settling in the shelter and successful purchase of products ends the day and gives rise to a countdown of the days that QUARANTEAM will spend in isolation.

Education in a consumerist society

As professional consumers of educational services and key remote workers of international companies, QUARANTEAM does not cease benefitting from its moderate 4G modem, which provides uninterrupted access to meetings, lectures, workshops, and resources, regardless of the current location.

A similar solution was spotted in distant and beautiful Japan, where people do not stir out of the house without such a small box, as if afraid to get lost in the realities of offline life.

A series of Internet meetings was crowned by a session that requires personal engagement and was held from the back seat of a moving taxi.