Kafka’s World: Graphic Novel meets VR

This double exhibition brings together a VR experience around Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and a re-imagining of The Castle by graphic artist Jaromír 99.

VRwandlung: A Virtual Metamorphosis

“As Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a gigantic insect.” Thus begins the best-known novella of the 20th century, Die Verwandlung. “VRwandlung transfers Kafka’s work from the pages of a book to virtual reality. The protagonist is no longer Samsa, but you,” explains Mika Johnson, who created the VR experience around this man-to-beetle tale for the Goethe-Institut together with co-creator Ján Tompkins.

VRwandlung can be experienced with a VR set, sensor slippers and hand motion controllers on an individual first come, first served basis at the Goethe Space. Join us for the free opening event with Ján Tompkins on September 4.

Find yourself in 1915, in Gregor Samsa’s room in the Old Town of Prague – and in a completely altered body.

Date: September 11-October 9, 2024

Time: Mon + Wed 11:00 am-5:00 pm and by request

Cost: Free