Abgesagt: Director's Talk - VRwandlung - Kafka in der virtuellen Realität

Mika Johnson is a multimedia artist who directs XR projects, fiction and documentary films, music videos, and commercials. His most recent projects include Ilios - a VR poem about Covid-19 made in collaboration with Marcel Karnapke - and The Republic of Dreams, which uses XR technologies and immersive audio to adapt the works of Polish artist Bruno Schulz. Other projects include The Infinite Library, a VR piece based on expanding definitions of the world's libraries, and VRwandlung: a VR adaptation of Franz Kafka's The Metamorphosis, which has been exhibited in fifty plus cities around the world. Long-term projects include The Amerikans - a web series featuring 15 short documentaries - and his recently completed debut feature: Confessions of a Box Man, the first part in a trilogy. Along with exhibiting his work internationally, Johnson presents, lectures, and teaches workshops worldwide. He is the co-founder of the Prague based production company Daisy with Rider and a member of the New York City-based trio MomenTech.