I want to make a video interpretation of Kafka's Metamorphosis.
It will either be a GIF or a short animated film. One plan is to use "Gregor"'s surroundings to convey the internal changes in his mind: while still human, the surroundings will be photo-realistic. When a bug, the setting will shift to paintings, e.g. van Gogh's "Bedroom". I would also like there to be a transitional period during which painted props begin cropping up in the photo world. In Kafka's story the alteration is abrupt, but it might be nice to have this overlap.
My other idea is to animate the transformation process from man to bug. Perhaps a bit more visually challenging, I'm not sure. Going to play around with After Effects and see what I can do
Should be lots of fun, lots of work, and lots of thinking.
Meanwhile, I am also working on a sculpture inspired by Steppenwolf. So much books!
Maybe next will be Gogol... an overcoat, a nose...
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