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Kafkaesque
atA twisting reflective kinetic sculpture of the head of legendary surrealist writer Franz Kafka located at a busy shopping mall in Prague.
Created in 2014 by Czech artist David Cerny, the 45 tonne piece consists of 42 individually driven stainless steel elements.
Animator Alessandra Novelli’s take on of the parable ‘Before the Law’ from Franz Kafka’s The Trial. To wit:
Peasant and Guardian are the same character, the peasant, like each one of us, in front of his own fear; the guardian, something shapeless, that surrounds and controls him – the Door/Gate the possibilities we encounter during our life.