The workshop was directly connected to DRAK’s development of a new production inspired by Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and involved 13 participants.
Concept and intentions
The workshop aimed to create a safe digital space for individual creative processes, allowing participants to decide how much they wished to share. Artistic distance—through metaphor, humour, and non-realistic forms—was used to support personal reflection without pressure.
Working process
Participants engaged in a sequence of individual and collective creative tasks:
- Private space exercise: imagining and physically embodying a personal safe space
- Metaphorical transformation: writing short responses to “What would I be if I were…?”
- Poem ‘I am from…’: composing poems from selected metaphors
- Memes: visual expression using non-human imagery
- Diary of transformation: writing fictional accounts of personal metamorphosis
- Object / puppet theatre: staging another participant’s text using found objects and minimal language
The tasks offered multiple artistic entry points, making the workshop accessible to participants with varying levels of experience.
Outcomes and reflection
Although participation numbers were lower than hoped—likely due to seasonal factors and online fatigue—those present engaged deeply with the tasks. The format proved strong enough that the same structure was later adapted for an in-person workshop with significant success.
As a result, DRAK plans to further develop this methodology for use in educational materials and audience workshops connected to The Metamorphosis