brecht into the metaverse
Explorations, various media, multiple iterations (2022-2026)
A C U T E // D U R I N G
Virtual Weapons (Brecht fragments #4 - #30)
Dialogue-based Virtual Reality Installation
By Katharina Haverich. With Konstantin Bez
Slots available WED Sept 10 - SUN Sept 14 2025
During BERLIN ART WEEK 2025, Katharina Haverich presents the second iteration of her dialogue-based VR installation “Virtual Weapons (Brecht fragments #4 - #30)” as part of the exhibition "Transformative Senses" Emixar II Berlin at Kühlhaus. Ca. 20min / slot, admission fee ranges from 10 EUR – 249,99 EUR.
ITERATIONS
Fragments #1 - #3 | during Berlinale 2025 | Berlin School of VR | 13.-14.02.2025
Fragments #4 – 30# | Berlin Art Week 2025 | Kühlhaus Berlin | 10.-14.09.2025
Fragments #30 – #45 | Embodied Realms Festival | Poznán, Poland | 16.-18.10.2025
Fragments #46 - #56 | Campfire | PlayLab Skövde, Sweden | 28.-29.11.2025
“Virtual Weapons (Brecht Fragments #4 - #30)” is an invitation into a series of brief occupations of virtual and IRL bodies. During an encounter with seasoned VR-guide and actor Konstantin Bez, users playfully inhabit fragmented, undramatic positions of conflict in times of war. Sensual elements on location enrich the experience of the virtual space. Depending on the fragment of the booked slot, the experience may include a succession of actions and words that give the user new skills and a deeper understanding of the complexities of human motivation.
This dialogue-based VR installation works with fragments #4 - #30 out of a total of #90 fragments. Over the course of 2025 and 2026 we will enter our virtual world “Brecht into the Metaverse” with various audiences and document the continuous audio-visual explorations of Brecht’s piece “Señora Carrar’s Rifles”. The fragments will eventually be made into a film that will tell the theatrical play in full. Participants agree to their voices and actions being recorded in virtual reality and used in the final production of the film.
VENUE
Kühlhaus Berlin, 5th floor - Luckenwalder Straße 3 - 10963 Berlin
SLOTS
Wednesday, 10.09.2025
Thursday, 11.09.2025
Friday, 12.09.2025
Saturday, 13.09.2025
Sunday, 14.09.2025
Ticket Category 1: 10 EUR (20min slot)
https://calendly.com/khaverich/virtual-weapons-slots-1
Ticket Category 2: 39 EUR (20min slot, including the publication „Das Metaversum zerstalten“ (transcript, 2024)
https://calendly.com/khaverich/virtual-weapons-slots-2
Ticket Category 3: 249,99 EUR (20min slot, including the destruction of a VR headset)
https://calendly.com/khaverich/virtual-weapons-slots-3
The user will be filmed in VR during the experience.
Tickets are non-refundable.
CREDITS
Artist, Concept, VR camera: Katharina Haverich
Lead Player: Konstantin Bez
Players in chronological order:
Mads Damsbo
Dojiang Wang
Atahan Çetinkaya
… to be continued
Virtual Reality World (work-in-progress)
Brecht into the Metaverse, VRChat, from 2023
Pilot for TV Mini Series (work-in-progress)
Brecht into the Metaverse (WT), from 2022
Book
"Das Metaversum zerstalten" (transcript), 2024
Video Series
"how to move public money (fast)", 2024
Diorama
3D printed and modelled after the virtual reality world, 2m x 1m, 2024
Presentations
Campfire, Skövde, Sweden (2025)
Embodied Realms Festival, Poznán, Poland (2025)
Berlin Art Week / EMIXAR II Berlin (2025)
during Berlinale (2025)
Goethe Institut (2024)
Deutsches Museum Nürnberg (2024)
re:publica Berlin + Hamburg, 2023 + 2024
during Vennice Immersive (2023)
Dok Leipzig Exchange XR, 2022
Funded by
Medienboard Berlin Brandenburg, Senatsverwaltung für Kultur und Gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhalt Berlin
Virtual Reality World "Brecht into the Metaverse"
by Katharina Haverich
Technological Artist Dr. Roman Miletitch
Art Director Dr. Lucas Kuster
VR Design / VR Creators Dr. Roman Miletitch, Helen Lam, Zenker Zwonge, Daniel Boubet. INVR.SPACE: Sönke Kirchhof (Executive Producer), Jessica Zippel (Line Producer), Timo Heikkilä (Developer), Yume Tanaka (Developer / 3D Artist), Zacharoula Giarlou (3D Artist), Alexander Dietz (3D Artist), Niklas Schmidt (3D Artist)
Co-Design Virtual Stage / Avatars RambaZamba Atelier: Mario Peinze, Sabine Kaemmel, Thomas Zwerger
Sound Michael Hoppe
Research and Key-Concept Accessible Virtual Stage Lenn Blaschke
Pilot "Brecht into the Metaverse" (WT) for TV Mini-Series
by Katharina Haverich
Screenplay Anna Loll
Produced by Eric Nikodym (Ymusic), Katharina Haverich
Directors of Photography Manuel Ruge, Jakob Gross, Katharina Haverich, Lenn Blaschke
Editing Sophie Messerschmidt (Firmament)
Artistic Collaboration & Project Coordination Konstantin Bez
Sound Recording Jakob Gross
Sound Design Thomas Wallmann
Title Design / Visuality Dr. Lucas Kuster
Head of Production Wiebke Wesselmann
Producer Eric Nikodym
Diversity Manager Sonja Baltruschat
VRChat Sign Language deaf_danielo_89, CODApop
Translator Plain German Anne Leichtfuß
Location Scouting / Kids Casting Spain Emilia Arana Manzano
Set Assistance Berlin Selena Gomez
With Michael Baumeister, Konstantin Bez, Lioba Breitsprecher, Ahmet Çetinkaya, Katharina Haverich, Levi Haverich, Sadie Lune, Cayetana Arana Maiques, Jimena Arana Maiques, Valentina Muñoz Romero, Antonio J. Sánchez, Mateo González Sánchez, Zora Schemm, Mateo Villarroel Sintes, Nele Wunkler, Michael Wittsack
Thank you
Vincent Maurer, Enrique Torres & Team (re:publica 24)
Güney Aksünger (It's A Long Story)
Thomas Schaal (Tauchzentrale Kreuzberg)
Antonio J. Sánchez (Refugios de la Guerra Civil de Almería)
RambaZamba Theater Berlin
Via Blumenfisch Berlin
Escuale de Surf Awa, Motril
Berlin 61 Confitería y Restaurante (Motril)
Book "Das Metaversum zerstalten"
eds. Katharina Haverich and Dr. Lucas Kuster
Contibutors Anika Krbetschek, Carolin Sibilak, David Hughes, Dirk Sorge, Fernanda Parente, Jens Fehrenbacher, Julia Bruton, Jocelyne Stahl, Katharina Haverich, Kent Bye, Marietta Kesting, Ranjit Menon, Rosa Di Nero, Sonja Baltruschat
Cover Design Dr. Lucas Kuster
Cover Image Dr. Roman Miletitch
Review Committee Sonja Baltruschat, Katharina Haverich, Dr. Lucas Kuster, Babusi Nyoni, Dr. Inga Scharf Da Silva
Translator Plain German Anne Leichtfuß
Proof Reading Prof. Dr. Stephan Otto, Dr. Ann Kristin Haverich
Concept and Design Dr. Lucas Kuster
Visual Comments RambaZambe Atelier Berlin: Mario Peinze, Sabine Kaemmel, Thomas Zwerger, Eberhard Pastow
Coordination and Editorial Collaboration Konstantin Bez
Video Series "how to move public money (fast)"
by Katharina Haverich
Filming Katharina Haverich
Editing Sophie Messerschmidt, Firmament
Coordination and Artistic Collaboration Konstantin Bez
Location Sound Michael Hoppe
With W.W. (Artistic Producer in cultural sector), S.B. (Consultant / Coach in cultural sector), C.S. (Scientist, Founder, Project Manager at a university), M.W. (Programme Director at a university), K.W. (Programme Officer at a foundation), E.N. (Cultural Manager / Managing Director), J.G. (Public Sector employee), A.W. (Festival Production Manager), Y.R. (Author, Curator), J.K. (Managing Director in the cultural sector), I.S.D.S. (Scientist, Artist), H.H. (Coder in the cultural sector)
Diorama "Brecht into the Metaverse"
by Katharina Haverich
Design & Building Franz Thöricht
3D Print Christopher Böhm
Testing Michael Baumann
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