Lukas Birk - Kafkanistan, tourism to Afghanistan

Kafkanistan - tourism to Afghanistan
Year: 2009
Director: Lukas Birk
Lenght: 52 minutes
Language: English & German Subtitles: Chinese

Kafkanistan – is a world created by Austrian multimedia artist Lukas Birk and Sean Foley. It explores present day tourism to conflict zones in Afghanistan and neighboring countries. The name Kafkanistan was inspired by Kafka’s The Castle, a book whose protagonist journeys through a world unknown to him, full of ru- mors and misleading stories. He’s never sure whom to trust or what to believe in.