Being Mme. Kupka (dans les Verticals) is a virtual reality artwork that revisits an iconic 20th century painting by the pioneering abstract artist František Kupka. In Mme. Kupka Among the Verticals (1910-1911), the artist painted his wife Nini immersed in a prismatic field of vertical marks, her body almost fully disappearing (only her face remains visible). It is considered to be one of the first abstract paintings and marks Kupka's transition from figuration to pure abstraction.

Being Mme. Kupka virtually places viewers inside of Kupka’s painting, giving them the perspective of his wife. Looking around, they are lost in a mesmerizing composition of vertical gestures–only their hands remain. The painterly ‘verticals’ are animated using custom software. An atmospheric piano soundtrack by Chris Carlson sets the tone and influences the visual composition.