In 2022, the metaverse became the biggest hype. How could a city like Vienna that stands for real enjoyment stand out from the crowd? We used the ongoing confusion about the metaverse to highlight a critically underrepresented topic: Mental health. If the metaverse was to be our future, what would existing as an avatar do to our psyche?
So we brought a Viennese icon back: Sigmund Freud. We placed him in Decentraland, where he offered a talking cure for confused users and sent the most confused on a trip to Vienna.
A simple move that resulted in global news coverage: 300 press articles worldwide reached more than 375 million people. While the digital Sigmund racked up more than 50 hours of user interaction, more than 500.000 people visited the campaign website for a trip to Vienna. Proofing that Vienna is just the city to take a break and have a think. Even in the midst of a global tourism crisis.

Created as Creative Director at Jung von Matt / DONAU