Continuing the themes of translation and collaboration evident in his previous artwork, Tobias Rehberger is interested in exploring the unique art that is film–what many would argue to be the most collaborative of art forms. Originally inspired by an installation that he created in Stockholm several years ago, Rehberger became intrigued with the idea of the aesthetic and psychological differences between watching a film alone in a room and watching with an audience. How are these experiences different? If one were to take away the institutionalized constraints that normally exist in the process of making a film, what could one create? By breaking down film into its individual elements (music, cinematography, editing, etc.), and having each artist work independently, rather than in the traditional collaboration that defines film, Rehberger hopes to enable each artist to escape from the normal restraints of their craft. To further emphasize the departure from traditional filmmaking, the sequential order in which each artist normally works will be reversed, enabling each artist to re-explore the intrinsic nature of his or her craft, challenging the very concepts of transition and translation. The project will commence with a few images from Rehberger that will serve to set the overall tone. As the first artist in the series, the One Sheet Artist may find inspiration in these images to create a representational selling tool for a film that does not exist. Next, Rehberger's images and the One Sheet Artist's work will be sent to the Titles Designer and so on according to the following list:
Each artist is free to incorporate the previous artists' work–or not. The only restraint imposed upon each artist will be to work within his or her own field of expertise and within a pre-determined budget. Each artist will be asked to complete his or her work within four weeks of receiving the previous steps in order to maintain a certain momentum throughout the context of the work as a whole. The vision of the director that normally drives the focus of a film will come at the end of the sequence when Rehberger will create an installation based upon all of the individual pieces of work. In The Art of Film, Rudolf Arnheim explains that for film to be considered art, it must demonstrate not only prefection of each element but the perfection of those elements in relation to one another. This project asks what happens to film as an art form if we change the ways in which its various components converge by expanding the daily confines of each profession.
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ON OTTO: a film exploration by Tobias Rehberger