Fette Sans, La Reprise (DĂ©rive), 2020-ongoing May 30th, 2026, noon to midnight at Kunstverein am Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin.
La Reprise (DĂ©rive) is an exercise in continuity and distortion. This experimental film began on June 21, 2020. On May 29, 2026, it will be 310 min / weeks long. Every week, a subsequent minute is produced by combining scenes shot that week with archival material from the past years. Footage and sound are consistently recorded with the same single device (an iPhone). The film may distort, but there is always a presumption that something exists, or did exist, which is what was recorded. The sequences are neither true nor false, they integrate various degrees of theatricality and authenticity. The narrative is disconnected from the sum of its parts and elaborates on successes and failures. In this regard, the film is in a constant state of being finished, rather than interminably in progress. While its length progressively evolves, it also always is its final duration. This work is meant to continue until my death.
