"Out in the Open" is part of a unique collaboration between Willehad and Philip Mueller on the occasion of their duo exhibition titled "Reality Kings" presented at Harlan Levey Projects 1050 in 2021, in partnership with Carbon 12 (Dubai). This resulted in a series of four handed paintings as the two artists made use of their respective specific skills in order to build a body of work that is neither Eilers’ nor Mueller’s. The crude lines typical of the former, clashing with the refined style of the latter, merge into a new production that is not so much a planned project as the result of fruitful serendipity. What keeps the artist's work together is their similar approach to narration, as both populate a world with recurring characters playing out scenes of debauchery, boredom, and isolated luxury on an arranged stage.