
Thegazelookintothecamerademonstratesaconsciousnessthatthereissomeonelookingbackbeforetheimageswerecreated.(SiegfriedA.Fruhauf) «Kinandileidwiderbledschaunheid/kinandileidwiderbledschaun.»* Thiscouplet,whichisrepeatedlikeamantra,formsthetextualstructureofBLEDbythegroupAttwenger.Inthecourseofthesongitsuccessivelycondensesintoaloopwhichisunderlinedbytherumblingrhythmandthemercilesselectronicandaccordionpassages.Almostlikeaprayerwheeltheinvocationwobblesuntilitsmeaningandintonationbegintodissolveintheacousticenvironment. Asimilarprocesstakesplaceonthevisuallevel.Beginningwithashotofaman´shead(thatofthefilmmaker)whichturnsslightlytofacetheviewer,SiegfriedA.Fruhaufaltersthefilminanumberofsteps.Thepicturedissolvesintoitsgrain,digitalcrosshatchingorself-reflection,concludedbyreworkinginthestyleofdrawingandpaintingwithoilappliedthicklyandgesturally:Thegazeintothecamera–thefauxpaswhichruinstheclassicfiction-filmshot–isvisuallydisassembled,asaresultofwhichthisur-sceneofabreakwithfictionbeginstodecomposeinarhythmicallyeloquentmanner.Inallthesevariantstheheadisrepeatedlydismantledintomaterialtexturesthatformakindofformalstructureunderlyingtheconcreteobject. "Lookstupid"means,intheAustrianvernacular,notonlytoloseout,butalsotostandaroundwithgapingmouth,towearafacialexpressionwhichincitesaggression.Fruhaufworkswiththeliteralmeaningofthelattertocreateavisualcounterpart,whichcouldbesaidtodefusethislook.Allstupidityislimitedbysufficientdeformation. (ChristianHöller) Translation:SteveWilder *KönnendieLeut´wiederblödschauenheut´/könnendieLeut´wiederblödschauen (they´lllookstupidagaintoday/they´lllookstupidagain.)