The image of a boy in folk costume pauses. An abrupt fade to silence following the emcee’s introduction of the assistant state deputy confirms the video’s climax. The other judges are introduced as captains of industry, society’s apparatus of power.
“Things are running nicely,” prattles the emcee, “I’m very pleased with how things are going.”
Subtitles indicate that folk musician extraordinaire Reiner Zwanzleitner finds the boy’s accentuation and rhythm overdone. Video observes this, which is also role-play.
Text: Marty Spellerberg. Image: Keith Sanborn, Kritik an Reiner’s Vernunft (USA 2002, 08:00), courtesy of V tape.
Notes on V tape’s Curatorial Incubator, Round 2
- Introduction
- Blanca Casas Brullet’s Prendas
- Gunilla Josephson’s The Hedda Videos: Part 4
- Johanna Householder & b.h. Yael’s The Mission
- Laura Parnes’ Hollywood Inferno, Episode 1
- Eduardo Menz’s Las Mujeres de Pinochet
- Keith Sanborn’s Kritik an Reiner’s Vernunft
- Mirha-Soleil Ross’ Allo Performance!
- Ulrike Rosenbach’s Einwicklung mit Julia