LAIBACH
LP cover, LP plate label, poster
The black box of the music group Laibach. Full of hidden characters that originate from the recognizable Laibach language. With the established relationships of characters, different meanings within the box are multi-layered.
Black box.
Pull-out drawer.
Black gramophone record.
White poster.
And Bach. [Laj] Bach.
Pull-out drawer.
Black gramophone record.
White poster.
And Bach. [Laj] Bach.
We pull out the drawer in which the gramophone record and the poster lie. On both we observe a flood of black crosses and red industrial workers placed in a sort of composition. What exactly the pattern on the poster represents, only a handful of music masters would be able to figure out.
The answer is therefore hidden in the inner frame of the box, in the portrait of the Baroque German composer we seein the reflection of the mirror foil through the upper and side opening when the drawer is fully opened. The poster pattern is a reinterpretation of the entire Bach Toccata and Fuguein D minor, with each note replaced by a black cross and each pause by a red Metalac.
The name of the group is humorously shown in Bach's portrait, which has ang. the word lie, the consonant of the word lai.
The answer is therefore hidden in the inner frame of the box, in the portrait of the Baroque German composer we seein the reflection of the mirror foil through the upper and side opening when the drawer is fully opened. The poster pattern is a reinterpretation of the entire Bach Toccata and Fuguein D minor, with each note replaced by a black cross and each pause by a red Metalac.
The name of the group is humorously shown in Bach's portrait, which has ang. the word lie, the consonant of the word lai.
Poster at the Laibach album exhibition.
