Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg8bB0zs3HQ
During this short piece I learnt that Jeff Wall was was/is heavily influenced by paintings in his work. He spoke of presenting his images in a large 'life size' way in a similar manner to the way that paintings are displayed. He also went on to make the point that the majority of his works involve him collaborating with performers (just like painters do with models) in order to attain the final piece.
There was a section of the video where Wall spoke of exploring the 'truth' claim that modernist photographers made/make about their work. This section related to the overarching themes of our class lectures that explore this same photographic notion. This is something that I thought was very interesting.
In addition to this, one thing that stuck out for me was when Wall said that, "It's more interesting to look at a picture as a representation rather than to look at the event as an event". He was again referring to the modernist 'truth' argument and this is essentially what separates the artist from the journalist. Jeff Wall here frames his point in a way that I haven't considered before.
Finally, I thought that the way he sometimes integrates the medium of video into his pieces is very clever. He explained that he'll use video to prepare his performers (and himself) for the actual photograph. This consequently allows him to somewhat control the movement in his images.
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