civilized ku # 2562 ~ the form of presentation creates a stage like situation

Electric fence / Asgaard Farm ~ Au Sable Forks, NY - in the Adirondack Park • click to embiggen

The form of presentation creates a stage like situation in which the light that saturates the images and glows on the observer extends the carefully constructed image space into the space of the observer. By referring to itself, the presentation takes on the status of a discourse: in the form of address lies a reference to an I and you and here and now of representation. ~ Gregor Stemmrich, in his essay Between Exaltation and Musing Contemplation: Jeff Wall’s restitution of the program of Peintre de la Vie Moderne