Word: abstraction
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...head-to-head competitions. Picasso and Matisse played show-me-what-you-got for decades, continually rolling out works meant to show up the other guy. Leonardo, Michelangelo and Raphael all kept a cool eye on each other. And there's a brisk little chapter in the history of Abstract Expressionism that could fairly be called De Kooning vs. Pollock...
...installation is a multi-elemental piece that engages sight, sound, mind, and physical being. Computer and video screens flank a cluster of white, rectangular bars staggered by random height. Sounds sweep through the open space as the installation loops through three movements. The first sets a neutral and abstract tone; the second—which projects text from New York Times headlines onto the bars as processed voices recite news feeds into the space—emphasizes the fact that we live under a constant barrage of information; the final explores the ramifications of surveillance. Photographs of people who have...
...scene, for example.” In order to fully represent the fantastical elements of the plot, the sets were designed to be changed quickly. “Every scene is in a different place. We needed to decide what parts of the scene we were going to abstract at the set, what is it about the show we want to bring out and physicalize,” set-designer Beth G. Shields ’10 said. “There’s order and chaos working in the same space with the idea that things are spinning...
...result, this production foregoes unnecessary embellishment in order to greater emphasize the raw power of the original screenplay’s dialogue. “[‘The Birthday Party’] is not a play with a message, and it’s not about abstract ideas,” Stone writes. “If you stage it right, there’s no need to try to convey something—the ambiguities in the play lead the audience to infer their own meaning, which, to me, is a much more powerful and engaging experience. This...
...sister publication remains committed to the same goal.The personal nature and proximity of the various stories submitted to “Saturday Night” are integral to the magazine’s aims. Rankin says that first-hand accounts can take sexual assault “from the abstract to the personal,” rendering them both relatable and powerful. Narrative details offer those who feel alienated by statistics a different approach to the subject. “While some need numbers, others need a personal perspective; we’re providing that personal perspective...