Word: aestheticism
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Philosophical implications aside, this two-disc compilation from New York label Jungle Sky explores the intersection of speed-addled Bristol drum patterns, Manhattan cosmopolitanism and South Bronx block-party aesthetic. The hands-down (or hands-in-the-air) high point is the nightmarish groove of DJ Karlos & Evil Nice's...
The size of this production has been the main difficulty for Hood's team. Rehearsals for the 22 actors started only two weeks ago and have been accompanied by many technical challenges. Hood's vision for the production is that of an aesthetic experience, where the stage, sets and lighting...
Hollwein is dean of the Vienna Academy of Arts and a recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Prize for architecture. He designs are known for fitting within the aesthetic and historical settings of a neighborhood, while at the same time, striking many as fairly radical.
At Bamboozled's fictional TV network, Harvard-educated Pierre Dela-croix (Damon Wayans) is the token black executive. His abrasive boss (Michael Rappaport) charges him to devise a hot, edgy new series. Angry and desperate, Pierre proposes a minstrel show--a format "so negative, so offensive and racist" that it...
In an urban art market whose aesthetic standards are broadcast from a corner office in Times Square, there would appear to be little room for any concept of nature or the natural sublime. Indeed, the genre of the traditional landscape, once the dominant expression of rugged American culture, seems to...