Word: float
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...same time, Boym superimposes images on others, displacing them in location and time. Musing on this pattern, Boym suggests, “Maybe it’s a condition of modern life—an immigrant sensibility.” Boym says that she prefers her artwork to float in space without constraint or definition. “I don’t like when images are framed. I like the dialectic of transience and framing.” And like her work, artist, scholar, and writer Boym defies simple classification. “I think that being a serious...
...need to know about shaheeds or Bosnian war camps to empathize with the middle-aged mother working night shifts at a seedy club in order to support her daughter. Zbanic believes that simplicity will triumph. Indeed, she does not preach through her characters, but rather lets the message float to the surface by the end of the film, aided by a bemoaning song about Sarajevo. The film focuses on the relationship of the single mother and daughter: Esma needs to pay Sara’s imminent school trip fees—a whopping sum of 200 euros?...
...bubblephobes out there—instead of hating us, please try to understand us. We are not here to do you harm; we merely want to float along in our solipsistic lives. Perhaps we are smug and elitist, but at least we admit it. You say you want to help “the common man.” But what the common man really wants is to be left alone by sanctimonious Harvard students like us. He has his NASCAR and Jesus Christ; we have our Radiohead and James Joyce. To each, his own bubble...
...lost his hand. The lyrics themselves actually have nothing to do with the video, and the story unfolds through a series of creative visual gimmicks, including detailed costumes and digital scenery. The song itself seems very much like a direct sequel to “Float On,” with its syncopated beat and über-positive lyrics, but that doesn’t really take away from the experience. “Dashboard” is just cool—whether Modest Mouse was going for rock opera or merely trying to do something different, the video...
...away and rockets off into space at 3,500 m.p.h. on its laughing-gas engine. Aboard the spaceship the two pilots will cut the rockets and the ship will coast up to 80 miles, well outside the atmosphere. For 4 min., the six passengers (now astronauts!) can unstrap and float weightless around the cabin. Earth will look like a shiny ball with white swirls surrounded by a totally black sky. Diving back into the atmosphere will be a wild ride, peaking at nearly 6 Gs--twice the rush you feel on the average roller coaster. Rutan's genius...