Sentences with phrase «complex narrative»

Together, they offer an opportunity to reflect on the varied and complex narrative of national security, including the physical and psychological borders we create, protect, and cross in its name.

Not only does it add a complexity to the already complex narrative, but it gives a sense of realism that makes these characters truly engaging.

She carried a very complex narrative that addresses common humanity and big ideas about how and why we communicate, while also exploring space travel and even an apocalyptic world in some ways.

The artists have transformed the main hall of the museum into a unique sculpture garden featuring individual figures and complex narrative groups.

One of the more interesting developments in the cinema of the past 15 years or so has been the surge of mainstream films with complex narratives...

Curator, collector, researcher and set designer, Macuga is a multidisciplinary arist who combines different expressive forms in complex narrative works that are full of meaning.

Finally, though structuralism seemed to lend itself well to myths, folktales and highly formulaic texts, it seemed unable to deal with more complex narratives.

The ambiguity that results destabilizes automatic responses and assumptions, but, at the same time, demonstrates how commodification can reduce complex narratives into easily digestible and misleading imagery.

He re-manufactures these lexicons into complex narrative structures and formal languages, exploring perceptions of space, the ambiguities of identity, the shifting sensitivities of historical memory and the fluid relationship between art and craft.

Your comments about FPS games interested me, however; does the ludological composition of the FPS preemptively cripple its attempts at complex narrative by making everything about killing and little else?

He creates complex narratives around issues related to archaeology and cultural preservation.

Conveying both the physicality of her engagement and the movement of the human bodies she portrays, these works build upon complex narratives about perception and representation.

David Hilliard's large - scale, multi-paneled, color photographs present complex narratives exploring a range of themes and situations, from quiet moments of contemplation to scenes of heightened drama.

Known for complex narratives that often concern a network of characters engaging with the mediation of identity, truth and history, Egoyan's work over the last decade plus applies these concerns to a variety of film subjects, as well as installations, plays and operas.

Her projects often suggest complex narratives through the inclusion of everyday objects, psychedelic vistas, and evocative titles.

Freed from complex narratives and the subject's surroundings, Olivier's film draws attention to the solitary woman alone and the simple act she is performing.

Omer Fast uses complex narrative structures to explore the different ways stories are constructed.

We like complex narratives with twists, that are not easy to go through because they have different layers and substories.

Now, with Cameron's notion of the modular narrative in mind, I would like to return to the question of how to make sense of the contemporary cycle of complex narrative films in relation to previous categories of analysis.

The hard - hitting trailer for Tekken 7's all - important story mode gives a few scant details of what complex narrative journeys you'll be embarking...

The hard - hitting trailer for Tekken 7's all - important story mode gives a few scant details of what complex narrative journeys you'll be embarking on when it arrives early next year.

Reed paints complex narratives rich in form, symbolism, and emotion.

The show will provide an in - depth look at the symbolic nature of the artist's most striking depictions of individuals and groups — from intimate portraits to more complex narrative scenes — and will highlight how allegory permeates Eisenman's oeuvre as she fluidly ties the fictional to the autobiographical and the past to the present.

In The Unwinding, George Packer, author of The Assassins» Gate: America in Iraq, tells the story of the United States over the past three decades in an utterly original way, with his characteristically sharp eye for detail and gift for weaving together complex narratives.

While strong female leads and socially complex narratives are amazing to see, the real question left is «How is the gameplay?»

Whipps creates installations and books that tease complex narratives out of historic artefacts and moments.

A closer look, however, yields a much more complex narrative implicating key board members in a purportedly failed effort to identify and manage dubiously disclosed conflicts of interest critically tied to Cypress» executive chairman.

Vivid multidimensional characters become mere prefigurations instead of figures in their own right, and complex narrative situations are reduced to a single theological point.

The latest wave of games hinges on experiencing or even writing complex narratives.

The film's biggest problem, however, is the messy and overly complex narrative, which tries spinning several different subplots into an intricately woven crime thriller but falls flat on its face in the process.

He's pursuing a more complex narrative terrain and that's reflected, once again, in his multi-dimensional characters, all of whom exist in a gray moral territory.

«I»VE LOVED YOU SO LONG» (Philippe Claudel) Unfairly dismissed in some quarters as a mere performance showcase for the admittedly monumental, career - crowning work of the great Kristin Scott Thomas, Claudel's debut is in fact a decidedly complex narrative feat, built on an intricately organized system of secrets and revelations that initially cast the film as an unusual domestic thriller, until a final - act coup brings an even greater emotional immediacy.

Ambition played a positive role when writer - director John Singleton made his debut with «Boyz N the Hood» two years ago, spinning an emotionally complex narrative into a commercial and critical success despite his status as an African - American newcomer in a white - dominated industry.

Told in three alternating voices, this compellingly complex narrative begins with Eli, the McCullough clan's patriarch and most intriguing member.

Job listings on Bungie's website suggest that the developer is looking to create a more complex narrative component than what any of its Halo titles have offered.

The emotional gravitas that comes with some of the heavier decisions you're obliged to make really have an impact on the route the game's complex narrative takes — which, incidentally, follows Big as he attempts to recapture Froggy after he is brainwashed by a cult; a clear instance of SEGA tying in some contemporary themes, which I really appreciate — as well as an inevitably emotional response from the player.

Uncharted is an interesting outlier — it has a moderately complex narrative, but has comparatively few customization options.

Throughout the campaign you'll come across Phoenix Logs, akin to terminals from previous Halo entries, giving you Halo Wars 2's more complex narrative material from maps, leaders, and bases to faction soldiers, vehicles, and much more.

The derelict space station serves as the backdrop for Arkane Studios» latest adventure, Prey, and houses a surprisingly complex narrative about our collective fascination for science and technology.

And it does so effortlessly, through artful design, while also conveying an unsettling ambiance as well as complex narrative and gameplay themes of transience and purposiveness.

Malani hand draws directly onto the prints in ghostly white ink, analogous to the mesmerizing moving images in the original installation, and compiles a range of complex narratives bringing together the past and present.

Gestures of cultural understanding are performed by a number of artists whose images reveal complex narratives: Kent Monkman's alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle reclaims a controversial headdress; Aida Muluneh speaks to the struggles and achievements of the African diaspora across history; and Caroline Monnet's scene of women in the film industry highlights an emerging sense of power and self - determination.

The duo have been collaborating as Kahn / Selesnick since 1988 on a series of complex narrative photo - novellas and sculptural installations.

Still holding traces from their subject matters, McKinniss's paintings unfold over close inspection, revealing their puzzlingly complex narratives.

Her work is primarily driven by complex narratives surrounding socially constructed notions of femininity that romanticize alternative forms of beauty.

Essenhigh's paintings explore a diverse range of subjects and indulge in subtly complex narratives.

Informed by his film background, Julien's gallery installations produce complex narratives that reflect critical thinking about race, globalization, and the politics of representation.

Contemporary artists such as Adriana Varejão, Bharti Kher and Howardena Pindell employ complex surfaces to engage with equally complex narratives and histories.