Sentences with phrase «culture reference point»

For a long time, the 1989 movie Back to the Future II stood as the pop culture reference point for what the future may look like.

Since its release, the film has become a cult favorite and a pop - culture reference point for many artists, including Hank Willis Thomas.

To put the feeling into an easily watched, pop culture reference I point you to this link (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nqP3p5IBx8) and advise you to watch from minute marker 7:12 to 8:18.

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The books provide reference points and a common vocabulary for the top team as it works to protect and deepen OST's culture.

Yet at every point it must be read in reference to the culture within which it emerged, so that its «situation - conditioned» and temporal elements may be seen in their true perspective.

We could point to examples of semantic structure, grammatical style, references to culture, and a whole host of other historical critical standards to prove by scholarly consensus that the author whose name is on the book did not actually write it.

Its categories — such as «Christ against culture» and «Christ of culture» — have ever since been familiar reference points in the field of Christian ethics and in debates about how Christians and the church should engage matters of politics, society and culture.

The main characters have become so much a part of popular culture that many women use them as reference points to describe their own patterns and feelings about sex.

Full of pop culture references and with tons of humour, Randal's Monday takes the concept of Groundhog Day and turns it into a quite enjoyable point and click adventure game.

'' I was honoured to be brought on board as the British Sign Language / Deaf culture consultant for Dawn of the Deaf, it meant I could indulge in my love for horror films whilst consulting and pointing out to Rob the many filmic references in his film!

Another point of contention, concerning marketability of this film to the U.S., was the heavy references to Japanese culture and folklore that most in the Western world would not understand.

The entire film references other comic book films, and pop culture mentions, typically by making fun of them in some way; Green Lantern, joke in the credits, Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice's silly mommy moment, Hawkeye's lack of powers, Josh Brolin's Thanos's two - timing as a character in Avengers: Infinity of War less than three weeks ago, at one point Wade simply calls Brolin's (Cable), «Thanos,» Logan's gags you'll need to see for yourself.

With first radio and then television, both passive receivers, becoming ubiquitous presences in people's homes, culture was united in the limited number of options available, and thus coalesced around a comparatively small number of widely shared cultural reference points.

This game grew to define a period in gaming culture to the point of being referenced any time confectioneries were mentioned.

Allender pointed to a four - step protocol for engaging student voice in formal learning spaces which included listening to students, believing in and looking for academic value in students» cultural references, bridging student culture and academic voices, and finally, surfacing academic elements in students» cultural references.

Why we like it: In a field that tends to elicit yawns and blank stares, The Reformed Broker gets its acclaim from pulling from many different themes and tools, including «statistics, satire, anecdotes, pop culture references, sarcasm, fact, fantasy, and any other device that I feel necessary to get my points across,» according to Brown.

I love all of the little details about the game too, like flipping over tables to create strategic cover; quick warp points so you can instantaneously teleport around the floors and lessen the amount of backtracking; achievements that actually require dedication and skill to complete; secret areas and side missions that are well thought out and integrated with the game mechanics; gear based around classic gaming and pop culture references (for example a light gun that shoots a Duck Hunt duck with the last bullet of every clip); and since the Supply Drop update, the all - important option to save and quit between floors.

The largest survey of Nari Ward «s work to date, this traveling exhibition «focuses on vital points of reference for Ward, including his native Jamaica, citizenship, and migration, as well as African - American history and culture, to explore the dynamics of power and politics in society.»

References from Western art history provide points of engagement with Kansas City and Chicago - based artist Patty Carroll's photographic images, which employ distinctly modern elements of décor and consumerist culture to reveal psychological threads of domesticity's sometimes overwhelming tenor.

He continues, «It becomes a nostalgic reference point, because my kind of non-western identity has begun to erode since I left that culture.»

The panel will explore the timeliness of this recent iteration of digital abstraction, with three artists who variously work through issues such as: how gesture, expression, and authenticity might continue to be possible in a contemporary image - based culture; whether our digital era truly produces an ahistorical condition in which images and marks have no specific reference and no relevant point of origin; how structures of and interfaces with digital technologies have necessitated new models for thinking about memory, distribution, and reproduction, as well as degradation, rupture, breakdown, and the void; and how the ubiquity of the screen in all aspects of life has given rise to a renewed interest in the relationship between two - dimensional and three - dimensional space, with a refreshed focus on tromp l'oeil and «topographical» painting.

While we can use the imminent changes in Chinese culture and politics as an underlying reference point for his work, Yang Fudong: An Estranged Paradise teaches us more about this particular artists» sensitivity to color, framing, composition and human behavior.

Since the mid-1970s she has referenced and critiqued American popular culture, suggesting the influence of Pop Art while pointing to Abstract Expressionism through large, physical, drippy paintings of cartoon and comic characters such as Felix the Cat, Mickey Mouse, and Homer Simpson.

The artist Yinka Shonibare will explore the impact of immigration on British culture in an installation at Brighton's reference library while in theatre there will be visits by the Russian company led by Dmitry Krymov; and the Glasgow - based Vanishing Point.

The works are loaded with intelligent political or social commentary, and draw on both popular culture and traditional narratives as they interweave local and international points of reference.

Meissen ceramics, Zen Buddhism, and Post-Minimalism have all served as reference points in her work, which calls attention to the way objects are presented in institutions, how knowledge is passed between cultures, and how sculptures get made.

Such reference points help situate Costa's affinity for consuming the stuff of world culture and regurgitating it according to the unavoidable particularities of his own sensibility, as well as the compositional decentralization that informs each of his works and his exhibitions as a whole.

The exhibition focuses on vital points of reference for Ward including his native Jamaica, citizenship and migration, and African - American history and culture, to explore the dynamics of power and politics in society.

Glasgow artist Torsten Lauschmann's solo exhibition, «War of the Corners», takes as points of reference everything from Oskar Schlemmer's Triadic Ballet (1922), children's soft play cubes and an obscure 18th century critical spat about high and low culture in opera.

While her source imagery often references her African heritage, Akunyili Crosby's works also frequently depict her experiences living in the United States and the point of contact where cultures meet — for example, I Still Face You (2015) portrays her American - born husband seated at a table with her family.

Some more creative judges think outside of the box to get their point across through pop culture references.

The scam, commonly referred to as an «advance fee fraud» or 419 scam (in reference to the Nigerian criminal code statute the scam violates), is pop culture at this point.