Sentences with phrase «frisson of»

I thought it was going to be a bit naff, but the view is spectacular and you get a real frisson of being in London.

The Atlantic — Torturer's Apprentice — Cullen Murphy — But first, a frisson of the rather more serious kind, because, alas, we need to know.

On 30 October 2014 the UK Court of Appeal released a decision that is likely to send a frisson of fear down the spine of governments everywhere.

Now I can be productive in my car, although often my editor drones on in Skype meetings to the point that I am falling asleep at my standing desk; perhaps the extra frisson of driving my exciting and fast Beemer at the same time would help keep me awake.

There is not much joy for these people in urging common sense measures to forfend readily perceptible hazards, since these don't confer that frisson of «priestly knowledge» that catastrophists find especially rewarding.

Yes, that very well should give climate change deniers an existential frisson of fear.

So be the first on your block with a signed copy... and the electric frisson of knowing that the proceeds are going towards the first ever cross-examination of Michael E Mann on a courtroom witness stand.

Sharon Butler strikes me as this sort of intellectually curious painter: not having made up her mind, not falling into any one camp, but enjoying the restless frisson of not knowing where she's going, while being pulled in contradictory directions.

Figurative painting's power, to a lesser or greater degree, hinges on the frisson of implied intimacy or its denial.

Owens's talk is a must for those interested in the tension and frisson of intimate performance.

This exhibition can be seen as a continuation of her recent presentation at the Whitechapel Gallery, entitled «the frisson of the togetherness».

The thick, wool carpet and lack of seating forcing the institute's Information Staff to sit on the floor gives the large gallery rooms a hint of domesticity compounded by the frisson of unorthodoxy instilled by the encouragement to move some of the installations around and tear pages from others.

We do not simply stumble across ruins, we search them out in order to linger amid their tottering, mouldering forms — the great broken rhythm of collapsing vaults, truncated columns, crumbling plinths — and savour the frisson of decline and fall, of wholeness destabilised.

He shape - shifted organisms inside out, releasing a spirit that can still give off a frisson of almost comforting unease.

Imhof built glass partitions between rooms and a raised glass floor throughout, which adds a frisson of danger while allowing voyeuristic scrutiny of the performers crawling among the transparent panes, as if they were another species on view.

Banksy and the Problem With Sarcasm (regarding Dismaland): «Banksy asks us to substitute the sensation of recognizing a reference for the frisson of wit.

«Leonor Antunes: the frisson of the togetherness», installation view at the Whitechapel Gallery, London.

You couldn't atomise their style, she said, you couldn't treat it item - by - item; it was all about «how the items are put together and put on... the putting together, the frisson of the togetherness».

Its delicate touch plays on the texture richness that we find between the folds of very modest episodes, evoking a frisson of deep recognition, a sense of primal encounter with the brilliant, elusive world of senses.

It was the latter who coined the phrase «frisson of the togetherness», when she was talking in 1989 about fashionable kids.

«The frisson of the togetherness» takes place in a sparse room of woven nets, strung cables, and freestanding objects; though the materials — leather, wood, rope — are Antunes standards, they also point back to their gallery's past.

This is the New Yorker's first foray into the London art scene and it has been greeted with a frisson of anticipation.

Installation view at the Whitechapel Gallery, Leonor Antunes: the frisson of the togetherness, Gallery 2.

Leonor Antunes: the frisson of the togetherness, Gallery 2.

Concerned with questions of craftsmanship, modernity, design and the vernacular, Portuguese artist Leonor Antunes is joined by art historian Briony Fer to discuss her work, on the occasion of her new commission the frisson of the togetherness.

Mass Effect had a grand total of three backgrounds you could pick for your Shepard at the start, but I always had a smidge of a thrill when it came up in any of the subsequent sequels, a frisson of, «hey, that's MY Shepard they're talking about».

Even her ankles are covered in this very Harrison Bergeron outfit, where she now exhibits the sexual frisson of a Bioware character model.

For tourists, the contest has an extra frisson of danger, as even though bulls are tied up and handled by attendants, they sometimes break free and have been known to charge spectators.

But there was also a frisson of something distinctly new happening — even in the most off of the off - season, during a trip where I blissfully interacted with next to nobody, I could sense it — and I was curious.

I felt a frisson of excitement as I stepped inside and was greeted by a dining room and sitting area in our very spacious suite.

Hodder Education m.d. Lis Tribe said the political arena would «provide an extra frisson of excitement for educational publishers in 2015», as planned A-level reform changes, passed by the current government, could be put on hold if the Labour Party gets into power.

Although the chief attraction of The Jolly Postman may be the frisson of permissible nosiness, its enduring appeal must be put down to the utterly charming illustrations and the sheer inventiveness of the concept.

She still prizes her «frisson of autonomy,» her belief in herself as a dynamic individual doing meaningful work in the world.

Not that they necessarily need to, as the Kickstarter is up to almost $ 130,000 as I write this, as many backers have opted to pre-order books they might have bought anyway — but with the added frisson of the creator's autograph and the satisfaction of helping a publisher that has built up a lot of loyalty over the years.

might even have hung around the office a bit late on Thursday to enjoy the frisson of the fray.

Perhaps a frisson of intimidation, too — at least on damp roads, where you can't help but consider the width of rubber and the promise of a chassis that's even more responsive and aggressively set - up than the previous RS's.

That's often the way with these track tests, but it still adds an extra frisson of anxiety to an already pressure - laden drive.

«A new exhaust on the PZ adds a frisson of extra bite to the scream of the Wankel above 7000rpm but it doesn't add more punch, which is what you will really crave by the end of your first trackday in the PZ.»

The chassis has also received some minor adjustments, mainly to cope with the V10 but also to add a frisson of additional grit.

Wonks love the frisson of danger from embracing an idea that their ideological allies don't like, whether they are conservatives committed to states» rights or liberals troubled by inflexible standards.

Arguably, Perry's preceding feature, The Color Wheel, is even closer to the spirit of Roth's work, concerning as it does a bitter war between brother and sister (Perry and co-writer Carlen Altman) that gradually reveals a frisson of taboo sexual desire.

It's another thought - provoking, visually arresting offering from Alex Garland, one not just for fans of sci - fi and / or horror but for anybody who likes intelligent, bold movies with more than a frisson of tension in their DNA.

McAvoy and Fassbender, two smart, elegant heartthrobs who are usually more at home in a very different kind of literary adaptation, bring a frisson of intimacy to their scenes together.

It's a film that justifies repeated viewing, each time a new detail underlining its resonant depiction of love as an adventure, whether it be the pleasure of selecting a gift that will remind the other of an early encounter, or the frisson of difference represented by three white, perfectly scaled - down suitcases alongside a solitary, ordinary yellow one.

Since the frisson of conflict is what makes movies work, Just Wright flounders, slick as an NBA commercial, pretty as a Jersey - in - spring postcard.

Taking the film on its own material terms, there's a perverse frisson of pleasure — of sweet, egregiously unequal justice — to be had in watching two people this immaculately beautiful finally unite in quite such accordingly beautiful fashion, and it's here where James (once more acting as producer) and the filmmakers have us right where they want us.

I always get a frisson of excitement when I feel the first few whisps of autumn.

The humongous shopping bags, as well as the lurid florals and overall air of chap - turned - luxe nodded at the street markets where poor people shop and that gave the outing the frisson of political incorrectness, like Demna was making a giant mockery of the house, and all the rest.

For that matter, does the salmon that spills its seed over a bed of eggs feel a frisson of pleasure?

11:44 - Labour's deputy leader is a little frustrated by constant questioning about «culture» as we have the first frisson of disagreement.