«When
we imagine the landscape of astronomy in the decade of 2030, we realize it is at last within our grasp to make a monumental discovery that will change mankind forever.
Originally presented at Pelican Bomb Gallery X in New Orleans, November 2017, Queer Tropics features artworks that examine the visual and cultural systems through which one
imagines the landscape of the tropics as a site of leisure, sensuality, and play.
The five panels that make up the PVC tapestry depict snapshots of a city on the move and narrate an urban tale set within
an imagined landscape of Old Oslo.
Queer Tropics, on view at Transformer gallery in Washington, D.C., through April 21, «features artworks that examine the visual and cultural systems through which one
imagines the landscape of the tropics as a site of leisure, sensuality, and play,» according to the gallery website.
Though the works are devoid of human figures, a human presence and
the imagined landscape of childhood inform each image.
Not exact matches
The island nation
of Iceland, known for its scenic volcanoes and beautiful
landscapes is perhaps the last place where you'd
imagine such a crime to take place!
It's hard to
imagine a more intensive rearrangement
of local
landscapes.
Past olive groves forming an animal print
of the
landscape, eventually giving way to gleaming wheat fields and haystacks seemingly still wet from van Gogh's brush and assembled with Cezanne's eye, it is hard to
imagine any city in the world ensnaring your heart with more force
of raw beauty.
For any sound mind with basic knowledge
of Nigeria's democracy, it is easy to conclude that Churchill Okonkwo is a man
of selective memory or limited information which actually leads one to
imagine what his status would have been in 1993 when Atiku Abubakar jostled with the late M.KO Abiola on the political
landscape for Presidency.
«The simulations showed that the only way to account for the proven increase in volcanic activity was that the level (and thus the weight)
of the Mediterranean Sea dropped by about two kilometres,» explains Sternai, before adding: «I leave it to you to
imagine what the
landscape looked like.»
In the desolate
landscape of Antarctica's Dry Valleys, it is nearly impossible to
imagine life could exist, much less thrive.
Yet the surrounding radioactive
landscape that Mycio describes is hardly as forbidding as aficionados
of the book
of Revelation might
imagine.
Imagine a bowling ball sitting on a water bed; the ball's weight creates a valley in the flat
landscape of the bed.
Imagine this whole mound a sea
of pueblo - like buildings, and whole families getting up and going out to try to hunt and gather plants and dirt for plaster — it's a massive use
of the
landscape.
In the certain way you can
imagine, or look at it like if you recall the epigenetic
landscape of wanting that the valley gets deeper and deeper, and it gets more and more complicated to overcome the hill that then is building up and prevents to change the cell identity.
When Japanese designer Shigetaka Kurita sketched out the first ever batch
of 176 emojis in 1999, he could hardly have
imagined the current
landscape.
This vibrant urban sprawl, inspired by the colorful buildings
of the real - life city
of Guanajuato, is as marvelously
imagined as the cerebral
landscape of Inside Out or Monsters Inc.'s bustling Monstropolis, another densely packed world
of wonders that's both familiar — there's a scene about skeleton bureaucracy that kills, I swear — and otherworldly.
A late sequence where Ernst and the heavily pregnant Mary — a potentially redemptive figure whose name is not just a metaphor but a meta - five —
imagine themselves on an airborne vision quest, floating over and through devastated
landscapes, is the sort
of wild, risky flourish that could easily be mistaken for a mistake.
Pixar's second release
of the year
imagines 1) Earth never hit by a big, bad asteroid, 2) dinosaurs that never went extinct as a result, and 3) a time when their human neighbors weren't yet paving and building on every available inch
of the
landscape.
There's also little doubt that Van Dormael does a superb job
of balancing the various timelines and realities, with the switch from - for example - a drab suburban
landscape to a futuristic and clinical space station subsequently not nearly as jarring as one might've
imagined.
I see podcasting, blogging, wikis, and Moodle becoming better established as parts
of many school
landscapes, but this list is a collection
of edgy folks» hopes and dreams, the great ideas
of creative thinkers who
imagine that the tool they have designed just might change the way folks work, play, communicate, and so on.
Proponents
imagined a pastoral
landscape where charity and punishment were doled out in equal measure, but from its outset, it was a site
of barely contained chaos.
In tales set in India and the United States, she illuminates the transformations
of personal
landscapes, real and
imagined, brought about by the choices men and women make at every stage
of their lives.
But if it's a fruit bowl, flower arrangement or
landscape that you
imagine will grace the pages
of her sketchbook, think again, because this lady, like me, is a dreamer.
Meet Michael Crichton, a man whose creative
landscape ranges from the ragtag intrigues
of 19th century London to the threatening predictions
of a future we can only
imagine.
You said you didn't know, and I
imagined calcified bones
of leviathans, who, tired from their years
of ghosting about the high seas, finally lay supine and became a part
of the
landscape.
Imagine a stay in a beautiful, modern beachfront resort sitting on 20 acres
of powdery sand, surrounding by mountains, jungle, and meticulous
landscaping.
Imagine the awe
of discovering Alaska's incredible vistas and rugged
landscapes.
Imagine fairytale palaces, towering gorges carved through millennia, and tiny villages nestled in the still preserved beauty
of the
landscape.
Beautiful
landscapes, fascinating wildlife, modern cities pulsing with activity, and all kinds
of fun attractions and activities make it about as well - rounded a destination as you could
imagine.
Just
imagine setting off and knowing that, for the next 53 days, you will be taken 23,000 miles round the entire globe on famous international rail networks, by air and by coach, not only visiting, but actually getting to know, a vast diversity
of countries and being able to experience, as you pass through or stop to explore them, all the astounding differences in
landscape and culture
of each one.
Imagine celebrating the most magical day
of your life surrounded by wildflowers, next to a
landscaped pond, in the middle
of the forrest.
I never
imagined that, years later, I would return to the island on three separate occasions to spend a total amount
of six weeks exploring its beautiful
landscapes and the lives
of the people who inhabit it.
Standing in the yard at China Beach, a visitor can
imagine the agony and glory
of that 4000 - mile trek, and the
landscape of those first years
of the nineteenth century.
It's easy to
imagine a supernatural creature in the colorful terrain that surrounds the hotel — a
landscape full
of exotic flowers and animals you won't find anywhere else.
Costa Rica News — It's hard to
imagine the peaceful beaches and grand
landscapes of Peninsula Papagayo to be host to a 90 day intensive training resort and yet it's rumored...
I can
imagine how irresistible the
landscape of El Ports Natural Park must have been to Picasso.
Now, instead
of the Eiffel tower, let's
imagine that a more complex equation equals an entire planet, including its weather and
landscapes and even its lifeforms.
Zzoom (
Imagine, 1983) Before first - person shooters dominated the gaming
landscape, very early titles toyed with the same camera perspective with varying degrees
of success.
Now CoLD SToRAGE is traversing a new variety
of imagined landscapes.
Of course, you can imagine Solongo drew lots of inspiration from her childhood, growing up amidst the beautiful natural landscapes of Mongolia before moving to the United States to pursue a career in illustratio
Of course, you can
imagine Solongo drew lots
of inspiration from her childhood, growing up amidst the beautiful natural landscapes of Mongolia before moving to the United States to pursue a career in illustratio
of inspiration from her childhood, growing up amidst the beautiful natural
landscapes of Mongolia before moving to the United States to pursue a career in illustratio
of Mongolia before moving to the United States to pursue a career in illustration.
In this exhibition, these fragments tell stories
of a post-tsunami
landscape and allow us to
imagine the activity in these areas before the tsunami.»
The
landscapes in my paintings are a sort
of invented /
imagined / remembered combination
of places that hold personal significance, specifically water and woods in Maine and Vermont.
Fichou succeeds in «
imagining» through a series
of maps, complex diagrams; a purely ontological
landscape.
The
imagined landscape is greatly influenced by time spent in the woods
of Maine and Vermont, as well as time spent daydreaming about those places while living and working in New York City.
Referencing a variety
of planes, from tapestries, textiles and mountains to soccer fields and excavation sites, Rheingantz's
landscapes feature fragmented memories
of real and
imagined locales.
When Western painters in the mid-late 1800s
imagined the exotic
landscape of the East, it was filled with caricature and hyperbole.
During the residency Sam Nightingale will go in search
of these
imagined landscape to make a new body
of work that will build on his practice that enlivens cinematic spectral spaces.
«Each piece is part
of a
landscape I
imagine as the earth gets swallowed by the sea,» he says.
During the three week residency Nightingale will engage directly with the real and
imagined cultural history
of West Texas and the High Chihuahuan Desert - a remote natural
landscape.