In his essay «The Curious Case of Biennial Art» Jan Verwoert asserts that one paradigmatic biennial artist is a «thief» who (as opposed to the fairly straightforward «jokers» and «scouts») uses their understanding of the economy of desire to deal in the secrets
of a mirage of cultural identity centered around an undecipherable trauma that glints like a ruby in the dust when one tentatively points a spotlight in its direction.»
From a match turning into a sunrise to a man appearing
out of a mirage to a spectacular train crash, you can thank «Lawrence of Arabia» for some of the most indelible images ever created on film.
---------- Chris MacDonald: Your new book, The Authenticity Hoax, is about the way our pursuit of authenticity is in many ways the
pursuit of a mirage, and you argue that the pursuit of it is ultimately not just futile, but destructive.
As I was constantly hearing, «I tried to breastfeed but couldn't,» from one mom after another who felt nursing was the best thing for their child but had stopped for one reason for another, I realized that despite the easy image I had of my mother successfully nursing my six younger siblings (and me), it was probably a bit
of a mirage because I hadn't seen the whole picture as a young child.
To explain their technique, Smith and Schurig invoke the example
of a mirage on a hot summer road.
This duality of seduction and entrapment is key to Ward's
idea of mirage, which as an image both distorts reality and points to a sense of need.
But must not this event on Bultmann's own premises once more assume the
character of a mirage instead of a fixed point on the landscape of history?
So the body count increases, and the promise of peace is
more of a mirage with each passing day.
Portland's recent rise of success has been
somewhat of a mirage as several games have been against teams with key players out due to injury.
It is shocking and mindboggling to know that, some perceived celebrated companies in Ghana and Africa with so much media hype and political patronization, were just nothing but a
package of mirage.
This is the most common
type of mirage, the one we see all the time on highways on hot days.
A mathematical operation called transfer mapping relates
properties of mirage images to topological ideas.
Certain
features of mirages are thus understood without detailed knowledge of atmospheric conditions
And, as long as these non-unionized schools are funded by the likes of hedge fund operators, the Walton Foundation (Walmart) and the Broad Foundation, the likelihood that they will ever be teacher led will remain pretty
much of a mirage.
Red Bonnetberry, White Chocobo, and Glow Moogle — These are special
versions of mirages (monsters) you can recruit to join you on your quest and aid you in battle.
The
Tower of Mirages is randomly generated and it has tens of thousands of levels.
Using the Mirage Board, it's possible to teach new abilities and raise the
stats of the Mirages you've befriended.
The twins can shrink themselves to diminutive Lilikins as well, which enables different
stacking of mirages.
The mysterious customer, Enna Kros, explains the twins that they once commanded an
army of mirages - creatures of all sizes, great and small.
Whenever the proceedings started to get too goofy or repetitive, the negatives were quickly overshadowed by a fresh
batch of Mirages to capture, a new take on a beloved Final Fantasy song and even more little surprises that I never saw coming.
Given the sheer
number of mirages out there, you're free to tinker with your team nearly ad infinitum, stacking divergent types to increase the number of ways you can strike or putting two of the same type together to amplify spells (e.g., fire becomes fira).
The French title of the work, heat wave in English, alludes to meteorological effects and the
occurence of a mirage, whereby the reverberation of heat waves appears to produce an actual image.
As intimated in the title of the exhibition, O'Neil's
concept of mirage suggests a place that might exist either in the past or in the future, a parallel or possible world, rather than a fixed space with a defined story.
They are presenting a multimedia exhibition that explores
notions of mirage — something that is simultaneously there and not there, figments of...
An etching (photo polymer) with the title Mourning hours
days of mirage nights of mist.
Previous works have explored the verbal descriptions of the sound of the Northern Lights and accounts of images seen as a
result of mirages on the Great Lakes.
Alice Aycock: Drawingsis the first exploration of her spectacular drawings, which include
elements of mirage, fantasy, and science, and evoke both abstract thinking and bodily sensation.
Dixit Reka: «This exhibition is like a mood board exploring the
theme of the mirage; our vision being misleading.
So not only do these new screenshots feature Bartz and Terra quite heavily, but we also get introduced to another long time fan favourite in the
form of the mirage / summon — Gilgamesh!
In a
sort of mirage, the artist uses different reproduction strategies to dismantle the relation between form and content, as well as manifest the virtues and deficiencies of his references.
Nurturing the
idea of a mirage, these visuals are more focusing on the harmony rather than the content, triggering optical illusions and deceiving the eye.
Square Enix has also released some adorable concept art to introduce
some of the Mirages that will be available.
Some of the both Mirages turn out to be fan - favourite characters from the Fire Emblem series, but only from select games such as Chrom, Tiki, Tharja, and Virion from Awakening and Cain and Caeda from Shadow Dragon and the Blade of Light.
Square Enix has released a new short trailer for World of Final Fantasy this time to introduce
some of the Mirages (monsters) in the game.
Some of the mirages are pretty cool.
There's a surprising amount of Crystal Chronicles representation for example, and some even smaller Square - Enix properties get some brief and bizarre cameos in the form
of mirages (looking at you, Einhander).
Put together, the recent news appears to show that the charging white steed of carbon capture may be something
of a mirage.