Sentences with phrase «of theatrical props»

The images, staggered throughout the space in the manner of theatrical props, present themselves as potential police mug shots, closed - circuit camera stills or anonymous faces in the crowd, albeit magnified in scale and distorted by their mediation through surveillance technology.

Our workshops really come to life with the addition of the theatrical props and scripts that we have purchased as a result of the funding, so I want to thank UKSE for its support.

Not exact matches

Our goal is to deliver authentic prop replicas that will help fans relive the thrills of their favorite films, while building excitement for upcoming theatrical releases, such as Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom opening on June 22.»

The game follows a theatrical setting, having levels with interactive props popping in and dropping out of the stage, thus perfectly recreating the motif.

Day is Done attempts to recover such lapses in memory through a medley of imagery, props, and performances that loosely formulate a theatrical play.

In the days between performances, the stage pieces and props for the work remain in the space as a self - aware and deflated theatrical residue, marking the dormant space as a site of ongoing activity.

Black Slacks, 2008, for example, upends the cool remove of modernist design by making it overtly theatrical; propped on its side without a cushion, the leather straps across hard wood of a Mies van Der Rohe Barcelona daybed give the frame the appearance of a torture device rather than a napping place.

It features: a series of black - and - white photographs of elderly actors by Liu Zheng that play with conventions of ethnographic and opera photography; two videos by Chen Qiulin that make use of traditional opera characters to respond to changes wrought by the Three Gorges Dam; The Forbidden City (Zijincheng) by Liu Wei, a lyrical video of theatrical «glove puppets» (budai kuilei) shown publicly for the first time; and videos by Cui Xiuwen that connect to opera in more oblique ways, through performative elements and symbolic props, gestures, and costumes.

The exhibition title, Situations does not suggest a theatrical scene consists of props and actors, but rather draws from its Latin root situs, referring to, here, this place, and the lively people and the scenes in the life around them.

Desirée Holman's multi-sensory work positions groups of individuals and theatrical tools, like costumes or props, in settings that illuminate ideas of identity.

Anthea Hamilton is a UK - based artist who creates multi-media installations that resemble theatrical stages or film sets and incorporate arrangements of prop - like objects, references to modernist paintings, and appropriated images of pop culture icons such as blow - ups of John Travolta in John Travolta, Bust - like, 2012.

Art historical precedents, craft, theatrical props and ideas of narrative all present themselves within the exhibition.

The term Arte Povera was actually borrowed from the theoretical performance manual, Towards a Poor Theater, written by the Polish theatrical director Jerzy Grotowski, who called for the removal of excess props and ornament (the moneyed theater of spectacle) from the stage to the point that the actors used only their natural gifts to activate meaning with facial expressions, voice, gesture, and acrobatic movements (hence materially «poor»).

Walking into a large vagina, shooting paint, gazing at the stars in a planetarium, dancing the twist, plowing a path through a room filled with balloons: the exhibitions might easily be considered more as theme park attractions than serious art shows, comprising theatrical props instead of works of art.

I experienced Slug first as a nod to the theatrical, given that the last project we worked on together, The Artist Theater Program, involved not only similar racks to move the props on stage but also a presentation of artworks sequentially in the progressive time of a play's scenes.

Pies, microphones, knives, lights, and other props and theatrical elements are motifs in her work, referring to the mix of danger, absurdity, and failure that characterizes slapstick comedy and humor - based entertainment.

«Magic Show» features work by 24 international artists, with new commissions and an archive of historical posters, curious props and off - beat ephemera from the world of theatrical magic.

This richly illustrated book contains essays on the intersections between art and magic by Jonathan Allen and Sally O'Reilly; texts on each of the 24 featured artists; new writing on the cultural history of magic by Simon During, Brigitte Felderer, Peter Lamont, Pierre Taillefer, Helen Varola and Marina Warner; a fold - out collation of texts and images exploring the dynamics of magic, art and power; and an illustrated selection of props and offbeat ephemera from the world of theatrical magic.

The space of the painting can be strongly theatrical, with high - contrast lighting, as well as props, masks, and harlequin patterns (the last two references to the Italian commedia dell» arte tradition.)

With its prop - like sculptures, Mechanical Movements produces a theatrical scene of stopped motion.