Sentences with phrase «of urban existence»

The architectural space in these photographs not only reflects a turbulent social and political history, but comments upon the emergence of new patterns of urban existence.

The architectural spaces in these photographs are not only reflections of a turbulent social and political history, but of the emergence of new patterns of urban existence.

By extracting visual tension from raw materials and their forms of urban existence, Liu Wei's work resembles the deliriousness of the landscapes around him.

His work from the 1990s incorporates slogans, text, graffiti and symbols into dystopian scenes of urban existence.

The exclusive soft - touch head liner and pillar accents make the Sorento SX Limited an inviting respite from the stress and strain of urban existence.

Tired of his urban existence, Marty yearns to see more of the outside world, and makes his escape, along with his friends out to stop him before its too late.

Not exact matches

Coupled with the industrialization of production in factories, this brought a radical shift in people's lives, from a predominantly rural existence to a predominantly urban one, first in Europe and later elsewhere.

Most damning of all, America has become the very embodiment of that alienation, anomie, and dehumanization which is the curse of existence in a highly technological and urban society (Heidegger has remarked that, metaphysically speaking, America and Russia are the same, for here «time as history» has vanished from human life).

But the new Pope, Urban VI, antagonized many of the cardinals by commanding them to live in the posts whose titles they bore and to give up the profitable pluralism — enjoying the revenues of two or more offices without fulfilling their functions or doing so only through poorly paid substitutes — which made possible their luxurious existence in Avignon.

The existence of party «clubs» might sound a little alien to people who live upstate, where they are not the norm — though some do exist, mostly in urban centers like Albany and Buffalo.

The researchers say the time gap between the river shifting course and the Indus Civilisation settlements appearing rules out the existence of a Himalayan - fed river that nourished Indus Civilisation urban settlements along the river channel.

Boyden describes four ecological phases of human existence: hunter - gatherer, early farming, early urban and modern high - energy.

Another factor that encouraged its use was the perception of a safe environment as regards urban traffic and the existence of bike lanes separated from the rest of vehicles.

Stockholm, Sweden About Blog The everyday life & surprises of living an urban existence.

There are dozens of prehistoric sites across the Iranian Plateau, pointing to the existence of ancient cultures and urban.

Many filmmakers, confronted with the immensely difficult task of justly rendering urban existence, get people and place all mixed up, to the point where they become one monolithically alienating entity.

Michael Dweck's «The Last Race» visits a blue - collar American racetrack that has been owned by a husband - wife team for years, but whose very existence is being threatened by urban development and the illness of the owners.

Contrary to what Michael Dyson asserts, «profound resegregation of American schools» has not happened; «telling differences between how much money suburban and urban schools spend on each student» do not exist; African American dropout rates are not 17 percent (but closer to the 50 percent figure that Cosby is accused of getting wrong); and the existence of the phenomenon of «acting white,» far from being «a theory that is in large part untrue,» has been affirmed by a major new study.

For example, while these five urban charter schools offer an existence proof that high standardized test scores are possible and within the grasp of every student in this country, it is equally true that the several practices of successful traditional schools in areas such as special education, the arts, or second language proficiency, offer insights for the charter world.

My study eventually led me to conclude that we actually had a system - level problem: The existence of long - failing schools was a symptom of the urban school district.

Our topic under the umbrella of food insecurity is the existence of food deserts in both rural and urban areas within the U.S. and how they compare and / or contrast in their causes and potential...

Charters have been in existence in the U.S. for close to 25 years and have demonstrated that all students can learn at high levels, even in urban areas where the challenges of schooling are intense.

In this poetic essay, Trebon describes the intersection of urban and rural existence in her life, how she balances these contradictions and how she'll continue to «crave experiences only found at the edge» as she enters adulthood.

Charter schools have been in existence for close to 25 years and have shown that all students can learn at high levels, even in urban areas where the challenges of schooling are intense.

Already there's a young couple seeking an off - the - grid existence, hunters with their sights set on a backyard full of game, and urban professionals hoping to find a condo in the middle of a northern town.

Stockholm, Sweden About Blog The everyday life & surprises of living an urban existence.

On the other hand, the value added by the map Gauntlet is the existence of multiple environments in one map: a jungle, an arctic environment, and an urban environment — all in one map, hence enriching the gameplay experience.

The existence of Episode Three — or perhaps a full - blown Half - Life 3, at this point — has become something of a combination urban legend / running joke within the gaming industry; rumors that an unveiling of the game is right around the corner are ever - present before trade shows and slow news days.

Chatterson works is characterized as being «A hybrid union of contemporary urban existence with an authentic investment in the history of painting».

He's fascinated partly because «they are beautiful creatures», and also because their habits present a fragile analogy (or contrast) to human urban existence, since they are capable of «living in great numbers together in relative peace».

They are complex images that speak to the increasingly disorienting experience of modern urban existence.

The park's existence is based on the belief that reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment.

London - based artist David Rayson is fascinated with the day - to - day existence of urban and suburban living.

Socrates» existence is based on the belief that reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment.

And yet the participatory, immersive aspect of Person of the Crowd signals a new way of presenting art that contemporary audiences expect — and it's one that deeply validates the attitude and practice of the flâneur as central to our modern, connected, urban existence.

The Park's existence is based on the belief that reclamation, revitalization and creative expression are essential to the survival, humanity and improvement of our urban environment.

A connecting thread between outwardly diverse works is a sense of the industrial, urban, and environmental entropy that defines twenty - first - century existence.

Combining French anthropologist Andre Leroi - Gourhain's theorie of evolution with the myth of the centaur Chiron the film narrates the hybrid existence of human beings in contemporary urban environments.

Some hold a minimum of food, revealing a sparse urban lifestyle; others are stuffed full, documenting a more chaotic existence.

In his series Urban Nature, Franco - Israeli photographer David Goldstein — featured previously — looks to highlight the existence of nature, springing up in our cities where we least expect it.

His latest series «Between Here and There» explores the romantic idea of young urban creatives» existence in the inner city life: a creative mind surrounded by the decay of buildings and a search for identity in a fast paced world.

Art Radar features two artists that address the meaning of contemporary existence amidst urban change, Wiyoga Muhardanto and Maryanto, focusing on their work presented at Art Basel Hong Kong in March 2016.

Stanley Greenberg's photographs of architectural sites contemplate form and content in the context of contemporary urban existence.

Brimming with Gilbert & George's unique visual vocabulary, it functions as a social document of life in our modern urban world, examining issues of nationality and individuality, class tensions, and the artists» preoccupations with religion, politics, sex, death, and human existence.

Cao Fei presents a real subculture suffused in illusions through her work and reflects the dilemma of youth existence and ennui emerging in the face of Chinese urban and economic transformations.

The range of Kossoff's subjects has since extended to swimming pools, railways and street scenes in paintings which evoke everyday urban existence.

Artist Statement By forming affecting snapshots of contemporary existence — such as intimate home settings, urban spaces and tropical scenes — my works are both diaristic and universally relevant.

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But there remains that eco-conundrum of how do we get ourselves from our mostly urban existence to those deserts, mountains, rivers, coasts and forests with their many lessons to learn.

Digging up and burning the deposits of ancient sunlight stored eons ago in primeval swamps has transformed human existence and made industrial and urban civilization possible.