Sentences with phrase «on cultural phenomena»

Johnson's artworks, which have been identified with the post-black art movement, meditate on the cultural phenomena that shape African - Americans as a social group.

Documenting American culture's highest and lowest milestones in his multifaceted body of work, Raymond Pettibon has been reflecting on cultural phenomenons through his genuine approach.

Featuring more than 34 objects by 17 artists, Post-Op: «The Responsive Eye» Fifty Years After focuses primarily on the artists and their interests in visual perception and less on the cultural phenomenon of Op Art per se.

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If you've seen or heard the phrase «Dilly Dilly» at your local pub or on social media in the last few weeks, you can thank Bud Light for turning the phrase into a cultural phenomenon.

In 1982, Steven Spielberg was already the star director of such blockbuster fare as «Jaws» and «Raiders of the Lost Ark.» But when «E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial» was unleashed upon the masses that summer, he became a bona fide cultural phenomenon, the rare director who can get mainstream movie fans into theaters simply because his name is on the poster.

Collin — here's a great article on Daniel Dennett's research into «the self - sustaining nature of cultural phenomena»

The God of the Old Testament was a false god, just like any other god at the time, Jesus was the first and only revelation from God Himself and any reliance of his on Jewish theology was merely a cultural phenomenon where he quoted occasional truths that Jews had happened across while worshiping the false God.

Another sociological explanation of the phenomenon is that the traditional functions of the clergy are not adjusted to the needs of the modern world and that the responsibility for the prevailing uncertainty must be placed on the Church as a cultural laggard which has not kept up with the times.

A great many of our contemporaries, perhaps the majority, still regard the technico - cultural knitting together of human society as a sort of para-biological epi - phenomenon very inferior in organic value to other combinations achieved on the molecular or cellular scale by the forces of Life.

To dismiss these cultural phenomena as mere insanity is to miss out on some very important truths regarding what it means to be human.

By refining its focus on «performance» as both cultural and aesthetic phenomena, the discipline formerly named «oral interpretation» has employed dramatistic and theatrical metaphors to broaden definitions of «texts,» «speakers,» «audiences,» and «events» (or sites) in the study of performance activity.

Perhaps a retrospective look from a greater historical perspective will show that the Niebuhr report reflects the end of a phenomenon of which William Rainey Harper's study marked the beginning: the influence on Protestant theological schooling of major themes in the «progressivist era» in American cultural history.

Thus, cultural evolution, while in the first instance arises from and is dependent on genetic or biological factors, must now be viewed principally as an «epigenetic» or emergent phenomena.

It's a cultural phenomenon, and the many pressures on our health are moving in a bad direction.

Driven largely by instinct and a cult of personality, the company's one - time dream team of «merchant prince» Mickey Drexler and «geek chic» creative director Jenna Lyons transformed the sleepy American catalogue business into a retail success story and cultural phenomenon, widely loved for its tongue - in - cheek take on classic, preppy tropes and famously embraced by former US first lady Michelle Obama.

An updated (and depressing) list of all the April Fools» pranks on the Internet This is a partial list of social and cultural phenomena specific to the Internet, also known as Internet memes, such as popular themes, catchphrases

«On the product front, Tinder has been on the cutting edge of innovation since its inception in 2012, inventing the swipe gesture, which has since become this cultural phenomenon of «swipe right» and «swipe left» and that is often imitated on mobile products,» she saiOn the product front, Tinder has been on the cutting edge of innovation since its inception in 2012, inventing the swipe gesture, which has since become this cultural phenomenon of «swipe right» and «swipe left» and that is often imitated on mobile products,» she saion the cutting edge of innovation since its inception in 2012, inventing the swipe gesture, which has since become this cultural phenomenon of «swipe right» and «swipe left» and that is often imitated on mobile products,» she saion mobile products,» she said.

The crisis of causation is of particular interest, as she is breaking new ground in cultural studies on a phenomenon that has become increasingly common in mainstream film and television.

And that was fine a decade ago when The Room was still in its first blush as a cultural phenomenon, but you can't keep up the act forever, not unless you want to turn into a joke that you're no longer in on.

Wes Craven «s A Nightmare on Elm Street is a global cultural phenomenon that has given eternal life to its legacy and its villain, Freddy Krueger.

And Disney has pulled out all the stops, siccing its Marvel Studios pop cultural phenomenon on the public with

Each episode chows down on one food phenomenon, revealing the unexpected cultural ingredients.

SPECIAL EVENTS RuPaul's Drag Race: A Retrospective of the Cultural Phenomenon / U.S.A. (Lead Artist: RuPaul Charles)-- A retrospective of VH1's Emmy - winning «RuPaul's Drag Race» on the heels of its10th season, and a panel hosted by RuPaul with executive producers Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey, along with Tom Campbell and Pamela Post, senior vice president of Original Programming for MTV, VH1 and Logo.

As in Japan, this will spark a new cultural phenomenon of young people not just reading, but also writing novels and other book types on their mobile devices.

A number of locations on Ibiza are World Heritage Sites, such as cultural sites and natural phenomenon.

Featuring an incredible senstation of scale, a solid, thought - provoking story on nature and genetics, a raoring score from Sir John Willaims, and some of the most cutting edge visual effects of all time, the movie was a cultural phenomenon that got the entire world talking about dinosaurs again.

The Festival organised by Azkuna Zentroa continues with its bet on videogames as an ever more important cultural and industrial phenomenon for yet another year.

Kart Rider (use IE for this link, it is hosed in Opera) is a simple kart racing game on the surface but is actually becoming quite a cultural phenomenon in Korea.

I'd go as far as to say that each multiplayer game is a cultural self - reinforcing phenomenon, relying on its perceived popularity more than on its market share.

In the interest of accuracy, we here at Crunk Games have assembled a brief rundown of the series as a cultural phenomenon in Japan, dispelling rumors and shedding some light on what has made the games so successful.

Our goal is to open up wide - ranging access to the cultural phenomenon of games, and to provide insights into the various zones of influence on and inspirations of game culture - from music and film to fashion and design, all the way to animation and e-sports,» explains GAMEHOTEL producer Tina Cassani.

The series has been something of a cultural phenomenon in Japan for years — there are books, manga, and even anime series based on the games — and is just starting to gain traction in the West.

The cultural phenomenon that is Fortnite [Free] just seems to keep on rolling.

Fortnite is the biggest game on the market right now with over 45 million players and 3 million concurrent players, according to PC Games N. Epic Games turned its underplayed PvE game into a cultural phenomenon with the release of its battle royale mode on September 26, 2017.

With several installments featuring some of the most frightening and gripping first - person gaming experiences ever created, the DOOM franchise is a cultural milestone that has transcended the realm of video games on the way to becoming a mainstream entertainment phenomenon.

«My 2c: PUBG is a cultural phenomenon, far and away the most popular game of the year, a massive financial success, and on top of all that?

In the institution's central hall, Da Corte will erect a large - scale stage on which to examine, via imitation, four iterations of the Detroit - born star — as pop - cultural icon; as social phenomenon; as a brand so sensationally vast that in 2017 the word «stan» was added to the Oxford English Dictionary, its definition, in accordance with Eminem's song of the same name: «an overzealous or obsessive fan of a particular celebrity».

If you ever wondered what is the cultural phenomenon Americana truly about and wish to learn more about what is truly quintessential American then read on...

Her new book, on comics as a contemporary cultural and aesthetic phenomenon, will be published in the fall by HarperCollins.

With an emphasis on the recent massive exponential growth of digital data, Salavon uses pop cultural touchstones to guide us through various examples of the unbounded possibilities of this phenomenon.

And like a lot of cultural phenomena that have major heft on the other side of the pond, from say skyscrapers to Kim Kardashian's bottom, O'Keeffe arrives at the Tate Modern with the overbearing sense that she should be as highly rated here as she is at home.

Given the task at hand, this is a formidable book — a volume replete with information, interpretation, and insight on contemporary Chinese art — a phenomenon that has sustained itself within a myriad of contextual, social, political, economic, and cultural issues.

Keynote Talk + Discussion Dave Beech Thursday 12 December, 6.00 pm - 7.00 pm, Lecture Room, IMMA Beauty and the Revolutionary Subject In this talk Dave Beech (London - based artist, writer and Senior Lecturer, Chelsea College of Art,) discusses the emergence of the modern conception of beauty and the cultural politics of this recent phenomenon, as well as contextualizing contested debates on beauty in artistic practice within the broader history of aesthetics.

His work, which includes documentary, fiction and experimental narratives, takes a critical stance on modern - day social, political and cultural phenomena to suggest a reading of our society from its margins.

For the first time since 2007, the gallery spaces in the Villa Salve Hospes are being filled with a thematic group exhibition: OPEN HOUSE — A Group Show on Hospitality brings together eleven international artistic positions whose works provide commentaries on hospitality as a social, cultural and political phenomenon.

The book finds parallels between the works of luminaries such as Jean - Luc Godard, Joseph Cornell, Elizabeth Price, Joyce Wieland and Jeff Wall, tracing the lasting impact of such seemingly disparate cultural phenomena as voguing, hacking and the use of audio and film as a kind of a globally available, open source language in art that deals with the mass proliferation and dissemination of images and knowledge brought on by digital technologies.

The key subject of the course is the Exhibition as Communicative Space and will include: discussions about criticism and analysis of comprehensive phenomenon of how contemporary art, design, architecture, sound and performance, and publications as dominant art forms of visual culture adapt, co-exist, and conflict with market system; the course will reflect upon creative responses to conflict and crisis versus problems of value judgment on today's market - led cultural phenomenon and cultural movement, and the role of curator as a cultural translator and mediator between the two; and exploration of alternatives for ecological health of increasingly globalized art and culture.

Throughout his career, Adams has focused on particular cultural phenomena of our age, including the strip - mall culture he observed in Denver in the 1970s and the spill of suburban detritus in California in the 1980s.

Fernández's expansive practice, which encompasses sculpture and works on paper as well as site - specific installations, has long involved the study of natural phenomena and context — examining historical and cultural factors that shade our view of our surroundings.

KUNSTHALLE ZURICH * June 9 - August 18 * Curated by Beatrix Ruf Taking on the major cultural stakes of vernacular social phenomena, Cameron Jamie locates the convergence of spectacle, performance...