Sentences with phrase «social rituals»

Fascinated by the shared social ritual of collecting, arranging, and presenting objects, Steinbach originally culled used goods from flea markets and yard sales for his art works.

The Maya people of Altun Ha left traces of a culture rich in social rituals, mathematics, and the study of the heavens.

Painstakingly crafted from hundreds of individual watercolors, her stop - motion animations often feature a character trying to break free from social rituals and clichés.

In fact, legal discourse serves as model for situations less codified by social ritual but in which we can recognize the fundamental traits of the trial.

Steinbach is interested in the shared social ritual of collecting, arranging and presenting everyday objects and materials, an experience that on a basic level extends to us all, whether it's through -LSB-...]

Imitation is part of what it means to be human, underlying our capacity to acquire and transmit culture, including social rituals, norms, and conventions.

Millennial communication patterns — a constant, rapid shuffle between angst, oversharing, self - mythologizing, self - abasement, insincere social ritual, and sincere shared enthusiasm — slot incredibly well into the framework of a screwball comedy.

Mommy dearest is on the same wavelength as headmistress Beulah Bondi: it's not a matter of behavior but appearance and this school teaches nothing but surface appearances and attitude, from empty social rituals to appalling displays of class arrogance.

Traces of neglect, trauma, and other forms of abuse thread throughout the objects and social rituals represented within his practice.

The depictions vacillate between reality and fiction, dissolving into scenes that use fantasy to synthesize personal memory and collective experience as she addresses social rituals in Iran.

His work forms an enquiry into the ways we create our own narratives and fictions in the process of establishing social rituals and traditions.

Anderson, however, tackles the contemporary concerns of social rituals like dinner parties, food policy discourse, popular culture, and personal memories of a hungry teenager suburban community.

Dario Robleto: The Prelives of the Blues was inspired by Robleto's visits to New Orleans over the last three years, during which he became fascinated by the city's use of music in everyday life and social rituals such as second lines, jazz funerals, and Social Aid and Pleasure Clubs.

The space underneath a table is familiar on a human physical scale, and relates to the universally familiar social ritual of a shared meal or exchanged conversation.

Though his work, Struth addresses the complex social rituals at play in the museum environment.

The photographs depict people within their individual, family and community lives, practicing religious customs, observing social rituals, wearing street fashion or existing on the fringes of society.

In both her works, The Fast and The Furious (2011) and Let me be Part of a Narrative (2012), Makhacheva dissects the masculine social rituals using the methodical approach of an ethnographer and exposes their true function — performative plays used to deal with underlying social issues and frustrations of everyday life.

Updating the traditional small - town American social ritual for contemporary audiences, Robbins» Ice Cream Social shared many of the strategies of those artists associated with Relational Aesthetics, while at the same time pioneering what curator Hans Ulrich Obrist lauded as «an expanded exhibition model.»

Using high exposure and elevated contrast, Craig - Martin's close - ups represent the vanity, excess, and arcane social rituals of our culture, while simultaneously providing commentary on the vulnerability of her subjects and what she describes as their «failed armor.»

The British artist Jeremy Deller is well known for his large - scale ambitious works that draw inspiration from social rituals and history.

Internationally acclaimed American artist Tina Barney burst on the scene in the early 1980s with her provocative yet intimate photographs capturing the domestic lives and social rituals of the elite.

Our social rituals are more and more rough and primitive.

Part of the attack on suburban conformity had included precisely the criticism that churchgoing was but a social ritual, not a sign of deep commitment.

All social rituals must be maintained, as well, let's not forget.

Anthropologists have told us a great deal about how the ceremonies, beliefs and the social rituals of death differ greatly across the world, but we have few clues about how these different approaches affect how people experience the dead after they have gone.

Outside the lab socialising also proves to be more complicated than back home, foreigners are often unaware of social rituals and local etiquette and as Walter says «You misjudge a lot of situations...» but potentially awkward moments are quickly overcome due to the generous and accommodating nature of the Japanese concerning foreigners.

It was said that many girls would gain 15 pounds their freshman year of college from this social ritual.

And because wine and conversation play essential roles in their social ritual, getting a little tipsy on a bottle of Bordeaux actually helps digestion by slowing things down.

He leans in towards her, lightly touching her arm, in a social ritual that» been around for thousands of years: flirting.

In an age of online dating, where we're encouraged to scour the world for potential matches using facts and algorithms, The Lobster reels in these social rituals and catches how absurd they really are.

Phantom of Liberty II (Czech Republic, Germany) Director: Karel Zalud A documentary about time which explores its physical quantity as well as its crucial impact on our actions, behavior, perception, social rituals and our outlook on the world.

Using a variety of artistic mediums ranging from painting and sculpture to photography, film, and video, Gaillard juxtaposes pictorial beauty and the atmospherically lush with elements of sudden violence, destruction, and idiosyncrasy culled from popular culture, pointing to the precarious nature of public space, social ritual, and the very viability of the notion of civilization.

Margaret Genever, Laurel McKenzie and Sasi Victoire are taking their joint show - Epicurious - an exhibition of prints and mixed media works which celebrate food, eating and the social rituals surrounding food in the torrid zone, to Melbourne.

Her frame of reference continues to span the folkloric and the canonical, touching on animism, myth and social rituals that are common to all world cultures.

Oh Say Can You Act explores the intersection of nationalism, cultural vernaculars and social rituals.

Join 34zero9 and the Micro Gallery for the opening of After Hours: Social Rituals by Christina Girardi.

About Rosalind Nashashibi Group interactions and social rituals are the starting points for Rosalind Nashashibi, who primarily uses 16 mm film.

Liz Glynn's sculptural practice engages with issues of social ritual, class, and the dynamics between public and private space.

Home» Gallery Openings and Events» 34zero9 Art Studios and Micro Gallery Presents Christina Girardi After Hours: Social Rituals

This exhibition brings together the work of artists from the early 1970s to the present, to investigate food as a conduit for ideas of social ritual, commerce, pleasure and visual representation.

The exhibition brings together the work of artists from the early 1970s to the present, to investigate food as a conduit for ideas of social ritual, commerce, pleasure and visual representation.

In his first solo museum exhibition in Chicago, artist, musician, and back - road drifter Beverly Fresh takes on the incongruities, social rituals, and archetypes of the rural Midwest.

Events from the turbulent history of Albania, from Ottoman times to the communist period, social rituals, folkloric costumes and sociologically interesting group portraits can all be found in the collection.

For the artists included in the exhibition, aspects of the vernacular — and often specifically American vernacular — provide a platform for narratives of home life, social ritual, and sense of place.

«These artists have captured the different ways that wealth manifests itself visually, from individuals who demonstrate their money publicly through fashion and social rituals to governments who transform cities through new architecture,» Little said.

The latter features the eight young men pantomiming a series of social rituals and protocols — discussing, disagreeing, splitting into factions, reconciling, helping

Paris is known for work challenging architectural spaces for performance and social ritual, and performances that stretch performer and audience endurance and capacity for attention.