Sentences with phrase «spatial metaphors for»

Lt also functions as a spatial metaphor for different perceptions of reality: As you move though the court yard, the tiles, resembling large sequins, change their own appearance and, consequently, that of the space they occupy.

Beyond merely embodying this language, Thurston's installation problematizes our spatial metaphor for the political spectrum, which implies a neutral centre ground that in reality is always shifting in relation to the extremes.

Not exact matches

(We do not have in our language a comparative for the adjective «past» — something like «paster» — thus our language again has to use a metaphor of spatial distance: «more remote in the past.»)

Featuring a diverse range of work spanning several years of her artistic career, the exhibition highlights Alshaibi's conceptual approach to photography and the layered and collapsing signs that are integral to her distinctive aesthetic, particularly her use of the body as a metaphor for spatial and temporal transgressions.