While interesting, the device serves to heighten the artifice, and keep
the viewer at a distance from what should be an emotionally involving drama.
One thing I've always struggled with film noirs is how they keep
the viewers at a distance from their characters.
Exquisite, intricate gates of wax, flowers, and steel keep
viewers at a distance from the works, emphasizing the sanctity of the space.
Not exact matches
In Eastern depictions of space, the area most distant
from the
viewer is spread out as the world expands in the
distance, while the area close
at hand is narrow and confined.
There are layers upon layers of emotion going on, which in turn almost keeps him
at a
distance from the
viewer.
Fidelity to Fitzgerald's novel is never an issue, though the screenplay by Luhrmann and usual colloborator Craig Pearce adds an unnecessary framing device to further
distance the
viewer from the emotional experience
at hand.
Parallax means the appearance will vary depending on the
distance and angle between the
viewer and the truck, so unless there's some ISO standard reference point for racing stripe viewing, whatever shape looks right
at (say) six feet will look off
from 40» away in the opposite lane, and vice versa.
And, in a narrow space near the gallery office, the
viewer was unable to stand
at a comfortable
distance from four larger works.
The Flesh Is Yours, The Bones Are Ours elucidates the epistemology of history: by navigating around the reliefs, installed tightly across the entire floor of the space, and observing their designs,
viewers are close to — yet still
at a
distance from — understanding the objects that lie beneath us.
While often times the sheer mass of a sculpture can limit its setting to the outdoors, many modern sculptors and collectors revel in the open air as a venue where the
viewer is free to study the work
from any
distance and
at any angle.
The works translation
from text to performance creates an uncanny embodiment of the original discussion, which ranges
at times
from the comic to the melancholic, all the while highlighting the
distance from the original text of the gallery
viewer.