The effect was to draw visual attention to the pleasurable discipline and suffering that go into creating a dancer's perfect form.
But a purely mental wrangling with simulacra et al is not nearly as pleasurable as experiencing that concept made visual (if not "real") in Kaufman's dizzying shots of city-within-city and warehouse-within-warehouse.
You cannot see one side of the gallery from the other, complicating meaningful visual comparisons in this immensely pleasurable show.
These are outright gorgeous, fully equipped all-terrain visual vehicles, intent on being intensely pleasurable while making a point or two about society, art, history, visual perception, the human animal or all of the above.
And you have the advertisements; there are very few places in the world that have that visual impact of light... that pleasurable assault of light.
E-mail address GO SIGN UP Share Tweet The more of the "The Clock" I watched, the more pleasurable each new sequence became, as emerging patterns — recurring visuals, familiar actors — bound the work together, fusing memories with anticipation.
The more of the "The Clock" I watched, the more pleasurable each new sequence became, as emerging patterns — recurring visuals, familiar actors — bound the work together, fusing memories with anticipation.
The film is worth watching for its pleasurable frills and fripperies – it boasts an outsize romanticism with visual design to match – but also for the cooler, crueller character study Blanchett is etching within it.
Although speculative at this stage, its increased engagement following training might reflect a binding of auditory, visual, and motor experience to produce a more pleasurable and emotional experience for the perceiver.
