It's like Vesterbro itself: contrasting elements that somehow create an urban harmony.
I think that you can create a tapestry of contrasting elements that illuminate each other.
"Seed," a radiantly yellow work, includes contrasting elements in red and black that suggest both gestation and of roots.
In its most general sense rhythm (Greek rhythmos, derived from rhein, "to flow") is an ordered alternation of contrasting elements.
The show's title was suggested by the sculptor Michael Ince, one of the four participants, to emphasize the opposition of contrasting elements, such as light and heavy, that art often seeks to reconcile.
The present example, scored for guitar and tape, is a superb example of mixed media: after a long guitar introduction, the electronic sounds joined subtly and often seemed to be extensions of the guitar line rather than contrasting elements.
"A good clash," Kanza concludes, " takes contrasting elements that work on their own but, together, create something new and visually exciting.
But I felt as if I were hearing the B minor Sonata for the first time during Mr. Ohlsson's spellbinding rendition, notable for the power and passion of his playing, clear voicing and the dramatic juxtaposition of contrasting elements.
Mr. Serkin's balance and control of contrasting elements were impressive, and in some ways they prefigured the task at hand in the Beethoven, a startling display of what a master composer could do with even the most commonplace theme.
But even amid stiff competition, Mr. Ohlsson's performance stood out for the passion and force of his interpretation, enhanced by his clear voicing of inner lines and the dramatic juxtaposition of contrasting elements.
The phoneme had been viewed as the smallest significant component of language, but according to Jakobson it was itself a bundle of features made up of pairs of contrasting elements (voiced versus voiceless consonants, for example).
