temporality
noun
tem·po·ral·i·ty
ˌtem-pə-ˈra-lə-tē 
plural temporalities
1
a
: civil or political as distinguished from spiritual or ecclesiastical power or authority
b
: an ecclesiastical property or revenue
—often used in plural
2
: the quality or state of being temporal
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Perhaps Beeber’s abstractions evoke not only multiple spaces, but multiple temporalities.
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Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
For Zionists, Aziza argues, the future is a trap of their own making:
For the perpetrators of the genocide, temporality is something to be mastered, bent.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 30 Oct. 2024
Behind his daily effort in painting the quince tree, the spectator may perceive (that has always been my hope) the sign of a different, essential temporality.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
The film’s plot itself is nonlinear, making frequent, abrupt jumps between past, present, and future—demonstrating an oral temporality, one rooted in a folkloric storytelling unmoored from Western linearity and Hollywood convention.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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Barry Schwabsky, ARTnews.com, 5 Nov. 2024
For Zionists, Aziza argues, the future is a trap of their own making:
For the perpetrators of the genocide, temporality is something to be mastered, bent.
—Seyward Darby, Longreads, 30 Oct. 2024
Behind his daily effort in painting the quince tree, the spectator may perceive (that has always been my hope) the sign of a different, essential temporality.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
The film’s plot itself is nonlinear, making frequent, abrupt jumps between past, present, and future—demonstrating an oral temporality, one rooted in a folkloric storytelling unmoored from Western linearity and Hollywood convention.
—Ruby Thélot, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2024
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“Temporality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/temporality. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.
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