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  • There is, too, a nearly universal horror vacui in the work.

    Archive 2009-04-01 2009

  • The slideshow below includes gameplay from classics like Pac-Man and Final Fantasy VII, horror vacui visions like Earthworm Jim and Chu-Chu Rocket, and works like "Rez" that defy description.

    Smithsonian's 'The Art Of Video Games' Trailers (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • With horror-vacui meticulousness, he creates large, multilayered collages bursting with images of nature (cons tellations, bodies, botany, birds and butterflies), as well as biblical scenes, including the expulsion from the Garden of Eden.

    Prospecting Some Personal Landscapes Lance Esplund 2010

  • We share the horror vacui of the artist facing the blank page, struggling to give shape to its formlessness.

    Time management: reclaiming free time 2012

  • The slideshow below includes gameplay from classics like Pac-Man and Final Fantasy VII, horror vacui visions like Earthworm Jim and Chu-Chu Rocket, and works like "Rez" that defy description.

    Smithsonian's 'The Art Of Video Games' Trailers (VIDEO) The Huffington Post News Editors 2011

  • There is, too, a nearly universal horror vacui in the work.

    Psychedelic Denver 2009

  • Minimalism to all three is a non-starter; horror vacui pervades throughout — although, now that we think about it, this is probably a condition of the competition itself, from the organizers being fearful of a perception that public money may seem to have been wasted if there's only nature there and if soccer moms can't occupy their hyperactive broods with things to do at the new park.

    Agro Park 2008

  • It's a classic case of horror vacui, in other words.

    Archive 2007-09-01 2007

  • It's a classic case of horror vacui, in other words.

    Seuthopolis 2007

  • For me, there is a strong connection, between this kind of claustrophilia, a love of curiousity cabinets and the concept of horror vacui as applied to Victorian design.

    Snug as a Bug in a Beautiful Box Heather McDougal 2007

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