scholarly journals The Silent Researcher Critique: A New Method for Obtaining a Critical Response to a Holographic Artwork

Arts ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 117
Author(s):  
Pearl John
Keyword(s):  
Art Practice ◽  
Chronological Order ◽  
Critical Response ◽  
Family Photographs ◽  
Critical Feedback ◽  
Plausible Answer ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Affective Impact

The purpose of this article is to provide a plausible answer as to whether the Z-axis of holographic space can be used to depict a chronological narrative with an affective impact. This article describes a practice-based holographic arts study in which the author created interactive artworks with family photographs taken from the late 1800s to the present day, and stacked them in chronological order within the Z-axis of holographic space. The artworks were evaluated by different audiences to determine whether the viewer could perceive the new application of holographic space, and whether the artwork had an affective impact. An art critique method used both in Higher Education settings in the UK and in professional art practice, was adapted as a research tool for use in this study and termed ‘the silent researcher critique’. The findings of the project were that audiences had a new experience when interacting with the works and were impacted emotionally by them, however only a group of experts in art and holography were able to identify and comprehend the new conceptual use of the Z-axis of holographic space. This study’s value can be measured by its offering practice-based arts researchers a novel method of obtaining valuable critical feedback from peers and by its contribution to the aesthetic development of the medium of art holography.

scholarly journals The Silent Researcher: A New Method for Obtaining a Critical Response to a Holographic Artwork

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pearl John
Keyword(s):  
Research Study ◽  
Research Question ◽  
Qualitative Evaluation ◽  
Aesthetic Development ◽  
Critical Response ◽  
Practice Based Research ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The City

A critical context is an essential aspect of practice-based research; however, a lack of structure exists to obtain and evaluate criticism from peers. This paper presents a case study of how the ‘silent student’ critique method used in Higher Education settings in the UK (Elkins, 2014) was adapted for a holographic arts research study. A ‘silent researcher’ critique session with nine experts was held in Aveiro, Portugal, June 2018 to evaluate the author’s digital holographic artwork, on display at the City Museum. The experts asked the author critical questions about the artwork while the author remained silent. The session was filmed, transcribed and processed using a general inductive approach for analysing qualitative evaluation data (Thomas, 2006). This paper outlines the benefits and drawbacks of using this new critique method for research. The benefits included; participant’s careful response to the artwork avoiding engagement of egos of critic and researcher, the drawbacks included the difficulty of evaluating against a pre-determined research question when the discussion could not be steered. This paper evaluates the artwork critiqued describing how the work contributes to the aesthetic development of the medium of holography; which used the Z-axis of holographic space to depict a chronological narrative.

Protecting children from internet pornography? A critical assessment of statutory age verification and its enforcement in the UK

2019 ◽  
Vol 43 (1) ◽  
pp. 183-197
Author(s):  
Majid Yar
Keyword(s):  
Design Methodology ◽  
Regulatory Regime ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Critical Response ◽  
Online Pornography ◽  
Policy And Strategy ◽  
Online Behaviour ◽  
Alternative Approaches ◽  
Age Verification ◽  
The Uk

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically assess the newly created regulatory and policing regime for age-restricting access to pornography in the UK. Design/methodology/approach It examines the pivotal legislation, policy and strategy documents, consultation submissions and interventions from a range of stakeholders such as children’s charities, content providers and privacy advocates. Findings Even before its implementation, the regulatory regime betrays serious flaws and shortcomings in its framing and configuration. These difficulties include its inability to significantly curtail minors’ access to online pornography and risks of privacy violations and associated harms to legitimate users’ interests. Research limitations/implications Remedial measures are available so as to address some of the problems identified. However, it is argued that ultimately the attempt to prohibit minors from accessing such content is set to fail, and that alternative approaches – such as better equipping children through education to cope with explicit materials online – need to be given greater prominence. Originality/value This paper provides the first criminological policy analysis of this latest attempt to regulate and police online behaviour, and offers an important critical response to such efforts.

scholarly journals Visualization of potential sink marks using thickness analysis of finely tessellated solid model

2018 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 409-418
Author(s):  
Masatomo Inui ◽  
Shunsuke Onishi ◽  
Nobuyuki Umezu
Keyword(s):  
Thickness Distribution ◽  
Solid Model ◽  
Aesthetic Quality ◽  
Plastic Surface ◽  
Part Surface ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
Sink Marks ◽  
Automated Technique ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Sink Mark

Abstract Sink marks are unwanted shallow depressions on the molded plastic surface caused by localized shrinkage during the hardening process of injection molding. Sink marks appearing in the exterior impair the aesthetic quality of the product. In this study, a novel method for extracting potential sink marks that can occur on the part surface is proposed. The thicker portion of the part shrinks with a greater amount than that of the thinner portion. This difference in the shrinkage amount is the main cause of the sink mark. In the plastic part design practice, engineers often check the thickness distribution to predict potential sink marks in the part surface. Our method can be considered as an automated technique of such manual inspection task. A polyhedral solid model of the part with sufficiently small triangles of nearly the same size is prepared. The amount of shrinkage at each polygon is estimated based on its thickness and the shrinkage ratio of the part. The developed algorithm extracts the potential sink marks by analyzing the shrinkage distribution on the part surface. Highlights A novel method for extracting potential sink marks on part surface is proposed. Polygons of input model are tessellated into a set of sufficiently small triangles. The shrinkage of each model polygon is estimated by using the thickness. Potential sink marks are extracted by analyzing the shrinkage distribution.

scholarly journals Feodosia of Konstanin Bogaevsky

2020 ◽  
pp. 137-147
Author(s):  
Анастасия Сергеевна Сиренко
Keyword(s):  
20Th Century ◽  
Early 20Th Century ◽  
Main Theme ◽  
Chronological Order ◽  
The Enlightenment ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The City ◽  
High Skill

Статья посвящена интерпретации образов города Феодосии в творчестве Константина Федоровича Богаевского – представителя «Киммерийской школы живописи». Приводятся итоги исследования вех творческой биографии художника, выстроенные в хронологическом порядке, учитывая особенности изменений стилистической манеры и решаемые им эстетические задачи. Охарактеризованы параметры и круг мастеров «Киммерийской школы живописи». Выбрав главной темой своего творчества в самом начале пути загадочную страну Киммерию, художник претворял ее в больших панорамных живописных произведениях и малоформатных рисунках и акварелях, отмеченных высоким мастерством и глубокой мифопоэтикой. Рассказывается о мастерской живописца, ставшей местом притяжения для многих гостей, представлявших творческую интеллигенцию Москвы и Ленинграда. Освещается вклад уроженца Феодосии и почитателя творчества К.Ф. Богаевского – И.М. Саркизова-Серазини в просвещение родного города среди модных курортов начала ХХ века, а также судьба его необычайной коллекции. The article is devoted to the interpretation of images of the city of Feodosia in the creativity of Konstanin F. Bogaevsky – the representative of the “Cimmerian painting school”. The results of the study of the milestones of the artist’s creative biography are presented, arranged in chronological order, taking into account the peculiarities of changes in the stylistic manner and the aesthetic tasks that he solves. The parameters and circle of masters of the “Cimmerian painting school” are described. Having chosen the mysterious country of Cimmeria as the main theme of his work at the very beginning of his work, he embodied it in large panoramic paintings and small-format drawings and watercolors, marked by high skill and deep mythology. The article tells about the artist’s workshop, which has become a place of attraction for many guests representing the creative intellectuals of Moscow and Leningrad. The contribution of the native of Feodosia and admirer of the work of Konstantin F. Bogaevsky – Ivan M.Sarkizov-Serazini to the enlightenment of his native city among the fashionable resorts of the early 20th century and the fate of his extraordinary collection is highlighted.

scholarly journals Aesthetic Determinants in the Pottery Tradition of the Urhobo People of Nigeria’S Niger Delta

2022 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. p37
Author(s):  
Oghenekevwe E. Abamwa ◽  
Abel M. Diakparomre
Keyword(s):  
Structural Feature ◽  
Niger Delta ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Structural Elements ◽  
Art Practice ◽  
Structural Components ◽  
Aesthetic Value ◽  
Niger Delta Region ◽  
The People ◽  
The Aesthetic

Pottery practice is one of the three-dimensional enterprises of the Urhobo people who inhabit part of the Niger Delta region of Nigeria. The people are also known for the production of massive sculptures in wood and mud. Many of the pottery products of the people are, as is the case with their sculptures, configurations of volumes. The expressiveness of these pots is, in part, determined by the way in which the constituting volumes meet each other. In most literature that is available on this art practice of the people, this structural feature is diminished in importance or not considered as a contributing element to the general aesthetics of the ware. This paper interrogates the structural elements that constitute the pots. This is done by dissembling the pots into their structural components (volumes) and analyzing the manner of their coming together to constitute the pot. The findings show that two basic transitions are used as aesthetic attributes in the pottery products from the study area. The study also reaffirms that the extent to which an object satisfies the purpose for which it is made is a strong determinant of the aesthetic value ascribed to the object by a people.

scholarly journals Franchise extension and fiscal structure in the UK 1820–1913: a new test of the Redistribution Hypothesis

Cliometrica ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toke S. Aidt ◽  
Stanley L. Winer ◽  
Peng Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Experimental Data ◽  
Narrative Analysis ◽  
Structural Breaks ◽  
A Priori ◽  
Historical Narrative ◽  
Compelling Evidence ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
The Uk ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Do So

AbstractThe Redistribution Hypothesis predicts that franchise extension causes an increase in state-sponsored redistribution. We test this hypothesis by considering the relationship between franchise extension and selected aspects of fiscal structure at both central and local government levels in the UK from 1820 to 1913. We do so without imposing a priori restrictions on the direction of causality using a novel method for causal investigation of non-experimental data proposed by Hoover (2001). This method is based on tests for structural breaks in the conditional and marginal distributions of the franchise and fiscal structure time series preceded by a detailed historical narrative analysis. We do not find compelling evidence supporting the Redistribution Hypothesis.

scholarly journals Autonomous Viewpoint Selection of Robot Based on Aesthetic Evaluation of a Scene

2016 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 255-265 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kai Lan ◽  
Kosuke Sekiyama
Keyword(s):  
Path Following ◽  
Aesthetic Property ◽  
Aesthetic Evaluation ◽  
Viewpoint Selection ◽  
Evaluation Functions ◽  
Aesthetic Sense ◽  
Novel Method ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
Moving Process ◽  
Selection Of

Abstract In this paper, we propose an optimal viewpoint selection system for monitoring robots to search for the optimal viewpoint of a scene with the highest aesthetic property. Using the information of the targets, we propose a novel method for predicting human aesthetic sense for a scene. We construct evaluation functions based on certain known composition rules using three factors, namely, target size, visual balance, and composition fitting value. Then a score, which is a reflection of human evaluation, will be obtained using these functions. The optimal viewpoint will be selected from a number of candidates around the target group, by evaluating the aesthetic properties of scenes for each candidate viewpoint. Finally, once the optimal viewpoint is confirmed, path planning and path following controls are implemented for the robots during the moving process.

scholarly journals A Victory for Real People: Dangers in the Discourse of Democratisation

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 234-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liz Tomlin
Keyword(s):  
Economic Status ◽  
The Political ◽  
Ordinary People ◽  
Contemporary Theatre ◽  
The Public ◽  
National Theatre ◽  
Real People ◽  
Eu Referendum ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Uk

AbstractIn this essay, I will examine the development of a growing trend of democratisation in British contemporary theatre that seeks to reject the expertise of playwrights, actors or professional ensembles in favour of verbatim material drawn from a range of the public selected for their ordinariness, or conceptual frameworks within which the audience themselves construct and perform the aesthetic content of the work.This essay seeks to highlight how the discursive and aesthetic framing of real people in this context can, in certain instances, be seen to reflect the construction of ‘real, ordinary people’ in the political discourse surrounding the 2016 EU Referendum in the UK. In both cases, ‘real people’ are understood to be in opposition to those who might be said to hold particular professional expertise and also, commonly, to those of a more privileged socio-economic status: the so-called ‘liberal elite.’ With reference to Rimini Protokoll’s 100 % Salford, The National Theatre of Great Britain’s My Country and Kaleider’s The Money I will suggest that this particular discourse of democratisation, in both politics and theatre, can too easily conceal the expertise that lies behind the construction of ‘real people’ and their narratives.

COLLABORATION AND THE COMPOSER: CASE STUDIES FROM THE END OF THE 2OTH CENTURY

Tempo ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 61 (240) ◽  
pp. 28-39 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam Hayden ◽  
Luke Windsor
Keyword(s):  
Case Studies ◽  
Historical Data ◽  
Collaborative Work ◽  
The West ◽  
Compositional Practice ◽  
The Aesthetic ◽  
The Uk

The folk view of composition is often that of an isolated, possibly unhinged genius, struggling alone at the piano or desk. However, in this article we will investigate the collaborative aspects of compositional life, showing how such an individualistic model of the composer is both accurate and inaccurate, and how this paradox is played out in current attempts to valorize collaborative work in composition. Although we intend some of the observations and conclusions from this article to generalize, we are fully aware that such a case-study can only really be illustrative and provocative. Given that this is the case we will finish by attempting to make some general points about the aesthetic and social contradictions which this study has brought to light. Our concern in this article is more prospective than retrospective: although we will refer to some historical data, we aim to reflect mainly on contemporary compositional practice in the West, and particularly the UK.

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