Artistic Director Research Articles

서예진흥 정책추진 현황에 따른 발전과제 제안

This study aims to objectively identify the current situation facing calligraphy promotion policies by examining and analyzing the process and status of policy promotion after the enactment of the Calligraphy Promotion Act. The purpose and significance of the study are to identify the problems facing the effective promotion of calligraphy and propose various developmental tasks to resolve them.
 In order to do that, the researcher first identified and summarized the existing policy promotion progress by categorizing the legislative and implementation process of the Calligraphy Promotion Act, the policy promotion status of the central and local governments, and other promotion statuses through interviews with stakeholders and direct research methods like searching and gathering relevant information. Next, a “Delphi survey” was conducted with 11 experts in the field of calligraphy to identify the problems in the calligraphy system revealed during the policy promotion process. A 10-question open-ended questionnaire was designed, and participants were asked to respond in narrative form. It was divided into five areas: an awareness survey of the calligraphy promotion policy, calligraphy promotion law, the progress of calligraphy promotion policy, future tasks for calligraphy promotion policy, and other opinions. The survey was conducted for eight days from May 17 to May 24, 2023, and various opinions were collected and analyzed to identify current issues and implications for promoting calligraphy policy. After summarizing the obtained data, the following developmental tasks were gathered according to the researcher's practical experience and literature review. The developmental tasks under each topic were presented and categorized as follows: establishment of a policy promotion expert group, implementation of an arts management system, training and assignment of specialized personnel, establishment of a calligraphy pedagogy system, establishment of professional platform for calligraphers, and establishment of a partnership and governance system.
 Therefore, this study can be used to analyze the reality of the calligraphy promotion policy and resolve the challenges facing the calligraphy world. However, the lack of specific suggestions for alternatives to each development task is a limitation of this study. Therefore, conducting further in-depth research on each development task and reflecting on it in the policy field is necessary. This process has the potential to catalyze the full-scale calligraphy promotion and establishment of calligraphy as another art genre and cultural content representing K-Culture.

ESSENCE, LAWS AND MEANS OF COMPOSITION ACTIVITY IN THE PROCESS OF DESIGNING AND MANUFACTURING PRODUCTS OF DECORATIVE AND APPLIED ART

The article substantiates the relevance of introducing information about the artistic direction into the training of future technological education specialists; attention is paid to the importance of art education during training of future teachers. It has been established that the future teacher of technological education must possess professional competencies that increase the efficiency of designing and manufacturing decorative and applied art products, which include competencies in the basics of compositional activity. In order to form these competencies, the educational process of training future technology teachers should include information that can enrich students with theoretical and practical knowledge and skills in fine and decorative and applied arts in the content of both basic and elective disciplines. Emphasis is placed on the expediency of studying the main concepts, laws and means of compositional activity in the process of training specialists in the field of technological education, the content of the main concepts, laws and means of composition is revealed and the importance of their application in the process of designing and manufacturing products of decorative and applied art is proven; the advantages of students’ use of professional competences in the design process are revealed and their effectiveness in the implementation of creative tasks is shown. It has been established that having mastered the basics of compositional activity during the design and manufacture of decorative and applied art products, students will be able to practically solve rather complex tasks of creating aesthetic compositions that will correspond to the selected material and the functional purpose of the object decorated in the process of artistic and labor activity.
 Keywords: professional competences; composition activity; technology teachers; decorative and applied art; design of products.

Puppetry and Public Spectacle

Flight of the Phoenix, a puppet pageant at Northwestern University, became more than a way to perform despite safety restrictions – the build also became a valuable way to create community during the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. The shared project of bringing the puppets to life through simple techniques that invited hands-on participation, helped the artistic community to come together again as we emerged from extended isolation. The spark of the project––that began with a simple proposal to fly bird puppets down the lakeshore––brought together a team of designers, makers, directors, puppeteers, and filmmakers, all of whom were excited to excited to contribute their unique ideas and skillsets. As the puppets grew in number, scale, and complexity, the event called for a growing cast of volunteers capable of bringing a bigger version of the final event into being. I interpret the corresponding process of expansion through what artistic director and puppeteer Jim Lasko calls “radical listening” in his essay “The Third Thing” (2014). The finished work of public spectacle reached out to an even wider community as it captured the attention of university students, staff, and faculty and the citizens of Evanston who became surprise witnesses to the birds’ triumphant flight. The performance’s wordless grace made space for everyone involved to find themselves reflecting on the finished performance as they began to release grief, migrate again after a time of stasis, and collectively celebrate re-emergence.

Drama/Theatre Performance in Education through the Use of Digital Technologies for Enhancing Students’ Sustainability Awareness: A Literature Review

The use of digital technologies in drama performances in education that address the sustainability issues that plague today’s world is highly acknowledged globally by the scientific community since digital technologies offer a variety of ways to provide students with an interactive and engaging learning experience. This article aims to present a literature review on drama/theatre performance in educational environments by applying digital technologies to increase students’ sustainability awareness. More specifically, this article presents a state-of-the-art study on the recent developments concerning digital drama performance and explores how the cultivation of sustainability consciousness by students in all educational contexts can be achieved. Additionally, it provides valuable insights into how combining digital drama performances and sustainability issues could improve crucial 21st-century skills for students at all levels of education. The dataset was collected using the Web of Science, Scopus, and Google Scholar databases. This review is mainly interested in identifying the research gaps since the current literature focuses primarily on digital technologies in drama/theatre education. However, developing the sustainability awareness of students by performing digital drama seems to be under researched. The results of this study directly impact a wide range of educational experts, such as drama teachers, drama faculty members, drama education researchers, scholars, and theatre practitioners, including art critics, culture specialists, stage designers, drama directors, managers, consultants, and policymakers, to influence them to reflect and reconsider the potential benefits of introducing drama/theatre performance lessons in the official curriculum programs to motivate students to become aware of critical sustainable issues.

Leadership Development through Personal Branding: A Case Study on Jackie Chan

This paper will analyze how Jackie Chan, a famous and successful performing artist, director, and producer of martial arts comedy films, has been developing his leadership in his field through his personal branding strategy. This paper examined Jackie Chan’s personal branding journey from his early stage of career development till his transformation from an action movie star to a celebrity. By means of qualitative research methodology, such as primary material from Jacky’s autobiography, secondary data mined from the extant literature, and interview records, Jackie Chan was found to display and promote his leadership through building and using his personal brand both on and off the screen. The primary objective of this paper is to provide a road map and practical strategies for that leaders-to-be who wish to exemplify their leadership for attracting and keeping their followers.

The Undeviating Deviant: Ryan Landry’s Life and Work as Cultural Transgression

Abstract: This paper investigates how Ryan Landry, artistic director of queer camp theatre company the Gold Dust Orphans, is an undeviating deviant in both Boston and Provincetown’s queer communities. Landry’s “deviance” simultaneously cultivates queer communitas while confronting audiences on their complicity with gentrification, racism, sexism, and ableism. Rather than settling into the role of “cultural institution” in Boston theatre, Landry performs both on- and offstage in the role of radical queer misanthrope who just will not go away. Following a critical discussion of queer deviance and Landry’s influences and origins, this study examines how Landry embodies and manipulates the role of queer deviant as a performer and cultural figure.

Perception of the architecture of socialist realism in the adjudications of Polish administrative courts

Stalinization in mature form was a period in the history of Poland from 1948 to 1956 characterized by the influence of Stalinism on the shaping of social and economic relations. The period of Stalinism is unequivocally associated with the functioning of the communist apparatus of repression. In culture, it manifested itself in the development of an artistic direction called socialist realism. In public life, it was a departure from the multi-party system in favor of the leading role of the communist party – the Polish United Workers’ Party. Considering the above, for the inhabitants of Poland with democratic views, the architecture of socialist realism was clearly associated with the totalitarian system and was a symbol of enslavement by the USSR. However, after many decades, in the case of some objects of the socialist realism period, their values were appreciated and they were recognized as monuments. The purpose of this article is to present the adjudications of Polish administrative courts that pertain to this issue.

한국의 문화자본 연구에 대한 비판적 고찰

Research concerned with cultural capital in Korean society demonstrate differences ranging from the stage of conceptualization to the operation of cultural capital. Although the concept of cultural capital inevitably includes the element of 'class', a number of studies overlook the class factor of cultural capital and simply measure and analyze cultural capital based on the number of cultural and artistic activities or experiences. Therefore, with the above problem in mind, this study critically review the existing literature in and around cultural capital by closely examining the main research findings and the limitations. We then make suggestions for future research including the direction of cultural capital studies in Korean society. To begin with, class and class should be used separately, but the correlation between these two concepts should be considered. This is because class and class, rather than opposing concepts, are used together as a measure of individuals' position in their society. Secondly, it is necessary to consider the method of measuring cultural capital and the method of hierarchical existence between genres. Thirdly, it is necessary to consider a new methodology for measuring cultural capital suitable for Korean society and how it works. Lastly, in order to understand the mechanism of cultural capital in Korean society, long-term, in-depth research by building related panel data should be conducted to analyze the landscape of Korean cultural capital. This study is meaningful in that it critically reviews the existing literature in cultural capital in the fields of sociology, cultural sociology, cultural economics and arts management and provide future research directions in terms of taste, class reproduction, and cultural and artistic experience.

Kostum Tjokroaminoto dalam Mendukung Setting Ruang dan Waktu pada Film Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto

Costume design is an important part of artistic direction and plays a crucial role in supporting a film's setting and time period. This study focuses on the costumes worn by the main character, Tjokroaminoto. The film's setting ranges from Tjokroaminoto's teenage years to his adulthood, and the costumes used create an authentic atmosphere during that time period. The research method used is qualitative research, using primary and secondary data sources obtained from interviews, observations, and literature studies. After the data is collected, data analysis is carried out through the process of reduction, presentation, conclusion drawing, and verification. The results show that the film's historical setting, "Guru Bangsa: Tjokroaminoto," is effectively conveyed through the costumes worn by the characters, which help to express space, time, social status, and three-dimensional character. Tjokroaminoto's costume consists of several parts such as basic clothing, headwear, bodywear, footwear, and accessories. The costume worn by Tjokroaminoto portrays a priyayi who comes from the Javanese region with a division of the time period when the story takes place.

Droga do domu

GOING HOME: UKRAINIAN THEATRICAL ACTIVITIES IN THE PUBLIC SPACE AFTER 1991 ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CONTEMPORARY ART PROFECT GOGOLFEST Along with gaining independence, in Ukraine festival tendencies were revived, including theatrical art: the exchange of experiences has been intensified, tendencies to present social- and historical topics forbidden during the USSR times along with the search for new means of bringing theatrical art closer to the audience became more visible and prominent. In the early 1990s, festival movement became key to Ukrainian theatre’s revival, enabling its adaptation to the new socio-political, economic and cultural reality. The aim of the article is to present the GogolFest festival in the context of various directions of the festival movement after 1991. The idea and initiative to create this multidisciplinary project came from the director, producer and artistic manager of the ‘Dach’ Center for Contemporary Art. As a result, activities of GogolFest and its evolution have a broader culture-forming scope: through the integration of various fields of art and creators, they aim at modernizing Ukraine in the space of art. This, in turn, is the basic condition of forming or increasing the awareness and conducting social discussion on current and historical topics brought by the reality of contemporary Ukraine.

Dewan Syuro Kurator: A Decentralised Model of Curatorial Practice

The Biennale Jawa Timur at BJT is an event that first commenced in 2005 and is now held once every two years.. Its curatorial approach is always changing in each event and also underwent a significant change in the last two Biennales, the eighth in 2019 and the ninth in 2021. The most recent one has a new approach to its curatorial practice, called Dewan Syuro Kurator (DSK). The DSK is a group of selected curators which also act as a subdivision for artistic directors that will be responsible in nine divided areas in 38 cities in East Java province. The approach of DSK is unique and radical to liven the expectation of the ninth BJT which focuses on collectivism and inclusivity of the Biennale. This paper explains the approach of DSK curatorial practices as well as reflect on e BJT artistic directions. The methodology used is interview analysis and a literature review to strengthen the final statement of the DSK curatorial practice. The result is that DSK practice is yet to be perfect but feasible nevertheless and could be a reference to future curatorial practices that specifically caters to huge events with many stakeholders with an addition to inclusivity to its exhibitors, artists, and participants, as well as its audience.
 Keywords: Biennale Jawa Timur, curatorial practice, decentralised, collective practice

Robots over humans? The place of artificial intelligence in the pedagogy of art direction in film education

Discourses on artificial intelligence (AI) in the field of art direction have not gained enough attention, although its use is becoming more predominant in the rapidly evolving technologically driven filmmaking world. Largely, AI has taken over various aspects of the filmmaking process from pre-production, and production to postproduction. Apart from its major influence on the role of an art director, the incorporation of AI in filmmaking enhances the functions of producers, screenwriters, directors, cinematographers, editors, sound designers, and animators. This qualitative paper approach rides on a rapid review design based on the selection of scholarly articles drawn from databases such as Google Scholar, Elsevier, IEEEX Xplore, and ACM Digital Library, using artificial intelligence, art direction, and filmmaking as vocabulary for search. It aims to outline the benefits of integration of AI in art direction pedagogy in film education. Also, it highlights the challenges and potential solutions of the integration of AI in art direction pedagogy in film education. The findings of this review show that AI enhances set design and simulates lighting in the creation of film worlds. Also, AI has the ability to create three-dimensional (3D) and realistic complex props rapidly. In addition, AI has the ability to analyze and generate design renderings in costume design and make-up efficiently. Notwithstanding, it brings to the fore that the integration of AI in teaching art direction poses some challenges such as awareness and understanding of tools, as well as ethical implications to data privacy and algorithmic bias. The paper recommends that educational institutions offering film art direction curricula should embrace this technology and equip teachers with the necessary training and support to teach them effectively. Also, the institutions must take measures to control ethical issues and data-driven policies.

The Architectural Path of Collaborative Management in Performing Arts Organizations

Under the background of the new era, performing arts organizations have become a cornerstone force in promoting the high-quality development of China’s culture. “How to explore the development models and general rules that promote internal and external collaborative management within organizations?” and “How to achieve dynamic balance within organizations with diverse collaborative models?” These are all crucial questions that managers of performing arts organizations should consider in this era. Based on positioning theory and the logical perspective of organizational structuring functional types, this article proposes a “three-step” development strategy for the internal and external collaborative management of performing arts organizations from the value logic of arts management and the research perspective of history. The article also establishes an evaluation system for the internal and external collaborative management of performing arts organizations using the DEA method and explores the full-process management architecture of integrated collaboration within and outside performing arts organizations. The aim is to provide theoretical support for the collaborative innovation and high-quality development of performing arts organization management.

Prevalence, characteristics and challenges of late HIV diagnosis in Germany: an expert narrative review.

We aimed to review the landscape of late HIV diagnosis in Germany and discuss persisting and emerging barriers to earlier diagnosis alongside potential solutions. We searched PubMed for studies informing the prevalence, trends, and factors associated with late HIV diagnosis in Germany. Author opinions were considered alongside relevant data. In Germany, older individuals, heterosexuals, and migrants living with HIV are more likely to be diagnosed late. The rate of late diagnosis in men who have sex with men (MSM), however, continues to decrease. Indicator conditions less often prompt HIV testing in women and non-MSM. During the COVID-19 pandemic, the absolute number of late diagnoses fell in Germany, but the overall proportion increased, probably reflecting lower HIV testing rates. The Ukraine war and subsequent influx of Ukrainians living with HIV may have substantially increased undiagnosed HIV cases in Germany. Improved indicator testing (based on unbiased assessments of patient risk) and universal testing could help reduce late diagnoses. In patients who receive a late HIV diagnosis, rapid treatment initiation with robust ART regimens, and management and prevention of opportunistic infections, are recommended owing to severely compromised immunity and increased risks of morbidity and mortality. Joint efforts are needed to ensure that UNAIDS 95-95-95 2030 goals are met in Germany. These include greater political will, increased funding of education and testing campaigns (from government institutions and the pharmaceutical industry), continued education about HIV testing by HIV experts, and broad testing support for physicians not routinely involved in HIV care.

Textuelle Infrastrukturen des Theaters. Dramaturgie als Vermittlung

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NFTs and the Danger of Loss

This research contributes to the discussion around the importance of the long-term preservation of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) and minted digital artworks. The paper is based on a review of the literature on blockchain in art and heritage management and conservation, with particular attention to references related to the production, marketing, maintenance, and distribution of NFT-based digital art. The aims of this paper involve anticipating potential problems in the oversight of NFTs and setting out good long-term management principles and practices as well as specific preservation strategies. Despite the fact that it also discusses issues over authorship, copyright, creative commons, and open access, the paper is particularly devoted to raising concerns about the high energy consumption associated with blockchain technology and its impact on climate change. It also highlights how the preservation of NFTs cannot be neglected, despite the belief that they last forever. Most studies dedicated to analysing the impact of blockchain technology on the cultural heritage sector ignore the most important issue: preserving not only the minted digital artworks themselves but also the respective blockchain networks. Overall, this paper seeks to foster a collective awareness of the need to reflect on blockchain-related art practices and their implications for the long-term protection of cultural property.

Ballet without Borders by Vyacheslav Samodurov: the Formation of the Dancer’s Style on the European Stage

Vyacheslav Vladimirovich Samodurov is the embodiment of Russian modern ballet. The period when he worked with the companies of the Dutch National Ballet and the Royal British Ballet was a key one not only for Samodurov as a dancer, but also had a significant influence on his future activities as a director and choreographer. Samodurov’s productions have original and recognizable stylistic features and are of interest to audiences and critics, and are studied by theater and art historians. Samodurov’s productions have original and recognizable stylistic features and are of interest to audiences and critics, and are studied by theater and art historians. At the same time, the path of Samodurov-dancer has not received a comprehensive comprehension from the perspective of the evolution of his style and image. This fact determines the relevance of the topic of the article. The purpose of the research is to identify the role and influence of the foreign period of the master on the formation of his individual style as a choreographer. The novelty of the article lies in the fact that for the first time a study of a scientific nature raises the question of combining the art of Samodurov’s national ballet school and the experience he gained in the European ballet. On the basis of analysis of the available facts of Samodurov’s biography, memoirs of his colleagues from the European companies, and information obtained in conversations with the choreographer, generalizations were made which testify to preservation of V.V. Samodurov’s creative experience. A generalization has been made to show that the artistic experience of Samodurov, gained during his period of collaboration with foreign companies, has been preserved in his contemporary work as Artistic Director and Director of the Ekaterinburg State Academic Opera and Ballet Theatre (also known as the “Ural Opera Ballet”).

Approach to the hospitalized patient with pulmonary arterial hypertension.

Hospitalization in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) patients is an important clinical worsening event significantly associated with subsequent mortality. Furthermore, irrespective of the cause of hospitalization, the overall outcome is closely related to the severity of the right ventricular (RV) dysfunction. Therefore, understanding the pathophysiology of pulmonary hypertension and RV failure is paramount in successfully managing PAH patients requiring hospitalization. This review highlights diagnostic and therapeutic approaches in various clinical scenarios that might be encountered during hospitalization of the World Health Organization group I PAH patient. This article covers recent literature describing risk factors, predictors of outcome and state-of the art management approach to a hospitalized PAH patients with a special focus on management of RV failure and common complications in PAH requiring hospitalization. The review highlights the importance of multidisciplinary approach to a hospitalized PAH patient and highlight important implications in clinical practice and knowledge gaps for potential future research.

Stanislavsky and the Russian acting and directing tradition in twenty-first century Greece: the work of Stathis Livathinos

ABSTRACT In this article, the author explores the direct links of the Russian acting and directing tradition to the Greek field as they were introduced through the Experimental Stage of the National Theatre of Greece (2001–07) and the Acting and Directing Workshop of the National Theatre (2001–2004). Both endeavours were under the auspices of the National Theatre, and were inspired, structured, and managed by Stathis Livathinos, who had studied at GITIS and aspired to create an ensemble that worked and experimented together. In this framework, Livathinos gathered a group of approximately 24 actors and 14 actors who aspired to become directors and introduced to them anew Stanislavsky’s ideas and teaching as well as to the recent developments of the Russian directing and acting tradition. The Experimental Stage, during those 3 years, produced more than 10 productions, including a production of Medea in the theatre of Epidaurus. From the Workshop, which was, essentially, an MA educational programme, graduated around 15 actors and six directors – three of whom were women. This Workshop was the preamble of the National Theatre School of Directing established in 2018 by Livathinos, when he was General and Artistic Director of the National Theatre of Greece.

Napravleniya realizacii nravstvennogo vospitaniya v ramkah obrazovaniya s idejno-politicheskimi elementami na primere menedzhmenta v sfere iskusstva

Comprehensive ideological and political instruction embodied in all courses allows for realizing the goal of both formal and moral education, bringing forth a new concept of "moral education within the curriculum". In order to realize comprehensive ideological and political instruction within art management, both theoretical guidelines and a close link with educational practice is required.