Performance Art Research Articles

Entrepreneurial Potential of Performing Art to Nigeria's Economic Development

This research paper is an investigation to ascertain the Entrepreneurial Potential of Performing Art to Nigeria’s Economic Development. The objective of the study is to identify entrepreneurial potentials in performing Art, to determine the business viability of the performing Art industry and to ascertain how entrepreneurs in the performing Art industry can contribute to Nigeria’s economic development. A descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. The sample of the study was achieved using a random sampling technique. The sample for this study was 69 respondents. These selected sixty-nine (69) respondents were performing art professionals which include Nollywood actors and musicians in Asaba Delta State, Nigeria. The instrument used to collect data was the questionnaire. The data collected were analyzed using simple percentage, mean, standard and chi-square. The overall findings of the study are that there is entrepreneurial potential in performing Art through payment of fees for performing at Events, including festivals. This can be ticketed performance art events or it can be within wider events or earned fees from acting in a Nollywood movie, Intellectual property earning for celebrities and sales of art products and services as well as production of artefacts. The study also revealed that there is a significant and positive connection between Performing Art and profitability and it was also discovered that entrepreneurial innovation made Performing Art possible and a viable business model. High demand for entertainment, global acceptance of performing Art products has made performing Art a viable business model for Nigeria’s economic development and transformation. The study recommends that for theatre practice to be feasible and for the personal talents, ideas, and creative contributions of the artists to be effective and contribute to the economic development of Nigeria, entrepreneurial skills are necessary and a prerequisite.

Revitalizing Convolutional Network for Image Restoration.

Image restoration aims to reconstruct a high-quality image from its corrupted version, playing essential roles in many scenarios. Recent years have witnessed a paradigm shift in image restoration from convolutional neural networks (CNNs) to Transformer-based models due to their powerful ability to model long-range pixel interactions. In this paper, we explore the potential of CNNs for image restoration and show that the proposed simple convolutional network architecture, termed ConvIR, can perform on par with or better than the Transformer counterparts. By re-examing the characteristics of advanced image restoration algorithms, we discover several key factors leading to the performance improvement of restoration models. This motivates us to develop a novel network for image restoration based on cheap convolution operators. Comprehensive experiments demonstrate that our ConvIR delivers state-of-the-art performance with low computation complexity among 20 benchmark datasets on five representative image restoration tasks, including image dehazing, image motion/defocus deblurring, image deraining, and image desnowing.

Analisis Konten Youtube Bobon Santoso pada Episode Kuali Merah Putih dalam Membangun Semangat Nasionalisme Penonton

The aim of the research carried out is to find out how the meaning of denotation, connotation and myth is analyzed in Bobon Santoso's YouTube content in the Kuali Merah Putih episode so as to build the spirit of nationalism in the audience. Data collection was carried out using Roland Barthes' semiotic analysis, literature study and documentation so that in the end it created a conclusion about the meaning of the Kuali Merah Putih denotation, namely the spirit of nationalism is depicted in scenes where activities such as flag ceremonies, singing the national anthem, regional art performances become media in instilling noble values. nation and nationalism in everyday life and also in the world of elementary school children's education. The connotation meaning, Kuali Merah Putih is the stretching of the Red and White flag along the road which involves all elements of Papuan society. A narrative that makes it clear that the Red and White is still flying high in the land of Papua even though it is on the edge of Indonesia and rarely receives attention from the government. And the myth, the Red and White Cauldron, namely the spirit of nationalism, should be spread from an early age and from the tip of Aceh to Papua there without distinction between language, ethnicity and other differences.

Contemporary Actionism as a Total Work of Art

The following report explores Richard Wagner’s concept of total art or Gesamtkunstwerk, a notion that gained prominence in the 19th century and found resonance in Symbolist art. This movement interpreted total art as a synthesis of various artistic forms, particularly music and theatre, infused with spiritual significance. Our objective is to demonstrate that in contemporary performative art, the integration of diverse media could give rise to a comprehensive work of art, akin to Wagner’s original vision. The article contends that performative art and actionism, by employing complementary artistic elements such as music, literature, theatre, objects, installations, and painting, have the potential to evolve into a unified and spiritually enriched work of art.

New objects of research in algorithmic aesthetics: dance performance and choreographic art practice

The article explores the way in which new objects of study, such as dance performance and art–practice, emerge in algorithmic aesthetics. The advent of digital communicative practices shapes new means of formalization of dance performance scripts, which nowadays have various technological solutions, including algorithmic ones. Classical aesthetics is unable to describe the technological modernization of artistic expression. The author offers a general framework of algorithmic aesthetics to study of dance performance and art practice.

Survival Stacking Ensemble Model for Lung Cancer Risk Prediction.

The most well-established risk factor for lung cancer (LC) is smoking, responsible for approximately 85% of cases. The Lung Cancer Risk Assessment Tool (LCRAT) is a key advancement in this field, which predicts individual risk based on factors like smoking habits, demographic details, personal and family medical history, and environmental exposures. This paper proposes a model with fewer features that improves state of the art performance, using a simplified stacking ensemble, making it more accessible and easier to implement in routine healthcare practice. The data used in this work were derived from two cohorts in the United States: The National Lung Screening Trial (NLST) and the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) Cancer Screening Trial. Both our model and LCRAT achieve an AUC of 0.799 and 0.782 on test respectively. In terms of percentage of positives, in the 50% of the population, both detect 0.766 and 0.754 of the cases. The ensemble of different survival models enhances robustness by mitigating the weakness of individual models and directly impacts the efficiency of the model, increasing the efficiency and generalizability.

Between the Archive and the Feed

This article discusses feminist performance and internet art practices of the 21st century through the lens of Boris Groys’s theory of innovation. It analyses works by Signe Pierce, Molly Soda, and Maya Man, to position practices of self-documentation online in exchange with feminist art histories of performance and electronic media. The text proposes that the discussed contemporary art practices fulfil the process of innovation detailed by Groys through a process of re-valuation of values via an exchange between the everyday, trivial, and heterogenous realm of social media (‘the profane’) and the valorised realm of cultural memory (‘the archive’). Using digital ethnography and contextual analysis, framed by the theory of innovation, the text introduced ‘content value’ as a feature of contemporary art on the Internet. The article demonstrates how feminist internet art practices expand on cultural value through the realisation of a process of innovation via an intra-cultural exchange between the feed and the institution.

Ethno-Design of Galicia at the Beginning of the 20th Century

The aim of the research is the factors and backgrounds formation of Galicia ethno-design at the beginning of XX century. The processes, which influenced the area of ethno-design development, have completely been spotlighted in the work. Its formation is being considered as the cultural event interrelated with the historic-economical, geographical, social-cultural changes in the region of the investigated period. Research methods: search-analytical (identification, literature analysis and origin foundation), historical (research of events and phenomena development), chronological (events consideration in the time consistency), logical-synthetic (factors, events and phenomena analysis), generalization and systematization results. Scientific novelty. In the research the backgrounds and features of regional manner-designed heritage formation have been revealed which are rooted in the unique folk art, folk art traditions, grand work of regional rules formation and stylization, ethno-pedagogics principles application in familial art upbringing, formation of private craft and art-industrial schools in the area, and so forth. Conclusions. As the result it has been concluded that the Galicia ethno-design at the beginning of the last century was characterized by the distinctive art and art-industrial traditions which influenced the unique Ukrainian style separation based on the West-European achievements. Different kinds of folk art, craft and homecraft played the important role in those processes. Through the nature forms and reasons stylization they gained their signs and colors semantics inherent of the area. The background of Galicia ethno-design development has become the esthetic tastes formation in family training of children and youth, ethno-pedagogical phenomenon of the regional art dynasties, foundation and performance of educational establishments with the national art-industrial culture of the area. It is highly important to use this experience in the professional training of Ukrainian designers.

Ecologies of Embodiment: Video Essays III

Polly Hudson, “These Hands: an EcoSomatic approach to a woman’s labour - of the body, and on the land” (6:31). This video essay is part of an ongoing practice as a gardener and dancer, a long-term project at an inner city urban allotment, entitled And So we Sow. The work responds to notions of women's labour from an EcoSomatic and eco-feminist perspective, drawing on principles from releasing dance practices particularly Skinner Releasing Technique, from permaculture, and from wider embodied engagement. // Ana Luiza Azevedo Dupas, “Practice of Resting, Reading and Translating the Text: ‘Hapticality, or Love’” (9:52). This video shows fragments of the workshop: “Practice of resting, reading and translating the text: ‘Hapticality or love’,” held online in the context of IV EIRPAC event in September 2021. From the practice of Eutony, participants of the workshop are invited to a somatic reading, and “transcreation” of the text, which is an excerpt from Fred Moten and Stefano Harney’s The Undercommons: Fugitive Planning & Black Study. // Lea Spahn and Hana Magdonova, “‘Within the Memories of a Mountain’: Posthuman Embodying as Techno-material Becoming” (11:00). This video essay is based on footage from performance artist Hana Magdoňová during her 39-day stay in Hády – a renaturating quarry in the post-socialist Czech Republic. Through an immersive layering of (video)images, sounds, and spoken words, the essay depics embodied encounters with this space and reads them through feminist materialist and posthumanist thinkers highlighting the entanglement of bodies, technologies, things, and other beings on a planetary scale.

The influence of aerobic capacity on the loads and intensities of mixed martial arts sparring bouts

ABSTRACT The influence of aerobic variables on mixed martial arts (MMA) performance is currently unknown. This study aimed to compare the laboratory-measured aerobic variables of MMA participants to the external load and intensity of MMA sparring bouts to determine the effect of aerobic capacity on performance. Ten participants (age = 24 ± 2.8 years; mass = 74.3 ± 8.2 kg; stature = 176.8 ± 7.9 cm) completed the following: a treadmill-graded exercise test to measure V̇O2max, VT1 and VT2; 3 × 5 mins sparring bout equipped with a Catapult Optimeye S5 accelerometer recording Playerload (PLdACC) and Playerload per minute (PLdACC∙min−1), with a sessional rating of perceived exertion (sRPE) recorded as internal intensity. Median V̇O2max (53.3 ml∙kg∙min−1) was used to split the cohort into the top 50% and bottom 50%. Pearson’s r correlations (BF10 ≥ 3) were calculated between GXT and sparring variables. V̇O2max (53.1 ± 5.9 ml∙kg∙min−1) was found to have very large (r ≥ .70) linear relationships with PLdACC (161.4 ± 27.2 AU) and PLdACC∙min−1 (10.7 ± 1.8AU). The top 50% group maintained moderate sRPE (4-6AU) and greater PLdACC∙min−1 throughout the bout, with the bottom 50% group’s sRPE moving from moderate to high (>7AU) indicating V̇O2max <53 ml∙kg∙min−1 is related to increased internal intensity. These data support the aerobic nature of MMA and may provide aerobic capacity targets for athletes and coaches to aim for during competition preparation.

The Development of Performing Folk Songs Model to Develop Holistic Health in Elderly

This research aims to study the problems and factors in organizing activities to promote holistic health in the elderly, Elderly Social Welfare Development Center, and to develop activities in the art of performing folk songs to promote holistic health in the elderly, Elderly Social Welfare Development Center. It is a study that aims to extract knowledge about the process of organizing activities for the elderly in order to develop a form of folk song performing arts activities to develop holistic health in the elderly as a research and development model Divided into 3 phases: Phase 1 synthesizes knowledge on organizing activities for the elderly, Phase 2 develops and evaluates traditional performing arts activities to develop holistic health in the elderly, and Phase 3 uses Folk performing arts activity format for holistic health development in the elderly. The research tool used was a structured interview form and satisfaction assessment form for organizing activities. All analysis results are presented as descriptive data and tables with explanations. The findings revealed Problems and factors in organizing activities to promote holistic health in the elderly at the Elderly Social Welfare Development Center. The researcher can summarize into two issues: 1) The current condition of organizing activities to promote the health of the elderly at the 12 Elderly Social Welfare Development Centers has three formats: ordinary elderly, particular types, and centers without elderly residents. In terms of operations for caring for and promoting the elderly, there will be an operation plan for the center that promotes the health of the elderly. There are four areas: physical, mental, and social interaction and intelligence. 2) Factors in organizing activities to promote holistic health in the elderly. The Center for the Development of Social Welfare for the Elderly found that opinions and needs for bringing in local wisdom heritage, in terms of performing arts, all four regions came to organize activities to promote the health of the elderly at all 12 Elderly Social Welfare Development Centers. There were two issues: 1) Perspectives and opinions. It was found that bringing both local performing arts and four regionally organized activities to promote the health of the elderly within the center. It is a good and exciting activity. Most elderly people enjoy fun activities, including singing and dancing. It is also a matter of Folk performing arts that can understand the emotions and feelings of the elderly very well. It also helps promote and stimulate the memory of the elderly. 2) The need to bring local wisdom and heritage. In terms of performing arts, all four regions came to organize activities to promote the health of the elderly at all 12 Elderly Social Welfare Development Centers. It was found that there was a need to organize activities to promote the health of the elderly using all Folk performing arts. The aim is to organize activities that can develop the physical, mental, social, and intellectual aspects. The results of the development of activities in the art of performing folk songs to promote holistic health in the elderly have two crucial points: 1) The uniqueness of the art of folk song performance that has an impact on society is that it reflects the culture of the community, build relationships among people in the community, have fun public relations media and self-development 2) The results of creating and developing an art activity format for performing folk songs to promote holistic health in the elderly. The researcher created and developed a folk song performance art activity model consisting of 6 elements: principles of the form, Objectives of the format, content, activities, promoting factors, and evaluation

Line of Desire. The Work of Omar Matadamas Seen through Corporeality and the Philosophy of Event

This article1 is shaped by a trajectory of back and forth on various topics, starting with a minimal review of the history of performance art theory in Mexico, then analysing the place of the philosophy of the event and corporeality in performance art, and finally exploring the strategies for making desire habitable through the work of the Mexican artist Omar Matadamas. In the first section, I discuss a series of ideas surrounding the implications of performance art in the current Mexican theoretical horizon; in the other pole I recur to the work of the artist Omar Matadamas and his series Sicalíptico (2017), as well as his collaboration with Grupo D3 Chok3 (“Clash Group”), to think in the proximity of politics of intimacy and desire in art created by sexual dissidents.

Exploring the Intersection of Social Justice and Health through Art

This paper examines the role of art in advocating for social justice and addressing health disparities. It highlights how various artistic mediums such as photography, installations, performance, and visual arts serve as powerful tools to communicate the complexities of structural inequality and promote public health advocacy. The review discusses the intersection of art and politics, as well as the potential for art to shift perspectives, foster empathy, and influence policy. It delves into case studies where artistic initiatives have contributed to health advocacy, particularly in marginalized communities, and demonstrates how art can be an effective therapeutic tool for healing, empowerment, and mobilization for health equity. Keywords: Social Justice, Health Disparities, Art and Activism, Health Equity, Community Engagement.

Creating an Environment that Influences Children's Learning and Character Qualities

This study aimed to describe the environment created by parents for their children and its effects on academic performance and character qualities. Utilizing a survey methodology, data were collected through direct and indirect observations and analyzed qualitatively. The research subjects comprised two children from the same family. The findings revealed that the parents created an environment to engage the children in arts and physical exercise. They provided various tools such as musical instruments, laptops, smartphones, bikes, paper and coloring pencils, building blocks, toys, puzzles, and books to facilitate activities like singing, playing, reading, typing, writing, and creating. Although the language setting of these tools was in English, parents communicated with the children in Indonesian. The effects of this environment were evident in the children’s development of characteristics such as resilience, creativity, responsibility, and self-regulated learning. These traits, fostered by the environment, subsequently contributed to the children’s enjoyment and success in academic, social, language, and artistic performances. Keywords: creating environment, children learning, character qualities

Asymmetric Large Kernel Distillation Network for efficient single image super-resolution.

Recently, significant advancements have been made in the field of efficient single-image super-resolution, primarily driven by the innovative concept of information distillation. This method adeptly leverages multi-level features to facilitate high-resolution image reconstruction, allowing for enhanced detail and clarity. However, many existing approaches predominantly emphasize the enhancement of distilled features, often overlooking the critical aspect of improving the feature extraction capabilities of the distillation module itself. In this paper, we address this limitation by introducing an asymmetric large-kernel convolution design. By increasing the size of the convolution kernel, we expand the receptive field, which enables the model to more effectively capture long-range dependencies among image pixels. This enhancement significantly improves the model's perceptual ability, leading to more accurate reconstructions. To maintain a manageable level of model complexity, we adopt a lightweight architecture that employs asymmetric convolution techniques. Building on this foundation, we propose the Lightweight Asymmetric Large Kernel Distillation Network (ALKDNet). Comprehensive experiments conducted on five widely recognized benchmark datasets-Set5, Set14, BSD100, Urban100, and Manga109-indicate that ALKDNet not only preserves efficiency but also demonstrates performance enhancements relative to existing super-resolution methods. The average PSNR and SSIM values show improvements of 0.10 dB and 0.0013, respectively, thereby achieving state-of-the art performance.

A Wushu Leg Gesture Recognition Algorithm Based on Random Forest and Bone Feature Extraction (RF-SFE)

Addressing the challenges of complex movement trajectories and rapid action changes in martial arts performances, this study introduces a novel posture recognition algorithm based on Random Forest and Skeletal Feature Extraction (RF-SFE) for martial arts leg movements. Unlike traditional posture recognition methods that struggle with accuracy, RF-SFE aims to provide intelligent analysis of training postures to assist practitioners in efficient training. The algorithm initially employs advanced skeletal feature extraction techniques to identify and articulate the relative positions and movements specific to martial arts. These extracted spatial features enhance the flexibility in modeling the unique dynamics of martial arts. Subsequently, Random Forest classification is utilized to categorize different leg movements, leveraging its strength in handling high-dimensional data and providing robust classification. Comparative experiments on diverse martial arts posture datasets demonstrate a significant improvement in recognition rates over baseline methods. This validates the effectiveness of the RF-SFE method in recognizing martial arts postures, offering scientific guidance for practitioners’ training regimens.

The Effects of Perceived Coaching Ability and Coach-athlete Interaction on Sport Performance in Adolescent Martial Arts Sparring Athletes

To explore the effects of coaching ability and coach-athlete interaction on the athletic performance of youth Wushu sparring athletes, this paper selected 200 youth kickboxing players from Tianjin, China as the research subjects and randomly divided them into the experimental group and the control group. The experimental group adopted the integrated training method of coaching ability improvement and interactive communication, while the control group adopted the traditional training method. The research methods included a questionnaire survey, experimental observation, and data analysis, and the training effects were compared by evaluating the athletic performance and perceived coaching ability of the athletes in the two groups before and after training. The results showed that the athletic performance of the athletes in the experimental group was significantly improved, while that of the control group was only slightly improved. In addition, the perceived coaching ability of the athletes in the experimental group was significantly improved, and the quality of coach-athlete interaction was significantly enhanced (P &lt; 0.05). The conclusion shows that the improvement of coaching ability and good coach-athlete interaction can significantly improve athletes’ sports performance, which has a wide application prospect.

Peran Pemerintah dalam Pelestarian Kesenian Ludruk di Surabaya

Ludruk is a native East Javanese folk art originating from Jombang, but is also a typical Surabaya cultural mascot. Ludruk is a traditional drama performed by an arts group on a stage based on stories about people's daily lives. Ludruk art is part of East Java's rich and unique cultural heritage. Its preservation is important to maintain local cultural identity which can be a valuable asset for the community, due to the threat of loss and extinction. Ludruk is not only an artistic performance, but is also part of social life and preserving the community's identity can help strengthen a sense of solidarity and pride in local culture. . By choosing this topic, researchers can make a meaningful contribution to efforts to preserve and promote the desirability of ludruk art for the future. This research method is descriptive qualitative by collecting primary data through in-depth interviews and observations from related informants. Based on the research results that: 1. The role of the Surabaya City Culture, Youth and Sports and Tourism Department (Disbudporapar) as a regulator, plays a significant role in supporting arts and cultural activities in the preservation of ludruk art, ensuring that this traditional art remains alive and growing among young generation in ASPK policy.2. The role of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports and Tourism of the City of Surabaya (Disbudporapar) as a facilitator, currently there is still a lack of support and facilities, allowing regeneration, regeneration of ludruk artists to be slow, competition with modern media, limited training: training programs are often undirected and inconsistent. 3. The role of the Department of Culture, Youth and Sports and Tourism of the City of Surabaya (Disbudporapar) as a dynamist, has been running well, but the current condition is that many ludruk groups in Surabaya have arts registration marks (TDK) and are registered at Disbudporapar. However, many of them have already died and Ludruk performances currently only rely on invitations from the Surabaya City Youth and Sports Culture Service (Disbudporapar).

Potensi Pengembangan Industri di Kabupaten Dairi

Dairi Regency has a favorable geographical location, Sidikalang is the capital of Dairi Regency and has enormous industrial potential. The purpose of this study is to determine the potential for industrial development in Dairi Regency. The research method used is a qualitative research method that is library research using books and other literature as the main object. The results of the study show that geographical conditions, climate, and natural resources support various types of plants. The leading commodities are curly chilies, shallots, ginger, turmeric, corn, paddy fields, durian, Siamese oranges, Arabica coffee, and Robusta coffee. The potential for developing the fisheries industry with a focus on tilapia, carp, catfish, and jurung. The potential for developing tourism with ecotourism; trekking, mountain biking, observing flora and fauna, relaxing at Lake Toba. Agrotourism: visiting coffee, tea, orange plantations, learning about cultivation, then farming. Culinary and cultural tourism; art and cultural performances, cooking classes, culinary tourism. Travel history; King Silahi Sabungan Tomb Monument, Dairi Faith Tourism Park, Tao Silalahi. Religious tourism; Sidikalang Old Church, Sidikalang Grand Mosque.

Recent Research in Singing

Abstract: This “Recent Research in Singing” article chronicles four academic documents authored during 2024. A thesis by Elaina M. Frissell, “Ukrainian Symbolism in Mykola Lysenko’s Art Songs and Taras Shevchenko’s Poetry,” and dissertations by Ju Eun Oh, “Harmonizing Language and Music: The Potential Role of Voice Pedagogues in Advancing Foreign Language Acquisition Through Music,” Bixiao Wang, “Selected Chinese Art Songs of Tzu Huang: A Performance Guide,” and Edwin R. Williams, “The Interdisciplinary Music Degree: Music Education, Music Performance, and Music and Fine Arts Administration.” Each includes a complete bibliographic citation and an Author/ProQuest abstract.