Artistic Research Articles

PROVERBS AND SAYINGS REFLECTED IN GIBI BITHAI

Proverbs and sayings are a form of verbal art. They enhance the appeal of speakers, singers, and authors, making them more intriguing and relatable by facilitating a stronger connection with their audiences or readers. Proverbs and sayings are powerful tools for sharing knowledge due to their interesting, relatable, and culturally meaningful nature. Although they are different, most of them are similar. One of the only epic works of the Bodos, GibiBithai, has a large number of folklore elements. GibiBithai is a verse relating to Bathouism, and there are many good examples of proverbs and sayings in various chapters. These are closely related to Bathouism and Bodo society. The study has been done through descriptive analysis with a close reading method. In GibiBithai, the author BihuramBoro has used proverbs and sayings to enhance the quality of the epic or to make it attractive to the recipients or the reader. These are often said in a tricky or indirect way to make you think and help you understand. These are like wisdom puzzles that you have to think about to solve. The proverbs and sayings of the GibiBithai are collected and gathered from the Bodo society prevalent among them. These are mostly related to their daily conversations and different situations. They serve as timeless guidelines for navigating numerous elements of life and making ethical decisions. BihuramBoro has employed proverbs and sayings to improve the quality of his work by making it more appealing to the receivers or readers. Furthermore, by documenting these in the book, many forgotten and endangered proverbs and sayings have been brought back to life.

RITUAL BELA DIRI KUTAU DALAM MASYARAKAT DESA SURO, KABUPATEN MUSI RAWAS

This paper discusses the Kutau martial arts ritual practiced by the people of Suro Village, Muara Beliti District, Musi Rawas Regency, South Sumatra Province. Kutau is one of the ancestral heritages consisting of a set of rituals. Kutau takes the form of traditional martial arts that has been developed by the Suro Village community. Applying the qualitative approach, this study aimed to systematically document all forms of rituals in Kutau and its functions within the Suro community. Data were collected through observation, interviews, and documentation, which were then analyzed using Victor Turner’s ritual approach and Talcot Parsons’ function approach. Results show that Kutau is a medium of communication between the community and their ancestors to pass down the Kutau knowledge, which is closely related to Suro people’s belief system. Kutau still prevails thanks to the latency function of the Kutau community, so that the whole system is able to survive and adapt to the current society.

금융자본주의 사회의 자본, 프레카리아트의 영화적 재현 연구

Film reflects society and society reflects film. Over the course of 130 years of film history, we have witnessed the evolution of media culture from film to digital to OTT platforms, which have generated extensive discourse in film theory. Despite these significant changes, the essence of film remains unchanged: it is closely intertwined with society, serving as an art form readily accessible to the public. Film actively examines and meticulously represents society on screen, possessing a unique ability to embody imaginary and virtual worlds, while also striving to represent our real world and explore its hidden facets. Recently, there has been a surge in films exploring the economy. However, academic research on these films has been somewhat limited due to the inherent complexity of the subject matter. This paper aims to analyze “Helpless” and “Sorry, we Missed You” with grave concern. These films tackle the issue of ‘financial capitalism and the precariat’, exerting a significant influence on the structure and phenomena of contemporary society. This research delved into the lives of the precariat suffering from debt and rhetorics, which are cunning devices created by financial capitalism. Lastly, this paper proposes that these films can be categorized as “social problem films” that raise awareness about societal issues and spark changes in society. Through this study, this paper aims to demonstrate the profound connection between film(as a cultural medium) and society, thereby affirming the impact of film on society.

Virtual shadow puppet generation based on AlphaPose

This study aims to develop a novel motion capture method utilizing the AlphaPose project to support the production and analysis of shadow puppetry. Through precise capture and analysis of human body postures, we seek to enhance the performance quality of shadow puppetry, introducing modern technology to this ancient Chinese intangible cultural heritage art form, thereby facilitating its inheritance and development. This paper provides an introduction to the background and significance of the research, explores existing issues and shortcomings, and provides a detailed description of our methodology and the improvements achieved.

A Reconsideration of Aesthetic Value and Moral Value of Artwork - An Immoralism Approach

While contemporary art, famous for its abstract form and transgressive nature, is prevalent in the artistic world, the artistic world hasnt established an objective aesthetic evaluating system that allows viewers to fully experience the aesthetic value of transgressive art, which is the most radical, offensive, and morally problematic art form among the contemporary arts. The article reviews the two traditional evaluative approaches, Autonomism and Moralism, and discusses their limitations. Then, the article introduces the concept of transgressive art and Immoralism. The author also recognizes the theoretical gap that fails to illustrate in what perspective viewers can fully understand the aesthetic value of transgressive art. The article then establishes that the moral value of transgressive art lies in the fact that moral defects can contribute to its aesthetic value if the artwork is viewed from a receptive and reflective perspective. The article is significant in filling the theoretical gap and establishing a more systematic evaluative system.

Metamorphosis of Tradition: Dong Arts from Folk Dong Painting to Contemporary Expressions

The Dong ethnic minority in southwest China possesses a distinctive cultural heritage. Dong's painting emerges as a unique and diverse form within Dong's artistic endeavors, capturing the essence of daily life among the Dong people. Regrettably, Dong paintings often endure neglect compared to the more recognized Dong architectural art. To revive appreciation for Dong culture, this study delves into traditional Dong folk paintings, aiming to discern various painting types and explore the impact of these traditional forms on contemporary Dong paintings. The similarities and differences between traditional Dong folk painting and contemporary Dong painting are obtained through the investigation and artistic practice of the Dong nationality. It mainly focuses on literature analysis, case studies, and art practice-based research. This investigation reveals that contemporary Dong paintings continue incorporating and reinterpreting symbols, architectural motifs, and dress patterns from traditional Dong folk art. This continuity in artistic expression contributes significantly to preserving and disseminating Dong culture in evolving artistic forms.

Развитие творческого мышления студентов в процессе преподавания скульптуры

This article addresses the issue of the lack of creative thinking among master’s degree students in sculpture departments at universities in China. Combined with teaching practice, the article puts forward countermeasures to solve the problem of lack of creative thinking and emphasizes the importance of cultivating students’ creative thinking ability in sculpture teaching practice. Among these measures, whose effectiveness has been confirmed through teaching practice, are: encouraging student initiative, emphasizing independence in creative exploration, ensuring interdisciplinary training, integrating various art forms, and enhancing student self-discipline. Additionally, the author highlights the need for reforming the sculpture curriculum and updating the teaching methodology. In the context of modern art education, it should not be limited to the development of a specific set of skills but should instead stimulate students’ imagination and creative pursuits to meet society’s demand for creative art products. Cultivating of students’ creative thinking is not solely the responsibility of teachers; it requires active participation from the students themselves, ultimately leading to the formation of an independent artistic style and personalized artistic self-expression.

Multimodal music datasets? Challenges and future goals in music processing

The term “multimodal music dataset” is often used to describe music-related datasets that represent music as a multimedia art form and multimodal experience. However, the term “multimodality” is often used differently in disciplines such as musicology, music psychology, and music technology. This paper proposes a definition of multimodality that works across different music disciplines. Many challenges are related to constructing, evaluating, and using multimodal music datasets. We provide a task-based categorization of multimodal datasets and suggest guidelines for their development. Diverse data pre-processing methods are illuminated, highlighting their contributions to transparent and reproducible music analysis. Additionally, evaluation metrics, methods, and benchmarks tailored for multimodal music processing tasks are scrutinized, empowering researchers to make informed decisions and facilitating cross-study comparisons.

Drumming to be one, drumming to be different: ethnicity, nation, and cultural identity of Zainichi Koreans in Japan

ABSTRACT Pungmul, a form of Korean folk drumming, is prominent as a traditional Korean music practice among diasporic Koreans, including Zainichi (Korean residents in Japan). Over the last four decades, it has become popular across the globe as a tool for heritage education and a marker of ethnic identity. In this paper, I engage with several Zainichi Korean musicians who pursue pungmul as their full-time profession or as a serious leisure activity. In Japan, most pungmul musicians are third- or fourth-generation Korean migrants and, as a group, present a complex mix of state, national, and cultural affiliations as North Koreans, South Koreans, and naturalized Japanese. Considering the inherent social complexities among Zainichi, I delineate how a traditional Korean performing art form enables these Koreans to overcome and transcend social barriers and nation-state boundaries while shaping and expressing their identity as diasporic individuals.

How Does Meaning Affect the Perceived Value of Art? The Case of Chinese Calligraphy

How does meaning making affect the perceived value of art? In this paper, we focus on a unique form of art, Chinese calligraphy, to explore the effects of literal meaning on the perceived value of art combining both words and aesthetic quality. Based on a 2*4 between-subjects factorial experiment (n = 451), we find evidence that the provision of transcriptions for Chinese calligraphy artworks can have certain impact on the works’ perceived value. Specifically, our findings suggest that transcriptions enhance the appreciation of the value of the literal content and the perceived beauty of certain artwork. This paper contributes to a better understanding of the effect of meaning on the perceived value of Chinese calligraphy artworks, information supply on aesthetic experiences, and the value of Chinese calligraphy as intangible cultural heritage. Recommendations for stakeholders including auction houses are provided.

Narrative reversals and story success.

Storytelling is a powerful tool that connects us and shapes our understanding of the world. Theories of effective storytelling boast an intellectual history dating back millennia, highlighting the significance of narratives across civilizations. Yet, despite all this theorizing, empirically predicting what makes a story successful has remained elusive. We propose narrative reversals, key turning points in a story, as pivotal facets that predict story success. Drawing on narrative theory, we conceptualize reversals as plot: essential moments that push narratives forward and shape audience reception. Across 30,000 movies, TV shows, novels, and fundraising pitches, we use computational linguistics and trend detection analysis to develop a quantitative method for measuring narrative reversals via shifts in valence. We find that stories with more' and more dramatic, turning points are more successful. Our findings shed light on this age-old art form and provide a practical approach to understanding and predicting the impact of storytelling.

Sensations and cinema: Reframing the real in democracy and education

In the film Sans Soliel, Chris Marker challenges received wisdoms with regard cinematic production of real worlds and real people. In Marker’s techniques, Jacques Rancière observes an intensely political, highly accessible, art form that leads to a theorisation of cinema for its democratic and educational functions. In this paper we take up Rancière’s interest in the democratic and educational functions of cinema through a reading of three films: Sans Soliel, Minority Report, and After Yang. Marker’s essayist cinema produces an uncanny experience of anthropological irony, and a mode of rethinking imperialism, revealing stories of communities that typically do not get told. Spielberg’s film adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s story is a cautionary contemplation on the ethics of the future of a police force that has access to visions of the future. Kogonada’s poetic lens muses on what it is to be human, what it is to be a family, and what it is to be a child and a parent negotiating complexity, loss, and identity. Each film is of interest here for the openness with which they engage thinking about democracy and education. They are democratic and educational precisely because they do not tell us what to think about democracy and education. Each film at the same time provides insight into Rancière’s thinking about the functions of cinema in producing senses of politics.

Validated Tools Used to Assess Musculoskeletal Injuries in Dancers: A Systematic Review.

Introduction: Dance is a physically demanding art form that often results in musculoskeletal injuries. To effectively treat these injuries, standardized and reliable assessment tools designed to the dancer's needs are required. Thus, the aim of this review is to identify studies that have employed validated tools to assess musculoskeletal injuries in ballet, modern, and contemporary dancers, focusing on describing the content and psychometric quality of the tools used. Methods: This systematic review is registered at PROSPERO (CRD42022306755). PubMed, Cochrane, LILACS, Web of Science and SPORTDiscus databases were searched by two independent reviewers. Articles assessing musculoskeletal injuries with validated tools in ballet, modern and/or contemporary dancers and written in English, Portuguese, or Spanish were included. Non-peer reviewed articles, books, conference abstracts, thesis/review articles, or case design studies were excluded. The original validation studies were compiled when necessary. Two independent reviewers conducted a standardized data extraction and evaluated the methodological quality using an adapted Downs and Black checklist. Results: From the 3933 studies screened, 172 were read to verify if they met the inclusion criteria, resulting in 37 studies included accounting for 16 unique validated tools. Two were imaging exams, one was an injury classification system, and 13 were self-reported injury questionnaires. Only four injury assessment tools were validated for dancers, emphasizing the need for further validation studies for the dance population. Most of the articles (57%) achieved high-quality methodological scores and the remaining (43%) reported medium-quality scores. Conclusions: Valid, reliable, and specific tools to assess dance injuries are lacking in general. For enhanced methodological rigor in future studies, the incorporation of validated tools is recommended to improve methodological quality and facilitate cross-study comparisons. Researchers may consider conducting validation studies, involving processes such as translation into another language, validation of modifications to the original tool, or reporting reliability within the article itself.

The Application of 3D Printing Technology in Yuan Blue-and-White Porcelain Art

Yuan blue-and-white porcelain, as a representative of Chinese ceramic art, is highly appreciated for its unique artistic value and cultural connotations. With the advancement of technology, the application of 3D printing technology in artistic creation has become increasingly widespread. This paper explores the specific applications of 3D printing technology in Yuan blue-and-white porcelain art, including improving the production process and promoting the complexity and innovation of designs. Through 3D printing technology, artists can accurately reproduce complex design patterns, enhancing production efficiency and quality while reducing errors associated with manual crafting. Additionally, 3D printing technology provides artists with greater design freedom, breaking the limitations of traditional manual techniques and making Yuan blue-and-white porcelain art more diverse. By analyzing specific cases, this paper demonstrates the practical effects of 3D printing technology in improving creation efficiency and quality. For instance, using 3D printing technology, artists can quickly produce multiple Yuan blue-and-white models for experimentation and adjustment, saving time and costs. For complex patterns and shapes, 3D printing technology can complete them in a short time, allowing artists to focus more on creative design. Furthermore, 3D printing technology enables high-precision repetitive production, ensuring consistency in quality and appearance of each piece. In the future, as 3D printing technology continues to develop, its application in Yuan blue-and-white porcelain art will become more extensive and in-depth, bringing more innovation and development opportunities to this traditional art form.

İNAS MEKTEPLERİNDE HALICILIK EĞİTİMİ ÜZERİNE BAZI ARŞİV BELGELERİ

The Ottoman Empire existed for 600 years, spread over three continents. The Ottoman Empire, which attaches great importance to archiving, tried to preserve almost all its correspondence. It is known that archive records are the historical heritage of nations. On the other hand, carpet weaving, which came from the Turkestan geography to Anatolia with the Turks, became important during the Ottoman period both as an art form and as a daily use and commercial commodity. There are many archive documents related to this branch of art, showing that the Ottoman Empire supervised and controlled both trade and production. It is also understood from archive documents that the state gave carpet making lessons in İnas schools. In the article, archive records related to carpet weaving lessons in İnas schools will be mentioned. Key words: Ottoman, archive, textile, carpet weaving, school.

Enhancing the dissemination of Cantonese Opera among youth via Bilibili: a study on intangible cultural heritage transmission

Intangible cultural heritage is an invaluable treasure for all human beings worldwide. In 2009, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed the Chinese Cantonese Opera, also known as Yueju in Chinese Pinyin, on the Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The awareness of inheriting Yueju is not uncommon, but advancing methods to involve more young generations in this art form is still necessary. In this study, we focused on Yueju videos on Bilibili, a cultural community and video website popular among the younger generation. Through quantitative and qualitative research, we explored the types of Yueju videos that would have a significant spreading effect. The 1916 Bilibili videos related to Yueju were collected using Python crawler technology. We analyzed each video using seventeen variables. The elaboration likelihood model (ELM) forms the theoretical foundation of this research. We constructed the Yueju transmission model with two persuasive routes based on this model. The research methods mainly comprised regression analysis, multi-factor ANOVA, and analytic hierarchy process (AHP). We invited thirty-one experts to assess the importance hierarchy of those video factors and calculate the weight coefficient using AHP. This study demonstrated the central route concerning the causal relationship between video recognition and spreading effect through regression analysis. Additionally, this research identified the optimal combination of 8 video factors using multi-factor ANOVA in the peripheral route. In this study, we focused on the niche of Yueju video transmission on Bilibili. This research utilized the ELM and hybrid methods to obtain the statistical results. Then, we developed appropriate macro-level and micro-level strategies for transmitting Yueju culture, particularly those aimed at the younger generation.

Can the Structuralist Subject Dance? Trisha Brown, Gilles Deleuze, and the Performative Structure-Object

This article argues that a series of dances made by choreographer and dancer Trisha Brown between 1971 and 1975 using accumulation can be understood as performative structure-objects. This is a form of art that paved the way for two current tendencies in art and dance: the generalization of dance into art and the development of the role of the dancer as artist. The concept of the performative structure-object unfolds in the article through a close analysis of Brown’s dances in dialogue with the concept of structure found in Gilles Deleuze’s essay “How Do We Recognize Structuralism?” (1967). His article emphasizes a concept of structure understood as both subject and object, as well as a site of practice. While research has been undertaken in dance studies on Brown and the importance of structures in her work, this article expands this research by reconstructing a philosophical concept of structure in her work that has not yet been explored.

Analysis of Visitor Satisfaction at the Samudera Pasai Islamic Museum Tourist Attraction Using the Servqual Method

Visitor satisfaction greatly influences the development of the tourism industry, the development of the tourism industry in a region will give birth to other supporting businesses. The Samudera Pasai Islamic Museum is one of the cultural-based tourist attractions that displays tourist attractions in the form of fine art, historical relics and customs. The Samudera Pasai Islamic Museum is located in North Aceh Regency, Aceh Province. In 2023, the average number of museum visitors was 1,050 people and there was a significant decrease in visitors in September 2023. The purpose of this study was to determine visitor satisfaction with the quality of service provided by the management of the Samudera Pasai Islamic Museum. The method used in this study is the Service Quality (Servqual) method. Servqual is a method used to identify the level or quality of visitor satisfaction with the services provided by a service industry through five dimensions, namely tangibles (physical evidence), responsiveness, reliability, empathy and assurance by analyzing the gap between the value of perception and the value of visitor expectations. The results of the study showed that in the tangibles dimension, the gap value was obtained at -0.50, the responsiveness dimension obtained a gap value of -0.43, the reliability dimension obtained a gap value of -0.32, the assurance dimension obtained a gap value of -0.26 and the empathy dimension obtained a gap value of -0.34. These results indicate that the satisfaction of visitors to the Samudera Pasai Museum has not been achieved, so service improvements are needed

«Le Matériel verbal comme mémoire seconde» Memory in Paul Valéry’s Cours de Poétique

The aim of this article is to show the interrelationship between, memory, language and artistic production in the reflections of Paul Valéry. If some of Valéry’s essays in this sense were already accessible to readers, the recent publication of the almost entirely unpublished materials of the Cours de Poétique – held at the College de France from 1937 to 1941 – reveals a fruitful theoretical laboratory that can provide numerous insights into Valéry’s reflections on poetic production and the aesthetic importance of observing memory and its role in the creation of artistic forms.

Indoor thermal environment simulation of jade carving design process based on light sensing texture image processing

As a traditional art form, jade carving has gradually combined with modern technology in recent years, introducing new technologies in the design and production process. Indoor thermal environment has an important influence on the creation process of jade carving, especially the influence of temperature and humidity on the physical characteristics of jade carving materials and its processing. In this study, the influence of indoor thermal environment on jade carving design process was simulated by light sensing texture image processing technology, so as to optimize the design scheme and ensure the quality and artistic expression of jade carving works. The temperature, humidity and illumination data of indoor environment are obtained by light sensing technology, and the thermal environment required in jade carving design is simulated by texture image processing method. The thermal environment model was constructed to analyze the performance of jade carving materials under different conditions and evaluate the possible changes in the processing process. The simulation results show that the temperature and humidity of indoor thermal environment have significant effects on the toughness, hardness and detail performance of jade carving materials. At temperatures above 25° C and relatively low humidity, jade carving materials show better cutting results and surface finish. Texture image processing technology can effectively capture and analyze the subtle changes of materials, which provides a reliable basis for design decisions.