Exhibition Venues Research Articles

INSTITUTIONAL ART CRITICISM IN 20TH- AND 21ST-CENTURY IN KAZAKHSTAN

The independence of Kazakhstan and its state sovereignty became important reforming factors in the new social fabric and worldview of the nation, its culture and art, the main component of which is the replacement of former political ideals and the mythologization of its own past. In Kazakhstan, official and unofficial art lives side by side and is displayed in various exhibition venues, which avoids a mindset of opposition and allows for art historians and curators to create divisions by preference. In Kazakhstan, there is a long-overdue need for serious comprehension of, and fixation on, artistic initiatives. Here, we are not regarding ‘fixation’ as the photography and videography of events; we need something different – analysis of the work of individual researchers, painting a picture of the direction of research and the development of the creative side of art criticism institutions in Kazakhstan. This article is an attempt to understand the realities of 21st-century Kazakhstani fine art. It is important to determine the most important institutions and bring the achievements of art criticism in Kazakhstan to the global community, based on the work of individual researchers. Aiming to grasp and examine the main directions and goals of contemporary art critics, we have discovered the individual directions and themes of leading researchers, which serves as a basis for the revealing the characteristic traits of art criticism in Kazakhstan through the prism of individual knowledge and passions.

Design for disassembly and cultural sites. The use of modular architecture and prefabrication in exhibition venues

The article discusses the use of modular architecture and prefabrication in exhibition venues, looking at the possibility of designing installations with multiple temporalities. Through four concrete experimentations, we discuss ways of repurposing precast modules in new layouts with different functional programs in line with the “design for disassembly” concept. The article also emphasises the relevance of the massive residential construction programme based on modular and prefabricated systems launched by the German Democratic Republic in the mid-1970s, and the importance of reducing the environmental impact of concrete production today. Moreover, aiming at the need to devise new strategies, it presents a research agenda towards the adoption of prefabricated modules or the cultural sector. The four cases presented here are derived from the experimental use of modular solutions by the Porto-based practice SUMMARY: the GOMOS system indicates that prefabricated modules may have a longer lifespan than traditional building layouts, as they can be repurposed, making their reuse economically viable and environmentally friendly; the “Infrastructure-Structure-Architecture” installation at La Biennale 2016 reflects on possible adjustments in the construction industry; the project for the 2018 YAP MAXXI showcases the design process of a temporary installation that becomes a permanent building; and the VR exhibition “The Reasons Offsite” addresses prefabrication as a portable dissemination project.

Bak, M. A. (2020). Playful Visions: Optical Toys and the Emergence of Children’s Media Culture. Cambridge: The MIT Press. Review by Eva Van de Wiele

Optical devices and their domestic variants are housed in exhibition venues ranging from museums of cinema (such as the National Museum of Cinema in Turin) to toy museums (such as the Spielzeugmuseum in Nuremberg). My visit to that German toy museum this summer, while spending a research stay at the International Children’s Library in Munich, coincided with the reading of Meredith Bak’s Playful Visions. Her book reveals how optical toys fundamentally impacted the evolution of material culture for children and offers fruitful ground for research beyond (pre)cinema studies. She argues for scholarly attention to children in media studies, as they ‘became central figures around whom new media culture revolved’ (Bak, 2020, p. 11).

Spatial Design Research on Digital Media Technology Intervention in Immersive Art Theory Exhibition Venues

Abstract The article takes the application of digital media technology in the spatial layout design of art exhibition halls as the entry point, and utilizes Web technology and the integrated simulation platform of urban VRGIS to establish the virtual space of immersive art exhibition halls. The article obtains binocular imaging data through binocular visual imaging model and solves the three-dimensional coordinate system by using the method of polar geometric constraints, and then reconstructs the three-dimensional space through the point cloud data to realize the design of the virtual space of the immersive art exhibition hall. The article evaluates the effectiveness of the immersive art gallery virtual space from three aspects: interactivity, DPI recovery value and eye movement data visualization. It is found that users are most effective with direct interaction within an interaction depth of 1.1 m to 1.7 m. In comparison, ray interaction is more appropriate when the interaction depth exceeds 2.3 m. Applying the method of this paper, the global DPI recovery value of the immersive art gallery can reach 89.67%, and the pupil diameter of the subjects can reach about 5.79 mm in the virtual space test over 160 seconds. In this paper, digital media technology can more effectively realize the immersive presentation of art theories, to better satisfy people’s growing spiritual needs and provide more diverse cultural experiences.

Liminal museum. Artistic installations at the threshold of public realm

The concept of liminal museum looks at the potential of public art in the liminal space of exhibition venues, in between urban realm and the interior of public buildings, as an innovative locus of social engagement. More specifically, we study the status of artistic interventions that take place on the façade through the definition of three fields of investigation: juxtaposition, ephemerality, media. We present the case study of a curatorial project developed in Altamura, Italy, within the dimension of living labs used for citizens’ engagement in art production and education. This leads to the issue of co-habitation of museum institutions with surrounding neighbourhoods, interpreting the façade as a symbolic interface that mediates values and languages of art.

Use of Internet-of-Things for Sustainable Art Businesses: Action Research on Smart Omni-Channel Service

Performance and exhibition venues are well-suited for implementing business models that leverage Internet-of-Things (IoT) concepts to integrate both online and offline information. The use of IoT technologies has led to the emergence of omni-channel services, providing customers with information from both online and offline channels. However, there is a lack of field research on the practical implications of IoT concepts in art exhibitions. An action research methodology is required to address this gap, and one potential solution is to implement an IoT-based omni-channel service that integrates online and offline channels to enhance service quality and provide a seamless customer experience. Near Field Communication (NFC), iBeacon, and Internet buttons can be used in an art gallery to achieve these objectives. This study utilized action research methods to examine the impact of customers’ technology interactions in an art gallery setting. The findings indicate that the inclusion of a physical interactive element has a positive effect on IoT use.

A Study on the Marketing Factors of Convention and Exhibition Industry in Tai’an

Purpose - The exhibition industry is a strategic emerging service industry with great development potential in the new economic era, and its role in promoting the development of the national economy is also increasing.
 Design/Methodology/Approach - Construct a new indicator system, classify and analyze the influencing factors and their influencing mechanisms, construct a theoretical model of the influencing mechanisms, evaluate and correct the items measured by variables, and reveal the formation mechanism of the influencing factors.
 Findings - A new indicator system for influencing factors has been constructed, which is classified into core factors (exhibition enterprises and technological innovation), basic factors (resource endowment), and industrial environment factors (government support), revealing the formation mechanism of the impact of factors on the competitiveness of the urban exhibition industry.
 Research Implications - The exhibition industry is related to the material life of the people and their spiritual life. Studying the competitiveness and influencing factors of the urban exhibition industry is beneficial for alleviating the pressure brought by idle exhibition venues and related resources in various cities in China, sharing the responsibility of the Chinese government to continuously improve urban construction, meeting the growing material and cultural needs of the people, and promoting the sustainable development of the exhibition industry.

Using the MNL Model in a Mobile Device's Indoor Positioning.

Indoor Positioning Services (IPS) allow mobile devices or bionic robots to locate themselves quickly and accurately in large commercial complexes, shopping malls, supermarkets, exhibition venues, parking garages, airports, or train hubs, and access surrounding information. Wi-Fi-based indoor positioning technology can use existing WLAN networks, and has promising prospects for broad market applications. This paper presents a method using the Multinomial Logit Model (MNL) to generate Wi-Fi signal fingerprints for positioning in real time. In an experiment, 31 locations were randomly selected and tested to validate the model, showing mobile devices could determine their locations with an accuracy of around 3 m (2.53 m median).

Direct-to-Video (On Demand): New Industrial and Cultural Valuations of Nontheatrical Film Releases

Direct-to-Video (On Demand): New Industrial and Cultural Valuations of Nontheatrical Film Releases

Research on Intelligent Service Construction of Exhibition Venues Based on the Needs of Exhibitors

Under the background of the information age and the post-pandemic era, the construction of smart exhibition venues has become a hot topic in the exhibition industry. Smart service, as an important direction for the construction of smart venues, has aroused scholars to make relevant discussions. However, there have been some researches on specific exhibition intelligent services, little researches on exhibition hall intelligent services from the perspective of users. In addition, there are also various subjects using intelligent services in the exhibition hall. As a component of exhibitions, the subjects using intelligent services can be divided into exhibition organizers, exhibitors, visitors, service providers, etc. Due to the diverse types of intelligent services required by various subjects, the demand for intelligent services may also vary. Therefore, research on intelligent services in exhibition halls should also vary according to the needs of each subject. Exhibitors, a bridge between organizers and visitors are playing an important role in the exhibition. The income of the organizers is closely related to the satisfaction of exhibitors, which has great significance for the future development of the exhibition. In addition, from the perspective of visitors, exhibitors are the most important element of the exhibition. As one of the important exhibition subjects, exhibitors have their own foundational and particular needs for smart services. Based on the perspective of exhibitors’ needs, this research utilizes literature survey and interview methods to define exhibitors’ demand indicators for smart services in exhibition venues, and combines the Kano model to design a two-factor questionnaire to conduct research. After collecting the data, compare it to the Kano model classification comparative table to classify the demand attributes of the demand indicators, and then prioritize all demand indicators through the Better-Worse coefficient. This study found that exhibitors’ demand for smart services in exhibition venues is mostly type of charismatic demand, and the demand for smart parking lots and mobile charging stations, cloud display, and audience behavior data is of higher priority. Therefore, this research suggests that exhibition venues and exhibition organizers should use the above-mentioned higher priority demand indicators as the core to build a smart service system for exhibition venues. This research provides new ideas for the construction of smart exhibition venues and at the same time makes up for the deficiencies of academic research in this area.

РАБОТА ДЕЯТЕЛЕЙ ИСКУССТВА В ПРОЦЕССЕ РАСПРОСТРАНЕНИЯ ЗНАНИЙ О ХУДОЖЕСТВЕННОМ НАСЛЕДИИ ИРКУТСКОЙ ГУБЕРНИИ НА РУБЕЖЕ XIX-XX ВВ. (ПО МАТЕРИАЛАМ ТВОРЧЕСКИХ И НАУЧНЫХ ОРГАНИЗАЦИЙ)

The article traces the process of the art people’s participation in organizing ed-ucational work and transmitting knowledge about the artistic heritage of the Irkutsk province at the turn of the XIX-XX centuries. The materials found about the activities of the artists in creating exhibition venues and studying the works that were preserved in the cities made it possible, on the one hand, to understand how many unique monuments are on the territory of the province and, on the other hand, to explain what the public attitude was to the preserva-tion and inclusion of art objects in the collections of the museums. The artistic intelligentsia of Irkutsk not only organized the events, but suggested imple-menting new public projects for the inhabitants. While studying the docu-ments, the participants of the exhibition venues were identified and the work of some active masters in introducing national schools of painting to the inhab-itants was considered. The article presents the peculiarities of the research work of the artists of the creative and scientific societies who turned to the study and development of the region, acquaintance with the achievements in science, education, and art. The study includes the documents that show the work of the artists at the turn of two centuries.

Remembering the Herero-Nama Genocide in Namibia

Remembering the Herero-Nama Genocide in Namibia

Research on the Boundary Space Design of Exhibition Building Based on Symbiosis and Sharing Concept

In recent years, China's exhibition industry has shown a stable and rapid development trend, the construction scale of exhibition venues continue to expand. In order to further improve the research on the integration and symbiosis of exhibition buildings and urban space, based on the concept of symbiosis and sharing of biology, this paper takes the boundary space of exhibition building as the research object, analyzes and discusses the general situation and design principles of the exhibition building boundary space, and elaborates and analyzes its design points from the macro, meso and micro levels, hoping to provide a useful reference for the follow-up research of exhibition buildings.

The Influencers: Van Gogh Immersive Experiences and the Attention-Experience Economy

Van Gogh immersive exhibitions—multi-sited, branded multimedia environments inspired by the artist’s life and paintings—are seemingly ubiquitous in 2022. These itinerant digital spectacles bundle reproductions of Vincent Van Gogh’s most recognizable artistic motifs with tropes of fin-de-siècle madness, bathing their visitors in an artistic wonderland of projected images and soundscapes spread throughout cavernous exhibition venues. The popularity of these commercial juggernauts is unmatched. At present, at least five different companies are staging competing versions of digital Van Gogh art exhibitions in dozens of cities worldwide, with a particular emphasis at present on sites throughout North America. How are we as art critics to make sense of these exhibitions as well as their influence within the institutional context of the visual arts? Taking the digital Van Gogh phenomenon as its central case study, this article investigates the emerging art-themed immersive exhibition model and explores the specific mode of spectatorship it promotes. Situating these projects within the broader framework of the contemporaneous attention and experience economies, and with an eye toward the crucial role of social media, I propose that art-themed immersive exhibitions such as the Van Gogh immersive experiences exemplify habits of digitally-mediated, 24/7 immersive attention and consumption in art and in everyday life.

Pelatihan Teknik Cetak Tinggi dengan Format Mini Sebagai Hiasan di Café-Café Kekinian Pada Komunitas Grafis Makmur Sukoharjo

The proliferation of contemporary cafes in the Surakarta area and its surroundings has added to the increasing wheel of the economy. It is recognized that during the Covid 19 pandemic these efforts were somewhat dimmed, but after or after the Covid 19 pandemic, these efforts continued to increase. Contemporary cafe businesses, especially those that open coffee shops, mostly require something artistic, it can be in the form of decoration, appearance in arranging the room to other things. Decorations or cool language, aesthetic elements are needed to make these cafes more attractive to visitors, especially young people. Young people or children today need places to gather or hang out as well as places for selvi or making stories. Seeing this very promising business opportunity makes the author quite intrigued by this problem. Business opportunities, especially those engaged in making aesthetic elements on the walls of contemporary cafes. Based on the experience gained by the author as a graphic artist, it encourages the author to find suitable partners to be trained in the creation of graphic art works in the form of aesthetic elements, especially those using high and mini-sized printing techniques. The author finally chose the Makmur Graphic Community. This community is a community engaged in graphic studios, exhibition venues and also a place for graphic art work. The purpose of this PKM is to train and assist the Makmoer Graphic Community so that they can produce high-tech graphic art products in a mini format, as an aesthetic element in contemporary cafes in the Surakarta area and its surroundings. The choice of the Makmur Graphic Community as a partner is because this community is inhabited by very young members, besides that this community is already very present in the graphic arts arena, especially in the Surakarta area and its surroundings. Many events have been held both online and offline, it's just that this community has shortcomings, especially in the products produced. For the methodology, Asset Based Community Development (ABCD). The impact is clear that the Makmur Graphic Community is now not only able to produce works of graphic art as a medium of expression, but can also produce decorative works or aesthetic elements. The second clearly produces a significant impact in the economy because the demand for these crafts from time to time has increased. And this is very supportive of the theme of this national seminar, namely the role of universities in community empowerment in supporting progress after the Covid 19 pandemic.

The measurement and promotion of brand influence of Xi'an exhibition industry based on the construction of free trade zone

This study analyses the measurement and promotion measures of the brand influence of Xi'an convention and exhibition industry under the background of government management and the construction of free trade zone. Rigorous market research is the requirement of the time to adjust measures to local conditions to develop the exhibition economy. A reasonable plan includes exhibition venues and large cities' layout exhibition venues while small and medium-sized cities also want to highlight the characteristics of the venue to avoid wasting social resources. The number of convention visitors determines the success or failure of an event, as well as the economic benefits of a destination. For the government management, playing a crucial role is to investigate the status quo, conditions, internal relations, external support, whether there are problems, whether there is a large area of promotion in China and other issues of advanced significance.

Probing Systems: Art in Early 1970s Hungary

Abstract Artworks in a range of media show how the postwar generation created a unique voice, symptomatic for Hungary under state socialism, while disordering the boundaries imposed by the Tiltott, Tűrt, Támogatott [Banned, tolerated, promoted] system. Artists in Hungary found ways to move forward despite the challenges presented by socialist policies, censorship, punishment, and financial precarity. Their resources included state-provided art education, day jobs, and travel; unofficial mentors; and private exhibition venues and ingenious use of public spaces. Absorbing the importance of constructivism and abstraction from the historical avant-garde, the younger artists embraced geometric abstraction as the concept of the origin of postwar art. Once they internalized the system of abstraction, they could exchange its elements (the square, the cube, the line) for visual idioms from folk art, political symbols, and nature itself. Artists Imre Bak, Gábor Attalai, and the Pécs Workshop represent this cultural legacy. Scholarship on the art of the early 1970s predominantly follows the markers artists had set for themselves—to emphasize the artistic interchange with the West—but in the current context of reframing global modernism, the systems of visual languages in Hungary deserve attention.

Embodied ‘emancipation’: architects, technocrats, and the shaping of the Canton Fair in 1970s China

The year 1971 was a turning point for modern Chinese politics. Several years after the initiation of the Cultural Revolution (1966–1976), repressed Party cadres and technocrats were gradually rehabilitated: politicians realigned with the capitalist West, public officials rationalised the government, administrators liberalised the economy, economists promoted foreign trade, technicians advanced science and technology, and architects and engineers engaged with creative practice. Perhaps nothing embodies what I describe as ‘the return of technocracy’ more strikingly than the Guangzhou Foreign Trade Project of the 1970s, an economic and architectural endeavour to expand exhibition venues, and build new hotels and department stores, in response to the growing number of international visitors attending the Canton Fair. This article examines how contention and cooperation between architects and technocrats noticeably shaped Lingnan Modernism as specifically embodied in the Foreign Trade Project. In doing so, I investigate the social, economic, and political background of the emergence and expansion of the Canton Fair, focusing on two representative buildings, the Exhibition Centre of the China Exported Commodity Fair at Liuhua Road and the West Wing of the Dongfang Hotel. Both projects demonstrate an extraordinary synthesis of Modernist vocabularies, climate-responsive design, and indigenous garden culture. I argue that the Guangzhou Foreign Trade Project embodied multiple forms of emancipation, both as a passive product of social, economic, political, and diplomatic liberation and as an active vehicle to further spatial, perceptual, and mental emancipation. This embodied emancipation reveals a productive, mutually respectful collaboration between progressive architects and enlightened technocrats, demonstrating the sharp contrast of the rule of expertise with domination by politics.

Enlightenment of Exhibition Venues Intelligent Management Mode in Developed Countries to China

With the wide application of information multi technology in the exhibition industry, the exhibition industry in developed countries presents a trend of intelligent development as a whole. The characteristics of the intelligent development of exhibition industry in developed countries are mainly manifested in the informatization of exhibition enterprises, the virtualization of exhibition projects and the intellectualization of exhibition venues. However, there are many disadvantages in the development of exhibition industry. China must learn from the development path of exhibition industry in developed countries. This paper first analyzes the Enlightenment of the intelligent management mode of exhibition venues in developed countries to China. Then, this paper puts forward some questions. Finally, some suggestions are put forward.

Review: Angkor Wat: A Transcultural History of Heritage

Review: <i>Angkor Wat: A Transcultural History of Heritage</i>