Creative Possibilities Research Articles

Generative AI: Exploring the Applications of Generative Models in Creative Industries

Generative artificial intelligence, enabled through sophisticated machine learning frameworks, such as Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) and Variational Autoencoders (VAEs), is disrupting the creative landscape within many of the creative industries, opening a new set of tools for content creation. Therefore, this article investigates the disruptions generative models present across multiple aspects of creative production, focusing on the influences of art, music, literature, and design. In the visual arts, generative AI produces original artworks that blend aesthetics and styles that extend conventional notions of creativity; in music, AI-composition tools allow musicians to compose original musical works and experiment with entirely new genres. In literature and storytelling, the same generative processes offer AI systems the ability to propose narrative frameworks and other textual elements that may instigate human writers to take these concepts further with a narrative or may stand on their own as original content. In design, generative algorithms support product development all the way down to quickly prototyping new products. The paper includes specific case studies or outlines of the application of generative AI tools to proposed projects, a discussion of effectiveness with the respective generative model, and the potential limitations generative models present for each creative area. The paper will also reflect on the threats generative AI may pose, the potential to redefine human creativity, originality, and ownership, implications for the potential decision-making capabilities of these systems, and if there may be consequences for society. In all these considerations, there are opportunities for and more significant implications of the potential of generative AI to assist and expand human creative possibilities throughout the entire creative process.

Cinematography in the Novel City of Images

The novel is a literary genre based on written language. It is founded on the element of narration primarily, which meets in most cases with the element of description, where they form together an extension governed by an event structure based on the sequence of causes and their effects, as Todorov suggests. In addition to the existence of a narrator, characters, spaces and times, it thus meets with a group of other literary genres in this aspect, such as the genre of the tale and the story.
 But what distinguishes it is that it is a literary genre capable of containing various other genres and melting them in its structure. The novel is no longer represented by that horizontal sequential line of the tale, but sought to merge with other arts that worked to feed the units of narration with new cards, and to provide them with vital elements that increase their artistic effectiveness and move them to innovative work spaces that multiply their creative possibilities.

Digitization and Development of Pantok Melody Themes Tongkek Using Leon Stein's Theory Approach

ABSTRACTThis paper presents a study on the composition of traditional music performance in Pancor Village, East Lombok, Indonesia with a focus on the creation of digitalized compositions based on traditional music. The study employs the approach of Leon Stein's theory of composition, which emphasizes the importance of understanding the cultural and historical context of musical works in order to create innovative and meaningful compositions.The study involves field research, where traditional music performances in Pancor Village are recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using Stein's approach to composition. The analysis focuses on identifying the characteristic elements of traditional music, such as melody, rhythm, and instrumentation, and exploring how these elements can be integrated with digital technology to create new compositions.The study also involves experimentation with digital tools, such as software synthesizers, digital audio workstations, and other music production tools, while adhering to Stein's approach to composition. These tools are used to create digitalized compositions based on the traditional music of Pancor Village, with the aim of exploring the creative possibilities of combining traditional music with modern technology, while maintaining the cultural and historical context of the original works.The results of the study show that the integration of traditional music with digital technology while employing Stein's approach to composition, can lead to the creation of innovative and compelling musical works that are relevant to contemporary audiences. The digital compositions created in this study demonstrate how traditional music can be transformed and reimagined in new and exciting ways, while still respecting the cultural and historical context of the original works.This study contributes to the ongoing conversation on the preservation and development of traditional music and demonstrates the potential of integrating traditional music with modern technology using a theoretical framework that emphasizes cultural and historical context. It also highlights the importance of understanding and respecting the cultural and historical significance of traditional music, and the role that technology can play in preserving and evolving these musical traditions.

INFORMATION SUPPLY OF US EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS REGARDING THE EDUCATION OF STUDENTS’ PHYSICAL CULTURE

The article reveals the peculiarities of the implementation of information and communication technologies in the disciplines of physical education in the USA. The purpose of the article is to substantiate the information provision of educational institutions in the USA regarding the education of students' physical culture. The use of new information technologies in the teaching of physical education disciplines is one of the directions of informatization of education and, at the same time, contributes to the formation of information culture as a component of the professional culture of a specialist, the formation of such professionally significant qualities as professional competence, mobility, flexibility, independence. Information technologies open access to information, that is, they provide completely new opportunities for finding professional knowledge and creativity. The use of information and communication technologies in the educational process contributes to its intensification. The creative use of information technologies in the teaching of academic disciplines is based on the integration of pedagogical and information technologies. Informatization of professional physical education raises new requirements for professional qualities and the level of training of specialists. Mastering modern information technologies becomes one of the main components of the professional training of any specialist, including in the field of physical culture and sports, which requires the development and implementation of professionally oriented programs and courses aimed at mastering the basics of the necessary knowledge and accumulation of personal experience of their use in professional activities. Computer technologies, as a part of information technologies, make it possible to form a fundamentally new style of work, which makes it possible to more effectively reveal the creative possibilities and intellectual potential of a person.

Conflict Engagement for Individualized Education Program Team Members.

As professionals working in schools, we are often expected to function as teams to meet the unique needs of the children, youth, and families we serve. This provides us the opportunity to work with people of diverse experience, perspective, and expertise. In this context, we will encounter conflict. How we engage this challenge will ultimately determine what is possible. Conflict has the potential to be productive or destructive. Our individual and collective experience with conflict is based on the choices we make in our engagement of this shared experience. Ineffective conflict engagement practices will often compromise trust, erode social capital, and challenge psychological safety. This may result in individual and collective disengagement from the pursuit of a shared objective and be manifested in the avoidance of, and unwillingness to, engage critical complex challenges. We can individually and collectively adopt practices and develop skills for aligning our actions and speaking with what we say we believe that there is value in diversity of experience and perspective. New learning, innovation, and creativity are born in the context of conflict. Effective and intentional conflict engagement practices have the potential to build trust, build social capital, increase the possibilities for innovation and creativity, and improve the capacity to address complex challenges. We can learn to leverage conflict to better serve the needs of the children, youth, and families we serve. In this viewpoint article, we will explore the role of conflict in shared learning, innovation, and creativity in service of children with special needs.

Creativity Analysis of Elementary School Students in Batik Arts Education

Education at the elementary school level significantly affects the development of students' character, including their imagination and creativity. Fine arts can be used as a way to bridge this. This study aims to develop children's creativity through batik fine arts education. Many fine art activities can be done in elementary school, ranging from drawing to painting to batik. Batik can be one of the media to develop creativity in elementary school students. The results of this study state that batik can be done in various ways as needed; elementary school students can use the high print technique, which is quite simple and easy to do. High-print batik produces simple and limited motifs according to the tools used. However, it does not rule out the possibility of students' creativity, even though using straightforward tools can produce extraordinary motifs. This research was conducted by collecting data from several previous journals and then analyzing and developing the data. The subjects of this research are elementary school students. Fine arts learning requires direct practice so students can apply the material taught before.

The AI Work of Art in the Age of its Co-Creation

Almost one century after Walter Benjamin’s dissertation on the value of the work of art under the impact of its technological reproduction on the roots of globalization and mass media society, the current research aims to provide some coordinates to approach the influence of AI co-creative processes in the artistic field. From a media archaeological approach, we will map the collaborative practices that emerge in the Generative Art landscape to understand the creative possibilities of interaction between humans and machine-driven artistic goals. By conceiving the Web 3.0 as an expansive megadungeon, we find an increasing number of projects based on participative dynamics where online communities join forces with AI decentralized artists to reshape the current state of the art. We will take as an example the Botto Project, a community-driven creator conceived by Mario Klingemann, a pioneer of AI artworks who employs machine learning methods to revolutionize the blockchain and crypto art market. This case study leads us to reconsider the (wo)man-machine co-creation as the base of the auratic experience of the work of art in the age of AI co-creativity.

Analsisis Penerapan Media Pembelajaran dalam Proses Belajar Mengajar pada Jenjang Sekolah Dasar

Learning media in elementary schools is increasingly needed to facilitate the teaching and learning process. There is an urgency for learning media in elementary schools in the current digital era. First, increase the attractiveness of learning. Interactive and interesting learning media can provide a pleasant learning experience for students so that it can increase motivation and interest in learning. Second, increase the effectiveness of learning. Learning media can help students understand concepts more easily and quickly. Third, increase student participation. This can increase student involvement and participation in learning. Fourth, increase student creativity. Learning media with features such as image and video content can stimulate imagination and open up students' possibilities for creativity and innovation. Fourth, facilitate distance learning. Currently, in the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the use of learning media is very important to support distance learning in elementary schools. Therefore, the use of learning media in elementary schools in the current digital era needs to be implemented well and integrated into the curriculum, so that it can provide maximum benefits for students in the learning process. For this reason, this research focuses on analyzing the application of learning media in the learning and teaching process at the elementary school level. The aim of this research is to find out a clear picture of how learning media is implemented at the elementary school level, specifically in the West Kalimantan-Malaysia border area. The stages of the research method used are in the first stage, preparing data collection tools. The second stage in the research carried out was data collection and collection. The initial activity was observation by inspecting elementary schools in Bengkayang Regency. A literature review is carried out to look for data or source support that is relevant to the research. Interviews and Focus Group Discussions (FGD) will be conducted online and offline. The questionnaire that has been prepared will be shared online using Google Forms. The third or final stage is the stage of data preparation and recapitulation.Keywords: instructional media, elementary school

Nature-Inspired Thylakoid-Based Photosynthetic Nanoarchitectures for Biomedical Applications.

"Drawing inspiration from nature" offers a wealth of creative possibilities for designing cutting-edge materials with improved properties and performance. Nature-inspired thylakoid-based nanoarchitectures, seamlessly integrate the inherent structures and functions of natural components with the diverse and controllable characteristics of nanotechnology. These innovative biomaterials have garnered significant attention for their potential in various biomedical applications. Thylakoids possess fundamental traits such as light harvesting, oxygen evolution, and photosynthesis. Through the integration of artificially fabricated nanostructures with distinct physical and chemical properties, novel photosynthetic nanoarchitectures can be catalytically generated, offering versatile functionalities for diverse biomedical applications. In this article, an overview of the properties and extraction methods of thylakoids are provided. Additionally, the recent advancements in the design, preparation, functions, and biomedical applications of a range of thylakoid-based photosynthetic nanoarchitectures are reviewed. Finally, the foreseeable challenges and future prospects in this field is discussed.

Ecomprovisation: Project Markarian 335

Through an ecological approach to creative practice (henceforth ecomprovisation), this project deals with the expansion of creative strategies applicable to everyday contexts. Within ubiquitous music (ubimus), we target the convergence of sonification methods with the application of ecological models within the context of comprovisation. These conceptual frameworks inform the technological and aesthetic approaches applied in the making of Markarian 335. We describe the creative procedures and the implications of the design choices involved in this artwork. The contributions and shortcomings of our ecomprovisational approach are situated within the context of the current efforts to foster expanded creative possibilities in ubimus endeavours.

EXPLORING THE CREATIVE POSSIBILITY OF A HYBRID DESIGN THINKING WORKSHOP THROUGH FINDING SOLUTIONS FOR CHILDREN’S SAFETY IN THE CHILDCARE ENVIRONMENT

Design thinking process has two ways of on and off-line. In the online method, it facilitates communication more freely through the setting of anonymity, while the offline method allows participants to understand the comprehensive context of the workshop. This study investigates the creative possibility of a hybrid design thinking process through a workshop using “camera-off ”: anonymous setting, “camera-on”: open setting, and instant visualization to find solutions for children’s safety in the childcare environment. In the methodology, a qualitative method of three-dimensional interviews and observations were used to collect the active participants’ opinions, and then the content analysis and the descriptive analysis were conducted. Three major childcare-related problems were noted during the workshop observations: 1) safety issues from children’s physical activities; 2) teachers’ excessive stress in childcare facilities, and 3) communication problems between parents and teachers. It was suggested that creative smart devices and artificial intelligence technologies could be helpful to relieve these problems. In insights of the hybrid design thinking workshop, the following points were noted: 1) active participants could freely share ideas in anonymous setting with “camera-off”; 2) active participants could understand various desires of diverse fields with “camera-on”, and 3) active participants could understand find core problems and solutions through instant visualization. Hybrid design thinking is an creative method for understanding problems and finding solutions.

SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS AS A PSYCHOLOGICAL RESOURCE IN A CRISIS SITUATION

The problem of finding a psychological resource is extremely urgent in the crisis conditions of wartime. The social media are a possible source of psychological resources. The purpose of the work is to analyze the role of social media as a psychological resource in a crisis situation. Facebook and Instagram posts in the form of a "crisis narrative" served as empirical material. The concept of "crisis narrative" is used for narratives containing a description of the author's experiences in connection with problems caused by crisis changes in his life. More than 40 crisis posts (text, visual, and hybrid) were analyzed using content analysis methods. Reducing the traumatic effect of the crisis environment is impossible without a person overcoming internal uncertainty, accepting the realities of war, and constructive adaptation. Social media posts in the form of a crisis narrative are considered an available form for expression in words or other semiotic form of a person's experience of a crisis situation. One of the constructive forms of experiencing a crisis in the form of creativity is the publication of experiences embodied in a narrative in social media, which helps to reduce the anxiety and uncertainty of the person by connecting the reactions of like-minded people. Characteristic features of the posts are increased emotionality, sincerity, categoricalness, sometimes even aggressiveness, dialogicity and focus on finding a congruent addressee, counting on the psychological support of the circle of social media "friends". The peculiarity of social media posts is a combination of resource and creative possibilities: the need for a resource activates creativity, the possibilities for which are embedded in the very essence of social media. The resource potential of crisis posts is based on such a feature of social media as the ability to rally like-minded people around the thoughts or emotions expressed in the post, which provides the function of psychological support.

From lab to table: Expanding gastronomic possibilities with fermentation using the edible fungus Neurospora intermedia

Fermentation is a powerful tool for enhancing flavor, improving sustainability, and expanding creative possibilities in the kitchen. However, most fermentations done in gastronomic contexts are restricted to a small set of readily available microbial species. Expanding beyond this limited biological diversity holds promise to unlock new gastronomic innovation. Here, we explore novel culinary applications of Neurospora intermedia, an edible fungus traditionally used in Java, Indonesia to produce the fermented food oncom. Our work demonstrates that N. intermedia can be readily used in the production of oncom-like meat alternatives with non-traditional substrates, as well as in the production of enzymes for starch-to-sugar conversion. As an example, we harness secreted N. intermedia starch-degrading enzymes to produce an amazake that has a distinct volatile aroma composition compared to traditional amazake produced with Aspergillus oryzae. In addition to providing texture and flavor, N. intermedia can be used to add an orange color to dishes due to the development of brightly colored spores and aerial mycelia. This property, along with its secreted enzymes, was utilized to create a dish for fine-dining restaurant Alchemist in Copenhagen, Denmark. Overall, the novel foods produced in this study were rated favorably in consumer trials, indicating a broad sensory appeal of N. intermedia across different culinary applications and cultural contexts. The protocols and approaches presented in this study represent a new addition to the chef's toolbox that hold promise to expand gastronomic possibilities with fermentation in restaurants and beyond.

How Will You Pod? Implications of Creators’ Perspectives for Designing Innovative Podcasting Tools

While centred on the medium of audio, podcasts are often a multimedia concern, and one that has become hugely popular in recent years, though relatively little is known about the perspectives of podcast creators and their visions of innovation. This article details the results of an exploratory study conducted to enhance our understanding of potential innovation in the field of podcasting. Sixteen podcast creators were interviewed about their work and what they wanted from next-generation podcasts, in order to understand the requirements and expectations of tools that could be built to create new forms of audio-based programming. Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative analysis, we reveal novel findings, such as the duality between “listener-centric” and “creator-centric” innovations, to improve listener experience but also to unleash new creative possibilities in a streamlined production workflow. We shed light on what podcast creators envision as “next-generation podcasting,” the archetypal podcast production workflow, and creators’ expectations of podcasting tools. Combining these findings, we identify how the workflow could be modified to include new steps that will help to realise podcast creators’ visions. This study crystalises on important information about podcasters—their behavior and perspectives on the future of the medium—which will allow further research, design, and development in the field to be founded upon empirical observations.

Ecological experimentations

The goal of this paper is to highlight the ecological aspect in the works of fi lmmaker Rose Lowder. Her fi lms are shot outdoors, in nature, and aim to modify visual perception and image-based representation, foregrounding the materiality of the fi lmic medium. Her fi lmography, characterized by its use of unique shooting and editing techniques, is remarkable for its calculation regarding creative possibilities. The parameters of investigation outlined in this study are the fi lmic procedures that stress the aesthetic and ecological qualities of this artist’s work

‘Memories from the Forgotten Frontline.’ Social Worker’s Reflections on Shifting Practices of Work, Home and Belonging during Covid-19

Abstract This article documents a creative and participatory research project with social workers that took place online during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. Thirty-three social workers contributed images and captions to one or more of the four project themes: (i) Belonging and Connection; (ii) Health and Wellbeing; (iii) Home and Away and (iv) Loss and Change. The website became a digital archive of the contributions and a physical exhibition also took place to provide further opportunities for reflection. Contributions together demonstrate shifting subjectivities and everyday practices of social work professionals during this time: there were new possibilities for leisure, exercise, creativity and self-care, held alongside challenging experiences of isolation, increased regulatory practices and premature loss. As such, this article is revealing of the human stories of everyday life in the pandemic, documenting changing social worker practices of work, home and belonging.

PSYCHOLINGUISTIC CATEGORIES AS THE LEADING MEANS IN THE COMPARATIVE FRAMEWORK OF IMPRESSIONISM

The Purpose of The Study is to study the poetics of impressionism, which unites the world of music, visual and verbal arts, creating a flexible and eclectic impressionistic synthesis and opening up new possibilities for artistic creativity. The Methodology of The Research is the teaching of the methods of description of impressionism, which ensures the comprehensiveness of obtaining information about psycholinguistic categories as the leading means in the comparative study of impressionism. The Scientific Novelty of the research consists in comparative and intertextual methods, which reveal the cultural concept of the category of style and allow to compare the works of different types of art within the same artistic era, as well as to put the works of writers of different artistic directions in the same row. The Conclusions. In works in which the issues are related to the comprehensive disclosure of the specifics of historical and cultural eras or artistic directions and currents, the parallel reading of works of different types of art implies a common aesthetic orientation of artists (within the same period, different artistic systems can be combined with different types of art, coexist ). The given conclusions encourage the study of impressionistic stylistic currents not only in literature, but also in painting and music.

«Неизбежный нравственный переворот» и идея революции в русской общественно-политической мысли XIX–начала ХХ века

The article examines the relationship between the concepts of moral and religious upheaval and political revolution in Russian philosophy of the 19th – early 20th century. The genesis of the concept of moral upheaval is traced in detail in the reflections of P.Ya. Chaadaev, A.I. Herzen, F.M. Dostoevsky, V.S. Solovyov and L.N. Tolstoy. It is shown that Russian thinkers believed that the central element of this upheaval was the religious renewal of life, which consisted in replacing false church Christianity with true (gnostic) Christianity. Particular attention is paid to Herzen's idea that the highest goal of social development, which has religious significance, is artistic culture, therefore any revolution is fruitful only if it leads to the strengthening of the value of culture. Based on the later works of N.A. Berdyaev it is shown that the idea of revolution has a religious justification, but it is fundamentally different for its Western and Russian versions. It is concluded that Herzen and Berdyaev understand the Western version of the idea of revolution and the associated ideology of liberalism as a rationalization of the Catholic worldview which is directed against the development of culture and creativity in man, therefore, having triumphed in Europe, liberalism deprived it of the possibility of the upheaval and led to its cultural and spiritual degradation. The main result of the article is the idea that the Russian version of the idea of revolution which is a form of rationalization of Gnostic Christian religiosity left for a person the possibility of creativity and “re-creation” of the world, although only in the rational form of scientific and technological progress. That is why the revolution and the communist ideology did not have such negative consequences for Russia as the liberal ideology had for the West. As a final result it is shown that Russia and even more so Europe, will only embark on a fruitful path of spiritual development when they finally overcome the idea of revolution and make that moral and religious upheaval that Russian thinkers spoke about.

Когнитивная практика в понимании творчества

Creativity is a universal category for describing human capabilities. In the conditions of the information age, ideas about the complexity of the ontology of a person and his existence in a variety of realities, discourses and roles deepen. The non-classical ontology of man has changed the ideas about the work of the researcher. Evidence moves from rigid definitions of philosophical constructs to their disclosure in dis-course. Cognitive practice arises in the discourse of human creative possibilities in the unity of reason and feeling. Creativity is existential in nature due to the perception of terms as ways of organizing a discourse about the creative being of a person in thought. The term cogito is an image of reality. It helps to consider creativity in the aspect of its mental (cognitive) understanding. It contains the meaning of the practice of research. It contains formalizable and non-formalizable aspects, logic and inner feeling. Compound terms combine being and knowledge, existence and knowledge. That term is “mind”. Cognitive practice in development moves from understanding the concept of intelligence to understanding the concept of mind as a technology of enactive thinking. Cognition becomes body mind. Cognitive practice is not limited to the study of human cognitive abilities. It is due to the creative power of the human mind.

Attractive Visuality Generation Within the 360˚-VR Video Format as a Technological Trend in Modern Film Production

The aim of the article is to study the features of the process of attractive visuality generation within the 360˚-VR video format. Results. A comprehensive consideration of the issue with the use of general scientific and special methods (problem-logical, theoretical-informational, art studies, comparative analysis, the method of analogy, abstraction, induction, and deduction) demonstrates that one of the key trends in modern film production is the creation of a “multinarrative space” (A. G. Iñárritu) VR-immersion of the viewer as a recipient and co-creator of this space, accompanied by the transformation of the film into a visually attractive activity and transformation principles of film aesthetics in the 20th century. Scientific novelty. It is proved that the 360˚-VR video format is a unique audiovisual form that requires a special grammatical, technical and technological base (professional or amateur 360˚ camera, effective tools for creating and editing 360˚video content for the different platforms, Kolor Autopano Video Pro, SIFT algorithm, etc.) thus, brings the use of the immersion principle to a qualitatively new level. Conclusions. Due to this, attractive visuality is becoming possible in the quality of a new aesthetic and perceptual-virtual experience that is being formed under the influence of VR-attractions and modern special effects in the digital cinematograph. It leads to the synthesis between cinematograph and theatre when the transition is occurring from montage sequence to virtual-theatrical play where in consequence of 360˚-VR the action has been developing constantly, and the viewer is in the very centre of the events. Thereby, there are grounds to confirm that, including technological development and measureless creative possibilities in the process of projecting different VR-attractions, it is possible for a viewer’s infinite immersion in the space of a digital film; that, from one side, transforms film language on the modern stage, creating the perspectives of the further branch development, and from another side, it conditions a number of psychological problems and risks connected with the viewers’ reaction on a different level of density of the attractive field of modified film language.