Visual Concepts Research Articles

Visual Study Of Hanjuang Motif Illumination In The Qur'an Mushaf Sundawi

This research is motivated by the illumination of the Hanjuang motif on the Sundawi Mushaf Al-Qur'an. Meanwhile, in general, manuscripts that are often circulated in fine print from middle eastern Indonesia use illumination with Islamic geometric patterns. The purpose of this study is to explain the Sundawi Mushaf Al-Qur'an in its entirety related to the formulation of the concept of visualization of Hanjuang motif illumination, explanation of Hanjuang motif illumination, and its influence on Sufism. This study uses descriptive qualitative methods with visual creation approaches and Sufism that systematically describe the things that are the focus of the research. The data collection technique used in this research is library research and field research in the form of document analysis and personal communication with designers, humanists and Sufism experts. The results of this study found that the visualization of Hanjuang motif illumination with Al-Qur'an Mushaf Sundawi is part of plants that exist in West Java and also as a means of introducing West Javanese ornaments in the Sundawi Qur'an. This visual illumination will have an impact on the synergy between the Al-Qur'an Mushaf Sundawi, the Hanjuang motif as part of culture and Sufism. The results of this study refer to the analysis of objects that are concrete or tangible and abstract or conceptual objects that do not refer to objects but the meaning possessed by the illumination object.
 Keywords: Illumination, Mushaf, Pattern, Hanjuang, Sufism

Joint multimodal sentiment analysis based on information relevance

Social media users are increasingly turning to express opinions with both images and text, while the visual content and text description may cover some conflicting information diverse from each other. Information relevance refers to the matching degree between cross-modal features at the emotional semantic level, which is not systematically studied. In order to exploit the discriminative features and the internal correlation among different modalities, the mid-level representation extracted by a visual sentiment concept classifier is used to determine information relevance, with the integration of other features, including attended textual and visual features. Then grid search is applied to tune weighting coefficients of the decision fusion scheme, followed by a multimodal adaptive method for joint sentiment analysis based on image-text relevance. The superiority of our architecture approach is demonstrated experimentally by comparing it with several state-of-the-art baselines, such as the vision-aware language modeling approach and contrastive learning-based model. The results indicate that fused multiple features lead to more precise classification than unimodal ones, while the contributions of each single modality differ obviously in emotional expression. Besides, the performance of every involved model varies markedly per dataset of different content correlation, which proves that it is of extensive theoretical significance and application prospect to introduce the image-text relevance classifier into a multimodal task.

ВІЗУАЛІЗАЦІЯ КОМУНІКАТИВНОГО ПРОЦЕСУ ПІД ЧАС ВИКЛАДАННЯ ІНОЗЕМЦЯМ УКРАЇНСЬКОЇ МОВИ

The article examines the problem of the negative impact on modern young people of a huge amount of information, which many of them are unable to perceive, process and use effectively. It is noted that this problem can be solved by new teaching methods and methods, including the technologies of visual presentation of educational material. The concepts of visibility and visualization were also investigated and it was concluded that these terms denote similar methods of obtaining information based on visual (or visual and auditory) perception of objective reality, but these concepts are not identical. The article presents the possibilities of introducing such popular data visualization technologies as scribing, mental maps, tag clouds and cross-sensing into the process of teaching Ukrainian to foreign students. The rules and algorithms for creating these forms of visual presentation of educational material are analyzed, and their practical application during classroom and out-of-classroom lessons on the Ukrainian language as a foreign language is described. Particular attention is focused on the need to take into account in the process of preparation and practical application of similar forms of visualization not only common features of human thinking, but also cultural and ethnic differences and peculiarities of perception of objects of reality by representatives of different nationalities. A conclusion was made regarding the expediency or impracticality of using scribing, mental maps, tag clouds, cross-senses, as well as interactive timelines and Internet memes as means of communication and presentation of educational information during the teaching of foreign students of the Ukrainian language as such, which take into account psychological and cognitive features of modern youth, allow presenting the material concisely and clearly, and also diversify classes, will contribute to better assimilation and memorization by students of complex grammatical, lexical and linguo-regional studies materials, making the educational process more effective, i.e. meet the requirements of modern education. Key words: visualization, communication, scribing, mental maps, tag clouds, cross-sense.

Sculpting New Visual Concepts into the Human Brain

Sculpting New Visual Concepts into the Human Brain

Visualisasi Data Sebagai Layanan Perpustakaan dalam Membantu Pertumbuhan Ekonomi

Data visualization is a series of data processing processes that produce information in a dynamic visual form. Many libraries around the world have embraced data visualization as a decision-making tool to assist them in making key decisions, but few have discussed the possibilities for libraries to employ this technology to help their users' economic growth. The closeness to life in the library, the opportunities for libraries as services based on social inclusion, as well as the challenges that arise for librarians are discussed in this article. The method used is a literature study of literature sources related to data visualization, business, libraries, and librarian competencies. The result is that the concept of data visualization resembles daily activities in the library, namely repackaging information and making statistics. Data visualization aids librarians in transforming data into actionable information for decision-making and serving it to users. Data visualization opens up opportunities for libraries to be used as services based on social inclusion to help the economic growth of their users. The challenge for librarians is the limited skillsets for this technology. To develop their skills, librarians are urged to enroll in education and training programs.

‘The wandering Missionary, Tang-goo’: G. Herbert Rodwell’s creation of the first Pākehā Māori in published novels

In 1846, in his serialized novel Woman’s Love: A Romance of Smiles and Tears!, G. Herbert Rodwell (1800–52) introduced a Pākehā Māori character, ‘the wandering Missionary, Tang-goo’. Although Jules Sébastien César Dumont d’Urville (1790–1842) had included a Pākehā Māori in his earlier novel, Les Zélandais: Histoire Australienne, written in 1824–25, this remained unpublished, and therefore Rodwell’s Tang-goo appears to be the first such character in a published novel. Tang-goo is a richly imaginative conception drawing on various sources, including the Pākehā Māori who had come to London, a ‘White Father’ character in G. P. R. novel, The Gipsy, the Native American category of ‘medicine men’, the experiences of missionaries in New Zealand, especially Samuel Marsden’s 1820 travels, and the Biblical John the Baptist. For much of Rodwell’s novel, Tang-goo is taken to be authentically Māori and as such seems to be a fantastical representation of Britain’s civilizing influence in New Zealand. The novel’s late revelation that Tang-goo was born an English nobleman explodes such a fantasy and also subverts the stereotyped negative portrayals of Pākehā Māori in missionary literature. Tang-goo knows himself to be a unique figure; his creation of a Māori identity is complete only once he is dead.

Low-Cost Human–Machine Interface for Computer Control with Facial Landmark Detection and Voice Commands

Nowadays, daily life involves the extensive use of computers, since human beings are immersed in a technological society. Therefore, it is mandatory to interact with computers, which represents a true disadvantage for people with upper limb disabilities. In this context, this work aims to develop an interface for emulating mouse and keyboard functions (EMKEY) by applying concepts of artificial vision and voice recognition to replace the use of hands. Pointer control is achieved by head movement, whereas voice recognition is used to perform interface functionalities, including speech-to-text transcription. To evaluate the interface's usability and usefulness, two studies were carried out. The first study was performed with 30 participants without physical disabilities. Throughout this study, there were significant correlations found between the emulator's usability and aspects such as adaptability, execution time, and the participant's age. In the second study, the use of the emulator was analyzed by four participants with motor disabilities. It was found that the interface was best used by the participant with cerebral palsy, followed by the participants with upper limb paralysis, spina bifida, and muscular dystrophy. In general, the results show that the proposed interface is easy to use, practical, fairly accurate, and works on a wide range of computers.

‘Awesome to see the immense time before us on Earth’ – Students’ affective responses when interacting with a tree of life visualising evolutionary concepts

ABSTRACT Despite the importance of emotions in science education, research on affect remains sparse. A promising direction is to explore the role of immersive visualisation in evoking affective responses. We investigate whether touch-based zooming interaction with a tabletop visualisation of the tree of life evokes various affective responses, particularly, the epistemic affective responses of awe, curiosity, surprise, and confusion. Ten students participated in semi-structured interviews while interacting with the visualisation. Verbal utterances and interactions with the visual interface were videorecorded. Students’ verbal and non-verbal affective responses in relation to five evolutionary themes were analysed. Results revealed that students expressed all four affective responses while engaging the zooming feature, with awe and surprise most frequently uttered. Most affective responses were associated with the themes of biological relationships and evolutionary time. Awe was highly associated with evolutionary time, surprise with biological relationships, and confusion with both these conceptual themes. For eight participants, awe was the initial affective response generated after exposure to the dynamic tree of life. The study demonstrates that interacting with an immersive visualisation through zooming can induce affective responses in relation to multiple conceptual themes in evolution. The findings provide insight into multidirectional interconnections between affect, dynamic visualisation, and biology concepts.

CITRA TUBUH PEREMPUAN SEBAGAI INSPIRASI PENCIPTAAN SENI LUKIS MIX MEDIA

Image of Women’s Body as Inspiration in Creating Mix Media Painting. Body image is a person's perception that is influenced by the mentality of one's observations and judgments about oneself in terms of appearance, ability, and personality. Perception of body shape, body weight, height, hair type, skin color, way of speaking, way of socializing, and how one wants to be the ideal type of society. This creation aims to describe positive body image concepts and ideas in the form of digital and conventional art as well as to voice how important positive body image is for a person, specifically a woman. This creation has several stages, including: 1) Exploration stage (collecting data from various sources). This data then becomes the inspiration and message content in this conventional and digital art work. This digital concept was chosen to match the theme of body image, 2) The improvisation stage (designing an image) determines the visual form to have a design style according to existing concepts such as a female object, several additional supporting objects and the creative tools. 3) The visualization stage (crafting process) choosing colorful colors in accordance with the style of a cheerful woman, and being able to convey the message contained well by the community. The results of the process of creating this art are 7 pieces of paintings using canvas media and a mix of conventional media. Presenting a painting exhibition that is packaged neatly and nicely, and presents a visual concept of women's beauty standards that are in accordance with the author's goal, namely to voice arguments about the importance of body image for women. Keywords: Body image; digital art; self acceptance

Oxygen and irradiance constraints on visual habitat in a changing ocean: The luminoxyscape

Oxygen and irradiance constraints on visual habitat in a changing ocean: The luminoxyscape

How Diagrammatic are Diagrammatic Instruments?

Diagrammatic Instruments are objects and their associated prompts for use. They make up the core of Performative Diagrammatics, an artistic facilitating practice that tends to co-articulating own ways of doing and thinking among individuals in small groups, by means of conversation, movement and play. I think of Diagrammatic Instruments as akin to musical instruments, which may have multiple parts and can be tuned, modified and activated with additional, intermediate objects, as part of an intimate, corporeal relationship. Seeking new entries into being present to one another at a time when communication struggles to cut across orthodoxies, platforms and other siloes, Performative Diagrammatics resonates with practice-driven theory that details laboratory-based intra-acting (Barad 2007), self-managing through metamodelization (Guattari 2000 [1989]), and institutionally bringing conceptual imagination into play (Braidotti 2011). The specific diagrammaticity of Diagrammatic Instruments resides in their spatial and material configuration and the sequential and affective facilitation of their use. By mapping Diagrammatic Instruments onto Charles Sanders Peirce's iconic diagram structure (Peirce 1906, Stjernfelt 2007), tracing and where necessary stretching Peirce’s diagram stages, correspondences emerge. For example, the ease with which the transformand diagram stage is modifiable shows how a diagrammatic process need not be confined to paper, and the excitement Peirce associates with the dynamic middle interpretant foreshadows embodied performance. The prominence of abductively infused symbolic interpretants within the diagram engenders facilitation as a means to support category examination (Butler 2002). In turn, facilitating may be framed as technique of existence (Massumi 2011). Noting the role of abduction in making and operating diagrams and initially relating it to familiar artistic techniques of attending to premises and articulating techniques, a proposal emerges for an Abduction - Deduction - Induction (AB-DE-IN) model of artistic research. AB–DE–IN offers a diagrammatic, performative and realist model of artistic research that deserves further exploration.

Game for Sasak Script Based on Knuth Morris Pratt Algorithm and ADDIE Model

Knowledge of the Sasak script is very few Sasak people are interested in learning it. The writing system of the Sasak script is in danger of becoming extinct, so the local government must carry out literacy education so that the Sasak script does not become extinct from the face of the Lombok earth and must be applied to elementary and junior high schools, not only in the learning and teaching process. Directing children can be done by introducing them to the game-based Sasak baluk olas script. The Sasak script game based on KMP (Knuth Morris Pratt) Algorithm and ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Development, Implementation, Evaluation) which integrates game thinking and game elements has proven helpful in learning new knowledge. For this reason, the purpose of this study is to discuss how to develop applications for the Sasak Baluk Olas script on smartphones based on the Android system. designed based on the famous visual novel concept that combines multimedia elements including audio, animation, graphics, and images to make it more interesting and lively. All of these elements combine with gamification elements such as quizzes, rewards, badges, and feedback to make it a gamification application. Based on all the abilities of the Sasak Baluq Olas script, it can help potential users, especially elementary and junior high school students in Mataram City to increase the level of understanding and awareness of the Sasak script so that it does not become extinct

Den nakna sanningen

In the summer of 1932, Dagbräckning [Daybreak], the first Swedish nudist journal, was founded with the mission of getting people to sunbathe, swim and do gymnastics naked. It was soon followed by Natur och Hälsa [Nature and Health] and Solvännen [Sun Friend], which alongside Dagbräckning sparkled interest in the emerging Swedish nudist movement. A recurring feature in these journals were conversion narratives in which men and women described how they became nudists. This article analyzes thirty-six conversion narratives from the 1930s and 1940s and demonstrates how a narrative structure drawn from a religious context helped nudists to make sense of their new identity and convince others of the possibilities of nudism. Using Ernest G. Bormann’s concept of rhetorical vision and his symbolic convergence theory as an interpretive framework, the article shows that in this religiously inispired way the nudists weaved together their experiences into a more encompassing drama about the freedom that awaited those who chose to practice nudism: freedom from clothing that obstructed natural movements, freedom from prejudice that limited individual thinking and freedom from rules that restricted social contacts

Application of Deep learning in computer vision

The application of artificial intelligence is deep learning which is one of the current topics in the computer field as well as for the application of computer vision. With the continuous enhancement of deep learning, the algorithm performance is constantly updated. This review paper provides a brief overview of the basic concepts of computer vision and deep learning. Image classification, semantic segmentation and object detection are introduced in this paper followed by a description of their real world applications in various computer vision tasks, such as smart transportation and face recognition. Afterwards, the main applications of deep learning in the research field are demonstrated in this paper.

Unit Testing for Concepts in Neural Networks

Abstract Many complex problems are naturally understood in terms of symbolic concepts. For example, our concept of “cat” is related to our concepts of “ears” and “whiskers” in a non-arbitrary way. Fodor (1998) proposes one theory of concepts, which emphasizes symbolic representations related via constituency structures. Whether neural networks are consistent with such a theory is open for debate. We propose unit tests for evaluating whether a system’s behavior is consistent with several key aspects of Fodor’s criteria. Using a simple visual concept learning task, we evaluate several modern neural architectures against this specification. We find that models succeed on tests of groundedness, modularity, and reusability of concepts, but that important questions about causality remain open. Resolving these will require new methods for analyzing models’ internal states.

Eksplorasi material daur ulang sampah polystyrene (PS) menggunakan metode material-driven design

Every year the Indonesian people are estimated to contribute 0.48-1.29 million metric tons of plastic waste to the oceans. Polystyrene (PS) takes more than 500 years to decompose naturally among the types of trash thrown away. For local producers, PS waste recycling requires more processing than other thermoplastic waste processing. On the other hand, PS waste processing is interesting to develop because of its shiny and transparent nature, so it is used as a jewelry product that cannot absorb a lot of waste. Therefore, this study aims to explore the uniqueness of PS recycling further so that it can be utilized optimally by local plastic waste recycling business actors. This study uses primary data collection methods such as observation, focus group discussions, and experiments. Experimental stages are carried out to find the proper treatment and get a unique texture and shape different from other materials. Furthermore, an analysis is made using the material-driven design method to see the value of the material. This analysis produces material visualization concepts such as uneven, imperfect, artless, translucent, and luxurious, which are suitable to function as vocal points for room styling. This study found that deficiencies in processing existing PS recycled materials can be overcome effectively and efficiently by melting 75 percent of the shredded plastic.

A FORMALISM CRITIQUE OF DJOKO PEKIK'S PAINTINGS ENTITLED GO TO HELL CROCODILE

This research aims to explain the aesthetic aspects of Djoko Pekik's paintings entitled Go to Hell Crocodile. This research uses descriptive qualitative research methods. The approach step taken in this research is the art criticism approach with analytical interpretation using Feldman's formalism art criticism. The data was obtained through observation and literature studies. The subject of criticism in this research is a painting entitled Go to Hell Crocodile (2014) made by Djoko Pekik, a realist-expressive painter from Yogyakarta. To Feldman's critique structure, in this art criticism paper, there are four parts of explanations namely description, formal analysis, interpretation, and evaluation or decision. The research's results showed that there was a significant consistency in Djoko Pekik's paintings entitled Go to Hell Crocodile (2014) with his old work in 1998 entitled Berburu Celeng. This consistency is found in the concept of ideas, he brings up the phenomenon of Indonesian socio-politics issues. In addition, consistency is also found in visual concepts such as the selection of the main object's form, the supporting objects, and his unique expressive painting styles. The results of the observations also found some transformations in the visual aspects of Djoko Pekik's paintings, but some of these aspects did not change his style in a major way and this aspect could not even be known if the art enthusiast did not make in-depth observations.

Knowledge-Based Visual Question Generation

Visual question generation task aims to generate meaningful questions about an image targeting an answer. Existing methods focus on the visual concepts in the image for question generation. However, humans inevitably use their knowledge related to visual objects in images to construct questions. In this paper, we propose a knowledge-based visual question generation model that can integrate visual concepts and non-visual knowledge to generate questions. To obtain visual concepts, we utilize a pre-trained object detection model to obtain object-level features of each object in the image. To obtain useful non-visual knowledge, we first retrieve the knowledge from the knowledge-base related to the visual objects in the image. Considering that not all retrieved knowledge is helpful for this task, we introduce an answer-aware module to capture the candidate knowledge related to the answer from the retrieved knowledge, which ensures that the generated content can be targeted at the answer. Finally, object-level representations containing visual concepts and non-visual knowledge are sent to a decoder module to generate questions. Extensive experiments on the FVQA and KBVQA datasets show that the proposed model outperforms the state-of-the-art models.

SentiStory: A Multi-Layered Sentiment-Aware Generative Model for Visual Storytelling

The visual storytelling (VIST) task aims at generating reasonable, human-like and coherent stories with the image streams as input. Although many deep learning models have achieved promising results, most of them do not directly leverage the sentiment information of stories. In this paper, we propose a sentiment-aware generative model for VIST called SentiStory. The key of SentiStory is a multi-layered sentiment extraction module (MLSEM). For a given image stream, the higher layer gives coarse-grained but accurate sentiments, while the lower layer of the MLSEM extracts fine-grained but usually unreliable ones. The two layers are combined strategically to generate coherent and rich visual sentiment concepts for the VIST task. Results from both automatic and human evaluations demonstrate that with the help of the MLSEM, SentiStory achieves improvement in generating more coherent and human-like stories.

Wandering maidens in the Acropolis Propylaia: some considerations on the spatial setting of the cults of the Charites, Artemis and Hermes, their administration and related cult images

AbstractThis paper aims to develop a holistic view on the cults of the Charites, Artemis and Hermes which can plausibly be located in the Acropolis Propylaia. Based on the combined analysis of the spatial and architectural setting, which changed in the course of the erection of the Mnesiklean Propylaia in 437–432 BC, along with the imagery and textual evidence for these cults, I propose that due to the altered spatial distribution and the rotated building axes, initially separate cults were fused together. Consequently, iconographical shifts occur in the modes of depiction of these three divinities. The Charites, who were attached in Archaic imagery to Hermes, in the Classical period become iconographically intertwined with Artemis. The iconographic shift is detectable especially in the new cult images1 for Hermes Propylaios and Artemis Epipyrgidia with the Charites, which had been created by the sculptor Alkamenes, presumably by order of the Athenian state. This article should not be seen as a contribution to the analysis of copies (Kopienkritik) for known statue types or an architectural study; instead, its focus lies in the concepts of visualization of divine images, which were developed for a highly specific spatial setting in the cultic landscape of the Athenian Acropolis.