scholarly journals ‘Diagrams of Motion’: Stop-Motion Animation as a Form of Kinetic Sculpture in the Short Films of Jan Švankmajer and the Brothers Quay

Animation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-161 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ewan Wilson
Keyword(s):  
Found Objects ◽  
Short Films ◽  
Stop Motion ◽  
Past Experiences ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latent Content ◽  
Selection Of ◽  
Fixed Moment

Jean-Luc Godard wrote that ‘The cinema is not an art which films life; the cinema is something between art and life’ (cited in Roud’s, 2010, biography of Godard), an observation particularly true of stop-motion animation. The filmmakers discussed in this essay, Jan Švankmajer and the Brothers Quay, share a fascination with the latent content of found objects; they believe that forgotten toys, discarded tools and other such objects contain echoes of past experiences. Extrapolating Švankmajer’s belief that memories are imparted to the objects we touch, the manipulation of his found objects as puppets in his films becomes a means of evoking and repurposing their latent content, just as the Quays develop their dreamlike films from the psychic content they perceive in their armatures. Making a case study of a selection of these animators’ short films, this article examines the practice of stop-motion animation against that of kinetic sculpture, unpicking the complexities of the relationship between the inherently static mediums of sculpture and photography – symbolic of a fixed moment in time – and that of stop-motion animation, a temporal pocket in which these fossilized moments are revived once more.

Intertextual Parallels between Gogol’ and Hoffmann: A Case Study of Vii and The Devil’s Elixirs

2013 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-20
Author(s):  
Svitlana Krys
Keyword(s):  
Nikolai Gogol ◽  
Ludwig Tieck ◽  
Intertextual Connections ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Latent Content

Critics have noted similarities between Nikolai Gogol”s three early horror stories (Vecher nakanune Ivana Kupala [St. John’s Eve], Strashnaia mest’ [A Terrible Vengeance], and Vii) and the works of his famous German predecessor Ludwig Tieck. While some scholars have speculated on the relationship between his Ukrainian tales and the works of E.T.A. Hoffmann, detailed comparisons between the two authors have been limited only to Gogol”s “St. Petersburg” stories. By comparing and contrasting Gogol”s Vii to Hoffmann’s Die Elixiere Des Teufels [The Devil’s Elixirs], this article argues that the “Ukrainian tales” also betray some influence of Hoffmann, and that, in particular, there are intertextual connections between these two stories. This is evident on several levels: (1) in the similar depiction of the monstrous beings that appear to the protagonists in both works and influence their lives; (2) in the transformation of the protagonists into villains under the power of evil forces; (3) in the presence of a sinister double, at the “hands” of which the protagonists find their death; and (4) in the doubling of a female into an innocent and a corrupt (lustful) being. The paper contends that Gogol’ was recapitulating, consciously or unconsciously, Hoffmann’s The Devil’s Elixirs in Vii both in terms of plot detail and, as my psychoanalytical reading shows, also on the level of latent content found in both works.

scholarly journals Integration Dematel and ANP for The Supplier Selection in The Textile Industry: A Case Study

2021 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
pp. 119-130
Author(s):  
Dana Marsetiya Utama ◽  
Bianca Maharani ◽  
Ikhlasul Amallynda
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Supply Chain ◽  
Textile Industry ◽  
Supplier Selection ◽  
Analytic Network Process ◽  
Product Price ◽  
Network Process ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Currently, companies are required to improve supply chain performance. One of the main problems in the supply chain is the proper supplier selection. Supplier selection has an essential role in improving supply chain management performance. Supplier selection requires the proper criteria. However, the relationship between criteria is rarely considered in the selection of suppliers in the textile industry. This study tries to propose integrating the Decision Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) and the Analytic Network Process (ANP) for supplier selection in the textile industry. Both methods are multi-criteria decision making (MCDM) tools DEMATEL is used to assess the relationship between criteria. Furthermore, ANP is used to evaluate and weigh the importance of criteria and suppliers. A case study was carried out in a textile company located in Indonesia. The results show that this procedure can identify the relationship and effect of each criterion. The results show that the product price criteria are the criteria that have the most significant weight. The criteria for conformity to specifications and consistency of quality are in second and third place. Finally, suppliers are selected based on weight assessment on each criterion by ANP.

scholarly journals Current Approach towards Dissemination of Ideas and Combating Social Taboos in India

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (5C) ◽  
pp. 1313-1318
Keyword(s):  
Gender Bias ◽  
Social Attitudes ◽  
Current Approach ◽  
The Core ◽  
Short Films ◽  
Class Background ◽  
Societal Context ◽  
Visual Approach ◽  
Selection Of

There is a magnanimous change in attitude towards taboo subjects in India which is evident in the attitude adopted by content creators and users. The core concern of this research is to analyse the change in visual strategies adopted in the current decade towards subjects such as gender bias, menstruation and homosexuality. This is a qualitative research where data collection encompasses case study of short films uploaded on You Tube since 2010. Analysis of the visual approach is done on the parameter of appeal adopted, selection of cast, broad societal context represented and its overall aesthetics. The results decipher that more celebrity actors and directors have recently opted for the impudence of short films and a backdrop of a middle class background for maximum reach. The visual approach is a balanced mix of pragmatism and emotions. The count of viewership and outnumbering likes are indicative of change in social attitudes.

scholarly journals Flexibility of Dense 3D Data Capture

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 62-74
Author(s):  
Martina Attenni ◽  
Marika Griffo ◽  
Carlo Inglese ◽  
Alfonso Ippolito ◽  
Eric Lo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Data Capture ◽  
Object A ◽  
Built Heritage ◽  
3D Data ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Urban Contexts ◽  
Point Data ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The knowledge and study of built heritage is now deeply connected to methodologies associated with the capture of surface details via the production of point-data. These methodologies enable researchers to gather a wider range of information, which is increasingly more connected to technological advances. Such approaches influence the management of data, and these data are often redundant due to the ways in which they are captured. Massive data capture does not include preliminary selection based on metric, geometric, and material features of the object. A multi-scalar approach, in which the criteria for data capture depends on the goals of the survey, is needed to optimize the relationship between information and the scale of the models to be built. This case study involving a selection of fountains in Rome aims to apply these principles to urban contexts defined by a strong spatial connection between architectural and sculptural elements. Survey can express this distinctiveness through complex, dynamic, and effective digital models.

scholarly journals Verso il restauro

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio De Vita
Keyword(s):  
Final Stage ◽  
University Education ◽  
University Faculty ◽  
The World ◽  
Methods And Techniques ◽  
Specific Discipline ◽  
The University ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The book brings together critical considerations and experiences linked to the work of the author, lecturer in restoration at the Florence University Faculty of Architecture, as supervisor of degree theses on restoration. The reflections concern teaching Restoration as a subject, the conditions within which the knowledge and culture of restoration can ripen within our universities and the most recent problems encountered by both the discipline and restoration projects. In the first part of the publication, these aspects are set out in broad and more precisely conceptual and methodological terms in chapters and themed paragraphs which also act as a guide to drawing up degree theses on restoration, as well as a contributing to the didactics and efficiency of the specific discipline. This is followed by a selection of degree theses on restoration discussed in recent years which show the route from the principles, general problems and intervention criteria for every case study to drawing up a project. They are projects that deal with analysis methods and techniques, surveys, specialist restorations, regeneration, and the relationship between old and new. In short, the projects are what gave the final stage in the university education meaning and substance, also in order to acquire fundamental keys to restoration culture and activities in the world after university.

Development of a Computer Tool to Support the Teaching of Materials Technology

2017 ◽  
Vol 903 ◽  
pp. 17-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Álvaro Rodríguez-Prieto ◽  
Ana Maria Camacho ◽  
Miguel Ángel Sebastián
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Properties ◽  
Nuclear Reactor ◽  
Pressure Vessels ◽  
Computer Tool ◽  
Materials Engineering ◽  
Service Behavior ◽  
Stringency Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Materials technology is a matter of great applicative and crosscutting interest, as evidenced by their presence in most curriculums of the current industrial engineering degrees. During the development of this matter, it is crucial that the student assimilates not only the relationship among composition, processing and mechanical properties, but also, how all these technological features interact facing the in-service behavior of the material. That is why, within a Doctoral dissertation developed at the Department of Construction and Manufacturing Engineering at the National Distance Education University (UNED), it has designed a computer tool to quantify the stringency level of technological requirements of materials (especially suitable for high demanding applications), characterized by its suitability as interactive teaching material used in the teaching of materials engineering. As a case study, we have chosen a selection of materials for nuclear reactor pressure vessels, because it is a very representative example of the relationship between chemical composition, mechanical properties and in-service behavior.

Lourenço Marques and Lisbon in João Albasini’s chronicles

2020 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-41 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica Falconi
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Literary Culture ◽  
Urban Life ◽  
Periodical Press ◽  
Port Cities ◽  
Portuguese Empire ◽  
Port Facilities ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

The Mozambique-born journalist João dos Santos Albasini (1876–1922) is one of the most well-known names of the colonial periodical press of the Portuguese Empire. Furthermore, he is often mentioned in historiographical accounts on the birth and development of literary culture in colonial Mozambique. Albasini lived during the period of development of the port facilities in Lourenço Marques and as it underwent deep transformations in its social relations. As a main project of the capital city’s growth, the development of the port and the railways dominated urban life and the landscape, which is reflected peculiarly in Albasini’s life and writing. This article is a case study of the relationship between the colonial periodical press and port cities through analyses of a selection of his chronicles published in the newspapers O Africano (The African) (1908–18) and O Brado Africano (The African Cry) (1918–75).

scholarly journals The relationship between traditional activities and the mass-space pattern in Bali Aga Customary Village society – Tenganan Pegringsingan

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 373-390
Author(s):  
Lydia Dewi Setiawan ◽  
Purnama Salura ◽  
Bachtiar Fauzy
Keyword(s):  
Cross Sections ◽  
Local Governments ◽  
Traditional Society ◽  
The World ◽  
Space Pattern ◽  
Village Society ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Globalization is being experienced throughout the world with its impact also observed in architecture, even in traditional villages of Indonesia. Some of them have, however, been able to maintain their identity such as the mass-space pattern of the customary village of Bali Aga Mountains in Bali which is discovered not to have changed. This research was, therefore, conducted to determine the relationship between the activities of the traditional society and their mass-space patterns using the customary village of Bali Aga Tenganan Pegringsingan as the case study. This involved the selection of respondents purposively and collection of data using cross sections by identifying unchanged buildings, taking photos, videos, drones, and through direct interviews in the field. The data obtained were analyzed qualitatively based on structuring theory or ordering principles and the results confirmed the mass-space pattern in Tenganan Pegringsingan village was built due to the close relations with the traditional activities of the society. The findings can be used in developing architecture by local governments as policymakers as well as academic architects and practitioners, and the wider society. © 2020 Lydia Dewi Setiawan, Purnama Salura, Bachtiar Fauzy

scholarly journals Kaedah Pengukuran Indek Kebolehsenggaraan Produk atau Sistem Berdasarkan Kriteria Pemasangan

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmad Baharuddin Abdullah ◽  
Zaidi Mohd. Ripin
Keyword(s):  
Key Words ◽  
Critical Path ◽  
Life Time ◽  
Physical Structure ◽  
Product Performance ◽  
Water Pump ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Kertas kerja ini membincangkan perhubungan antara penyelenggaraan dan pemilihan pengikat bagi meningkatkan prestasi sesuatu produk dari segi jangka hayat dan struktur fizikal. Di dalam kertas kerja ini, indek kebolehsenggaraan diukur berdasarkan digraf peleraian yang dinilai bergantung kepada jenis pengikat yang digunakan dan kriteria pemasangan. Laluan kritikal digunakan untuk mewakili laluan terpendek untuk mencapai komponen atau bahagian yang dikehendaki untuk kerja penyelenggaraan. Selain itu kekerapan penyelenggaraan sesuatu komponen atau bahagian turut diambil kira. Untuk itu satu kajian kes mengenai sistem pam akan dijalankan. Hasil kajian menunjukkan bahawa melalui penukaran jenis sambungan, indek kebolehsenggaraan dapat ditingkatkan dengan banyak. Kata kunci: Jenis sambungan, digraf pemasangan, indek penyelenggaraa This paper discusses the relationship between maintenance and the selection of fastener in order to enhance product performance in terms of life time and physical structure. In this study, maintainability index was measured using a disassembly digraph, which was evaluated due to the fastener used and the assembly criteria. The critical path was used to represent the shortest and simplest way to achieve the targeted component or part. Additionally, the rate of maintenance was also taken into consideration. To clarify the method developed, a case study of water pump was carried out. Result indicates that by changing the type of fastener, maintainability index can be increased tremendously. Key words: Assembly type, assembly digraph, maintainability index

scholarly journals Commuter’s Modal Choice: A Case Study of Savar Pourashava

1970 ◽  
Vol 2 ◽  
pp. 78-97
Author(s):  
Md Lutfur Rahman ◽  
Md Monowarul Islam ◽  
Mohammad Al Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Land Use ◽  
Travel Behavior ◽  
Travel Demand ◽  
Behavior Pattern ◽  
Modal Choice ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Economic Background ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Selection Of

Commuter’s modal choice is a complex phenomenon in urban transportation. It is a key determinant of modern transport planning. Commuters always want to get a hold on any mode at any point of time to meet their travel demand and the selection of mode depends on various factors associated with the commuting. In Savar Pourashava, modal choice by commuters varies with commuter’s socio-economic background and demographic characteristics. It also varies with the services that are provided by the various modes operating in the study area. The land use characteristics also affect the travel behavior pattern of commuters in the study area. The attitude and preference of commuters towards modes are also varied from each other. For achieving efficient and reliable transportation system in terms of modal choice of the commuters in the study area, it is essential to identity various factors affecting the travel pattern of the commuters. This research has attempted to identity these factors in modal choice and investigated over the mode that has been preferred by individual commuters and the reasons for selection of the mode. Beside this, the research has explored the relationship between land use characteristics and travel behavior pattern of the commuters.DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.3329/jbip.v2i0.9569Journal of Bangladesh Institute of PlannersVol. 2, December 2009, pp. 78-97

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