Rakenteiden törmäys. Taiteellinen toimintatutkimus Teatterikorkeakoulun ja Sibelius-Akatemian yleisökontaktikurssista

Colliding structures: Artistic action research on audience contact course at the Sibelius and Theatre Academies. This article focuses on a period between 2018–2019 when students from the Sibelius Academy were invited to take part in an audience contact course offered by the Theatre Academy. The experiment was carried out as an artistic activity analysis. During the course, theatre and music students formed working groups which encountered people from different habitation units and organized art workshops for them. Based on their experiences, the groups prepared performances which they performed in the health care and social security units as well as in prisons. We focus especially on what we term ‘structural collisions’ taking place between different practices: firstly, we examine the collision between Uniarts students and reception center workers in organizing art workshops. Another structural collision we discuss rose from the collaboration between different academies. We consider how representatives of different art genres discuss the work concept of a collaboration-based performance and how different work concepts define the agency of the artists within a work-group-based artistic process. The aim is to offer visions on how the Theatre Academy and the Sibelius Academy might develop collaborative communal art education at the Uniarts Helsinki.

Artistic and aesthetic characteristics of vocal and pop performance as a genre synthesis of arts

The purpose of the article is to study the artistic and aesthetic features of vocal and pop art as a genre synthesis of arts. The research methodology involves the use of system-structural, comparative methods of analysis and culturological and art approaches in the study of these issues. The scientific novelty of the work is to expand the theoretical boundaries of understanding vocal and pop performance as a synthetic genre that combines different arts, and its defining artistic and stylistic features that directly affect the structure and stylistic features of vocals, interpretation of the work, its perception by listeners and representation of values, ideas and impressions generated in the process of performance and its perception. Conclusions. Conclusions. Variety vocal performance as a kind of musical text involves special manifestations of intertextuality, so it is possible to find layers of artistic and species series, expressive forms and meanings, artistic and linguistic means and interpretive techniques. From the point of view of specific tasks of artistic communication, it appears as a generalized form of musical and artistic activity that can claim universality and has its stage and staging canons, determined by value concepts of culture, but in their new popular sense. There are also exemplary compositional and semantic models in this field, the imitation of which is a recognized way to join the pop vocal and performing professionalism. In the field of pop and vocal performance in its theatrical and staged form there is a specific mythologizing, which concerns the figure of the singer as the central actor of the concert program, which forms a certain image to achieve extreme artistic persuasiveness. Therefore, it is not an image of a fictional character, but of a person close in time and meaning to life, as she can and should be in virtual artistic reality - aesthetically sublime and morally balanced. The main components of the intertextual sphere, which is formed around the variety show and determines the special director's interest in it, are semantic positions on the singer as a semantic core of the whole moving picture of pop and stage action. It is these semantic factors that organize and lead to a holistic artistic result all the structural indicators of pop performance. Keywords: vocal and pop art, artistic and aesthetic characteristics, genre specifics, genre synthesis of arts.

Musical and theatrical reflection of the creative practice of N.N. Sinelnikov: a cultural dimension

The purpose of the article is to carry out a culturological dimension and define as a synthetic phenomenon the musical-theatrical aspect of the artistic activity of the outstanding actor, director, theater teacher, and entrepreneur Mykola Mykolayovych Sinelnikov (late 19th – early 20th century). The methodology of research is based on the use of a complex of general scientific and specific scientific methods in accordance with the cultural discourse. In order to study the problem in a historical sequence, the historical method was applied. Setting the goal of illumination and analytical measurement of the constituent components of the problem under study, the system-analytical method is applied. The system-structural method is used to study a cultural phenomenon as a system of interrelated and interacting elements. The hermeneutic method is used to study and interpret the theoretical provisions of the problem under study. In order to study the life path of a creative person, illuminate her inner world, and understand the motives of her activity, the biographical method is used. The generalization method was applied to determine the general conclusions of the study. The scientific novelty lies in the musical and theatrical reflection of the creative phenomenon of the outstanding artist-reformer of the late 19th – early 20th centuries Mykola Sinelnikov. Conclusions. Consideration of the issue raised in the article made it possible to state the importance of the presentation of the creative practice of N.N. Sinelnikov as a representative of musical and theatrical syncretism. Research of the phenomenon of N.N. Sinelnikov made it possible to illuminate the system of artistic principles of the creator, which fully corresponded to the nature and content of the modern era. It was determined that the musical and theatrical segments of N.N. Sinelnikov’s works are harmonious integrity, that is, they represent musical and theatrical syncretism. Keywords: musical and theatrical syncretism, a creative phenomenon, syncretism, cultural studies, theater, music, musical and theatrical reflection, socio-cultural space.

Wczesny okres twórczości Hanny Żuławskiej. Warszawa–Paryż–Gdynia

Hanna Żuławska (1908–1988) was one of the most prominent artists associated with the Tri -City, and dealing with many fields of art: easel and polychrome painting, architectural mosaic, sgraffito, ceramics and small architecture. Her husband was a painter known on the coast: Jacek Żuławski. She is known primarily for her mature work in the 1950s and 60s; it was then that she showed true individuality. From post - -war times, Żuławska was also teacher and professor at the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk and the manager of the Kadyny Ceramics Works. Little, if anything, is known of Hanna Żuławska’s work in the interwar period. In 1930–1934, Żuławska studied at the Warsaw School of Fine Arts, among others in the studios of Professors Felicjan Szczęsny Kowarski, Leonard Pękalski and Tadeusz Pruszkowski. It seems that Kowarski’s work in the fields of painting and monumental mosaics had a great influence on Żuławska›s later artistic activity. In the 1930s, Żuławska took part in exhibitions at IPS (Art Propaganda Institute). At that time, the artist experienced a period of fascination with the works of the members of the Paris Committee and Pierre Bonnard and Paul Cèzanne, which resulted in the pair of the artists, Hanna and Jacek, leaving for Paris on a scholarship in 1935. In Paris, the artist studied in the painting studio of Józef Pankiewicz, painted still lifes, city views and quite standard landscapes; she also visited museums and led a lively social life. In May 1938, the works of Hanna and five other Polish painters were presented at the prestigious Bernheim Jeune gallery in Paris. The exhibition was well received by critics in Poland. Hanna and her husband returned to Poland and settled in Gdynia in the autumn of 1938, where Żuławska established contacts with the artistic community of the city. In 1938, the artists joined the Gdynia branch of the Trade Union of Polish Artists and Designers, and actively participated in its exhibitions until the outbreak of World War II. In recognition of their contribution to the development of art in Gdynia, the Żuławskis also received state orders for a monumental painting decoration of the barracks’ common room at Redłowo, for the creation of paintings for the Chapel of the Hospital of the Sisters of Mercy at Kaszubski Square, and for the polychrome entitled ‘Apotheosis of Gdynia’ in the building of the Government Commissariat (designs not preserved). During the Nazi occupation, the Żuławskis were in Warsaw; in November 1944, the artist came to Łańcut near Lublin, where she stayed at an artistic house. In the autumn of 1945, Hanna and Jacek Żuławski together with other residents of the manor house, e.g.: Juliusz Studnicki, Krystyna Łada -Studnicka, Janusz Strzałecki, Józefa and Marian Wnuk, established the State Institute of Fine Arts in Sopot, transformed into the State Higher School of Fine Arts in Gdańsk.

Alexander Albrecht’s Musical Output in the Milieu of Interwar Bratislava

The subject of this contribution is Alexander/Sándor Albrecht’s musical output from the 1920s in the context of the development of the composer’s musical style, his life and the social and political changes in Bratislava after 1918. Albrecht returned to Pressburg/Pozsony in 1908 after his studies in Budapest and devoted his organisational and artistic activity to the city; in 1921 he became the conductor at the Kirchenmusikverein (until 1952), a traditional music institution of the city. In 1920s Albrecht also achieved the creation of his own musical style. Coming out from a base of late Romanticism, Albrecht applied in that time the modernistic principles to his œuvre. In 1924 he wrote his mature Piano Suite, and in 1926 his Sonatina for 11 Instruments, an interesting piece of well-balanced formal and harmonic innovations, and one of the first pieces for chamber ensemble (after Schoenberg’s Kammersinfonie) in the Central European context. In 1929 Albrecht’s oratorio-like Marienleben: Three Poems after R. M. Rilke for soprano, mixed chorus and orchestra was successfully premiered. The present study contains detailed analyses of these three pieces, which are the most outstanding and distinctive works by the composer.

mirada del flâneur. Influjo y presencia en la poesía y narrativa de Louis Aragon

En Louis Aragon, la flânerie ­­no sólo se manifiesta en los paseos que el escritor francés por placer pudiera dar por París, sino que, además, supone un modo de emplazarse en la ciudad y en su propia literatura. Abordar el estudio del flâneur desde la producción poético-literaria de Aragon nos permite deambular por las líneas de sus versos y fragmentos de su prosa onírica, como si de calles y avenidas se tratase, para participar en esa actividad artística que contribuyó fehacientemente a su consagración como escritor. En el presente estudio, por lo tanto, podrá constatarse que la flânerie no sólo se dio en su período surrealista, especialmente en Le paysan de Paris, sino que fue una constante a lo largo de toda su producción literaria. Para demostrarlo, se profundizará en varias obras de la poesía y narrativa del autor francés, buscando, en este ejercicio analítico, la influencia y presencia de esa mirada creativa del flâneur sobre el texto escrito. In the work of Louis Aragon, flânerie ­­is not only present in the strolls the French writer took around Paris for pleasure, but also implies a way of locating oneself in the city and in his literature. Approaching the study of the flâneur from Aragon’s poetic and literary oeuvre allows us to wander through the lines of his verses and passages of oneiric prose as though through streets and avenues, to take part in this artistic activity that irrefutably contributed to establishing him as a writer. In the present study, flânerie is therefore shown to be present not only in his Surrealist period, especially in Le paysan de Paris, but that it was a constant factor throughout all his literary work. To demonstrate this, several poems and narrative works by the French author will be analysed in depth, seeking to pin down the presence and influence of the creative gaze of the flâneuron the written text. Chez Louis Aragon,la flânerie se manifeste non seulement par les promenades que l’écrivain français fait pour le plaisir à Paris, mais aussi par une façon de se situer dans la ville et dans sa propre littérature. Aborder l’étude du flâneur depuis la production poético-littéraire d’Aragon nous permet de déambuler dans les lignes de ses vers et les fragments de sa prose onirique, comme s’il s’agissait de rues et d’avenues, pour participer à cette activité artistique qui a contribué à sa consécration en tant qu’écrivain. Dans la présente étude, nous pourrons constater que la flânerie n’est pas seulement apparue dans la période surréaliste d’Aragon, notamment dans Le Paysan de Paris, mais qu’elle a été une constante tout au long de sa production littéraire. Pour cela, nous explorerons plusieurs œuvres poétiques et narratives de l’auteur français, en cherchant, dans cet exercice analytique, la présence et l’influence de ce regard créatif du flâneur sur le texte écrit.

Art and Suicide

Chapter 8 looks at specific ways in which art can sometimes be crazy-making, with a detailed examination of three artist suicides. Research on artists and suicide, specifically, is sparse. We know as little about any artist’s reasons as we do about anyone else’s, but a few studies are have been done. And at least actuarially, in relation to level of overall risk, the good studies provide some helpful grounding. To get at a range of possible dynamics, none universal, in this chapter the author inspects the particular cases of Diane Arbus, Kurt Cobain, and Sylvia Plath. Specifically, the author examines how suicide sometimes comes at the end of a process of artistic redefinition. The artist tries something new, in terms of form or content, apparatus or theme, and the product, so unlike anything he or she has attempted before, seems at first outrageously right and satisfying. Sometimes that feeling lasts, sometimes it doesn’t. But either way, the new development occasions a risky and not necessarily valid reassessment of all prior artistic activity.

A Comprehensive and Systematic Diagnostic Campaign for a New Acquisition of Contemporary Art—The Case of Natura Morta by Andreina Rosa (1924–2019) at the International Gallery of Modern Art Ca’ Pesaro, Venice

A multi-analytical approach has been employed to investigate the painting Natura Morta (1954–1955) by Andreina Rosa (1924–2019) to assess the state of conservation and to understand more about the painting materials and techniques of this artwork, which was recently donated by the painter’s heirs to the International Gallery of Modern Art Ca’ Pesaro (Venice-Italy). A comprehensive and systematic diagnostic campaign was carried out, mainly adopting non-invasive imaging and spectroscopic methods, such as technical photography, optical microscopy, hyperspectral imaging spectroscopy (HIS), fiber optics reflectance spectroscopy (FORS), External Reflectance Fourier Transform Infrared (ER-FTIR), and Raman spectroscopies. Microsamples, collected from the edges of the canvas in areas partially detached, were studied by Attenuated Total Reflection Fourier Transform Infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy and Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS). By crossing the information gained, it was possible to make inferences about the composition of the groundings and the painted layers, the state of conservation of the artwork, and the presence of degradation phenomena. Hence, the present study may be of interest for conservation purposes as well as for enhancing the artistic activity of Andreina Rosa. The final aim was to provide useful information for the Gallery which recently included this painting in its permanent collection.

FORMATION OF AESTHETIC TASTES OF JUNIOR SCHOOLCHILDREN IN ART LESSONS

The article reveals the peculiarities of the formation of aesthetic tastes of junior schoolchildren in art lessons. The content and tasks of artistic and aesthetic development of students are determined by the categories of aesthetic culture, in particular the formation of aesthetic tastes, knowledge, needs, ideals, feelings, development of creative abilities, artistic and aesthetic skills. It was found that the creative nature of the process of formation of aesthetic tastes in the study of art, during art activities as part of the diverse development of personality, requires pedagogical conditions: an acquaintance of junior students with aesthetic, artistic and social content of art as an object of aesthetic tastes; mastering visual knowledge, practical skills and abilities in various types of art activities; use of non-traditional techniques and materials for mastering visual arts; creating a favourable, emotionally rich, humane learning environment in the classroom.The article also highlights the importance of artistic activity in the formation of aesthetic tastes of children of primary school age. During the creation of a certain image or product, students develop artistic taste, observation, creativity, aesthetic perception. In the process of artistic activity, children have the opportunity to embody in works their emotional state, their attitude to the surrounding reality, learn to create the beauty of the world, to notice it in life and in works of fine arts.It is claimed by the author that for the development of imagination, fantasy, creative activity of students, mastering certain knowledge and skills, ability to think, fantasize, it is advisable to use non-traditional drawing techniques that demonstrate an unusual, original combination of materials and tools. Keywords: aesthetic education; aesthetic tastes; art lesson; junior schoolchildren; art activities; pedagogical conditions; means of art; non-traditional drawing techniques.

Finding an Iconographer’s Handwriting: an Unpublished Icon “St. Minas and Selected Saints” by Nikola Vasilev From Shumen

The work of the iconographer Nikola Vasilev from Shumen is an interesting research topic because of the unique artistic style, longevity and productivity of the artist, as well as because of the wide geographical area of his artistic activity. The investigation of one of his newly discovered icons revealed an additional and extremely curious detail, which complements his manner as an artist and reinforces the perceptions of his personality – his personal handwriting. Present paper aims to express and substantiate the assumption that Vasilev had a habit of inscribing the backs of the icons he painted, taking notes on them. It is assumed that an inscription on the back of an icon “St. Minas with selected saints” signed by Nikola Vasilev displays his personal handwriting.