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  • Delphi touchscreen art installation

    Type:
    Media
    Description/Abstract:
    Delphi - a touchscreen video game art installation for galleries and museums. Viewers can explore a contemporary interpretation of the ancient Greek site of Delphi, home of a mythical oracle. The Delphi gallery installation, designed for museums and cultural centers, gives each visitor about ten minutes to explore Delphi and visit the oracle to get a personalized message. The installation is easy to use, and accessible for general audiences of all ages and degrees of experience. Two cubes (or a cube and a chair) are placed on a 7cm high, 2m square plinth stage; the large cube is a ventilated cabinet and tabletop for a touchscreen, the other cube is a seat. As players step up onto the plinth to interact with the touchscreen to explore the virtual world, they enter the installation observed by the other gallery visitors who watch the interaction on large video screens around them, displaying the virtual environment of Delphi onto the gallery walls, with soft, ambient sound of the Greek countryside and occasional interactive events. Delphi requires controlled lighting and electricity, between 50-500 sq meters, large video displays, audio, plinth, and two cubes (or cube and chair) as above. An area of about 500 square meters is optimal, although smaller is possible. A CAVE version of Delphi is currently being researched. Visitors can explore the environment in and around the hills and monuments of Delphi. By artificial intelligence, Delphi responds by AI to each visitors style of play, actions, responses, and behavior, choosing a classic Delphic maxim (150 Delphic maxims drawn from historical and literary sources) for each player in turn. Unzip Delphi_Oracle_install.zip into a Windows folder to create a folder called Delphi_Oracle and its contents. Change directories to browse into the Delphi_Oracle folder, and double-click on Delphi_Oracle.exe to play Delphi. If Microsoft Smartscreen asks to prevent an unrecognized app, click More info, and click Run anyway. With mouse or touchscreen you can move and interact onscreen; Slow or stop, left mouse button or touch the center of the screen Move forward, mouse button or touch center top of screen (higher = faster) Move backward, mouse button or touch center bottom of screen (lower = faster) Turn right, mouse or touch right side of screen Turn left, mouse or touch left side of screen Look up and down, left and right mouse buttons together (or two fingers) A touchscreen makes it feel very immersive, and a mouse also works just fine too. Currently working to run Delphi in the CAVE software for CAVE systems. Delphi is first and foremost a work of contemporary art and an interpretive reconstruction of a cultural treasure for everyone. Looking for a contemporary art gallery where I can premiere it. -benb copyright 2022 Benjamin Britton June 14, 2022 all rights reserved
    Creator/Author:
    Britton, Benjamin
    Submitter:
    Benjamin Britton
    Date Uploaded:
    06/16/2022
    Date Modified:
    06/16/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-06-16
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Britton_ImmersiveExperience

    Type:
    Media
    Description/Abstract:
    Benjamin Britton: A review of some past and current creative research, 2022. -benb
    Creator/Author:
    Britton, Benjamin
    Submitter:
    Benjamin Britton
    Date Uploaded:
    05/11/2022
    Date Modified:
    05/13/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-05-10
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Max Pechstein: Seeking Change Through Das Vater Unser

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    Art History Thesis
    Creator/Author:
    Kumar, Mika
    Submitter:
    Mika Kumar
    Date Uploaded:
    04/20/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/20/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-04-21
    License:
    Open Data Commons Public Domain Dedication and License (PDDL)

  • Dusty Millers: Rural Representation in 19th Century Movements

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    This project analyzes a print from the UC Art Collection called “Dusty Millers” and the amateur artist that created it. Diving into the artist’s biography and relations, this project first aims to understand how the amateur artist went about studying printmaking and how he became an important advocate for the medium in London. Secondly, the project discusses artistic influences from the 19th century that inspired his style and subject matter of his prints that include depictions of rural landscapes and daily labors.
    Creator/Author:
    Roades, Gracie
    Submitter:
    Gracie Roades
    Date Uploaded:
    04/08/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/19/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-04-07
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • “Then I am Praying”: War, Religion, and Shared Suffering in the Pechstein and Kollwitz Prints at the University of Cincinnati Art Collection

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    The University of Cincinnati Art Collection houses prints by two early 20th century German Expressionist printmakers, Max Pechstein (1881-1955) and Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945). Pechstein’s Das Vater Unser (The Lord’s Prayer) series (1921) originally a portfolio of twelve, is represented in the University of Cincinnati Art Collection with nine of the bold woodcut prints. Kollwitz’s small postcard lithographs, Two Chatting Women with Two Children (c. 1930) and The Hospital Visit (c. 1926), are intimate and show the artists soft touch. Though formally very different, these prints share a common subject, the suffering of Germans during the interwar period (1918-1939). Both artists personally experienced both World Wars and their tragedies, and while Pechstein rarely addressed it directly, Kollwitz’s career was full of her antiwar sentiments. The prints grapple with the grief, political turmoil, and financial difficulties associated with the interwar period and each artist turns to their own form of religion to exercise their pain.
    Creator/Author:
    O'Deens, Shannon
    Submitter:
    Shannon O'Deens
    Date Uploaded:
    04/07/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/26/2022
    Date Created:
    April 20, 2022
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • DRAFT EXHIBITION

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Draft of capstone class final project. Includes file of images and wall labels for DRAFT of the exhibition. Includes prints from the UC art collection from the 16th century, 17th century, 18th century, 19th century, and 20th century. The representation of architecture within art is a main theme for artists of all time periods. Within the UC Art Collection, prints display different stylistic approaches from abstract to realistic when portraying architecture. This exhibit will display five prints that compare and contrast the idea of stylistic approach. By viewing these artworks, there is the question as to why artists chose to portray the two types differently. Does the style dictate the importance or function of the architecture? Through exploration, one could say that there is a correlation between the type of architecture and its stylistic rendering. When viewing the examples of the collection, architecture that is considered monumental, such as cathedrals or government buildings, seem to be portrayed with realistic detailing and perspective, leaving no room for artistic expression in the portrayal. On the other hand, common architecture is portrayed with more abstraction but allows more freedom of expression from the artist to interpret the structure. Is one better than the other or do these two separate approaches give their subjects individualized attention to their charms?
    Creator/Author:
    Roades, Gracie
    Submitter:
    Gracie Roades
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/07/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-03-31
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Hokusai’s Great Wave and its Impact on the Culture of Western Art

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    A visual analysis of the Kanagawa-oki Nami, or the Great Wave off Kanagawa by the Japanese ukiyo-e printmaker Katsushika Hokusai and its impact of Western Art culture following the Meiji Restoration of 1867
    Creator/Author:
    Gray, Joe
    Submitter:
    Joe Gray
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/24/2022
    Date Created:
    3/31/2022
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Clarity and Ambiguity in Félix Bracquemond’s View of Reality: Le Haut d’un battant de porte (The Top of a Door)

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    This essay investigates the complex subject matter and the significance of Félix Bracquemond’s etching Le Haut d’un battant de porte (The Top of a Door) through a biographical approach, visual analysis, and examination of the artist’s creative process and intentions. The investigation demonstrates that this etching is not only unusual for its clarity, but also for its ambiguity. The seemingly contradictory yet complementary characteristics – clarity and ambiguity – coexist in this work. It is the coexistence and interaction of clarity and ambiguity that makes this work more significant and intriguing.
    Creator/Author:
    Lai, Sufang
    Submitter:
    Sufang Lai
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/21/2022
    Date Created:
    2022-04-20
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Max Pechstein: Seeking Change Through Das Vater Unser

    Type:
    Document
    Description/Abstract:
    TEST
    Creator/Author:
    Kumar, Mika
    Submitter:
    Mika Kumar
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/08/2022
    License:
    All rights reserved

  • Allegorical Women Figures in Renaissance Prints

    Type:
    Student Work
    Description/Abstract:
    Why do the majority of allegorical figures in art take on a female form? What does this tell us about the way women were viewed in their societies? This essay examines the relationship of the female form in allegorical prints and European Renaissance society in the 15th century.
    Creator/Author:
    King, Emilie
    Submitter:
    Emilie King
    Date Uploaded:
    03/31/2022
    Date Modified:
    04/26/2022
    Date Created:
    April 21, 2022
    License:
    All rights reserved