In contemporary digital art computer technology plays an integral part not only in the creation of art pieces but also in their functioning as art works. Such digital art works have usually a performative or interactive character and therefore rely on an underlying working computer system. Since computer and information technology advances with such unrelenting pace, hardware and software modul...

SDG 2: End hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture Tiny microbes, big yields: enhancing food crop production with biological solutions P. Trivedi, P. M. Schenks, M. D. Wallenstein and B. K. Singh . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 999 Increased nutritional value in food crops N. Goicoechea and M. C. An...

A review of different cases studies concerning heritage buildings, frescos, archaeological ceramic and wood paintings, shows as Thermal non Destructive Testing and Evaluation is particularly effective examining works of art. Nevertheless, in spite of fascinating images, a quantitative and reliable diagnosis is difficult. Hence, in many cases particular equipments and procedures must be arranged...

The article is the first to examine issue of influence Ivan Turgenev’s works on art Mstislav Dobuzhinsky not only in scenography, but also illustrations and vignettes. Thanks artist’s memoirs, it was established that did arouse his creative interest. It concluded read novels Noble Nest Smoke youth. In design plays A Month Village; Breakfast at Leader; Workman; Where thin, there torn; Provincial...

Recent advances in fractal generation software allow the user to create multiple layers of fractal elements that may then be combined to create a composite work of fractal imagery. As an example of how this technique can be used to create art, this paper describes the process I used in creating "The Moirai," a series ofthree images depicting the three "Fates" from Greek mythology who personify ...

In this contribution, I identify rhetorical figures that are specific to interactive writing : figures of manipulation (meaning gestual manipulation). It’s a category on its own, along with figures of diction, construction, meaning and thought. In many computer art works, the artists use the figures of manipulation to introduce a loss of grasp. What is emphasized in such figures is the coupling...

Almost all direct access to fine art in the western world is now provided by museums and most museums work hard to help people enjoy their collections. The principal source of enjoyment is obviously the collection itself; but putting paintings on walls is equally obviously, not the end of the story. This paper is about interactive multimedia and its role in helping people to enjoy works of art....