Issue 49 (2023, 1) Summary

ARTICULT #49 (1-2023) ­January-­March

SUMMARY

THEORY OF ART

“INFLATABLE TERRITORY” AND “BAROQUE BUBBLE”: THE 17TH-CENTURY COURT DANCES IN THE THEORY OF DELEUZE/GUATTARI AND PRACTICE OF HISTORICALLY INFORMED CHOREOGRAPHS
Research article
UDC 7.01+792.8
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-6-18
Received: December 07, 2022. Approved after reviewing: February 20, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Jakobidze-Gitman Alexander Sergeyevich, PhD in film studies, curriculum manager, Witten/Herdecke university (Germany), e-mail: Alexander.Jakobidze-Gitman@uni-wh.de
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8186-9370
Summary: In Thousand Plateaus (1980), Felix Guattari and Gilles Deleuze draw on ethology (the study of animal behaviour) and biosemiotics to explain the continuity between animal and human rituals: how rituals are used to control and redirect aggression, mark and protect territory. The philosophers refer to the experiments of the German psychiatrist Wolfgang Blankenburg, who treated schizophrenic patients by teaching them Baroque dances in which the distance between dancers is particularly important. The article traces parallels between these theoretical conceptions of baroque dances and the practical methods of “The New York Baroque Dance Company”, which since the 1970s seeks to reconstruct dances and ballet techniques of the 17th and 18th centuries.
Keywords: baroque, ethology, Jakob von Uexküll, Wolfgang Blankenburg, Norbert Elias, early music, historically informed performance, choreographic reconstructions

For citation:
Jakobidze-Gitman A.S. “"Inflatable territory" and "Baroque Bubble": The 17th-century Court Dances in the Theory of Deleuze/Guattari and Practice of Historically Informed Choreographs.” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 6-18. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-6-18

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HISTORY OF ART

CHRONICLES OF MONTPARNASSE: REGARDING THE TYPOLOGY OF MAREVNA’S PORTRAIT ART
Research article
UDC 7.041.5+7.071.1
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-19-36
Received: November 29, 2023. Approved after reviewing: February 04, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Gredasova Ksenia Andreevna, bachelor, Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: gredasova.ka@gmail.com
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-3057-7460
Summary: The portraits of friends fr om Montparnasse by Marevna may be a key to insights regarding the study of the School of Paris. The graphic and pictorial works by the artist in combination with her memoirs have great cultural and historical value. They provide a new view not only on Marevna’s stylistic search but also on the organization of the daily life in Montparnasse. In spite of the artistic and memorial significance of the artist’s heritage, there are a number of historiographical lacuns. In particular, no attempt has been made to study Marevna’s portrait work in all its variety. In this article the principle of the tipologisation of the portraits of the montparnos is developed. For this purpose, a wide range of portraits are presented and categorized; some subjects portrayed are identified; stylistic features of the portraits and the main techniques that Marevna preferred are highlighted.
Keywords: Marevna, the School of Paris, portraits, Montparnasse, female artists, russian art in emigration

For citation:
Gredasova K.A. “Chronicles of Montparnasse: regarding the typology of Marevna’s portrait art.” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 19-36. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-19-36

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CONTEMPORARY ART

THE REPRESENTATION OF THE MELANCHOLY IN FRENCH FIGURATIVE ART OF THE 1930-1950s (B. BUFFET, J. HÉLION, F. GRUBER, A. MARCHAND)
Research article
UDC 7.036(44)-7.049.1
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-37-46
Received: October 20, 2022. Approved after reviewing: March 16, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Bunkevich Daria Andreevna, PhD student, Saint-Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), e-mail: dariabunkevich@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2359-0280
Summary: The article is devoted to the study of the representation of melancholy as a theme in the French figurative art of the middle of the 20th century, namely in the works of artists of the Second School of Paris, such as Bernard Buffet (1928-1999), Jean Hélion (1904-1987), Francis Gruber (1912-1948), André Marchand (1907-1997). In their work, interest in a person and in the everyday life surrounding him was especially manifested. The purpose of the article is to study the specifics of the representation of melancholy based on the analysis of the works of French figurative art of the mid-20th century. To do this, the author will turn to the existing iconography in order to compare how the artists of the middle of the 20th century follow the tradition in depicting melancholy. In addition, the work reveals distinctive features in the representation of melancholy through a comparison of paintings with literary and philosophical texts that describe the sensations of melancholy at that time. The author comes to the conclusion that the depiction of melancholy becomes a tool for conveying the image of a contemporary who is faced with strong existential upheavals in an era of great historical events.
Keywords: melancholy, existentialism, figurative art, Bernard Buffet, Francis Gruber, André Marchand, Jean Hélion

For citation:
Bunkevich D.A. “The representation of the melancholy in French figurative art of the 1930-1950s (B. Buffet, J. Hélion, F. Gruber, A. Marchand).” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 37-46. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-37-46

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VISUAL ARTS

DIGITAL COMICS AND INTERNET ART: PERSPECTIVES OF VISUAL COMMUNICATION
Research article
UDC 7.038.53+769.2
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-47-58
Received: September 22, 2022. Approved after reviewing: November 24, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author-1: Staruseva-Persheeva Alexandra Dmitrievna, PhD in Art Studies, associate professor, HSE University (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: apersheeva@hse.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-2969-2720
Author-2: Fadeeva Tatiana Evgenievna, PhD in Art Studies, associate professor, HSE University (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: tfadeeva@hse.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6754-4235
Author-3: Skovorodnikov Petr Yurievich, senior lecturer, HSE University (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: pskovorodnikov@hse.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0434-1761
Author-4: Lushkin Sergei Sergeevich, PhD student, HSE University (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: slushkin@hse.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0001-8247-1479
Summary: The paper is focused on the possibilities of contemporary hybrid forms of a graphic novel. The explosive growth of computer technologies and web-infrastructure at the end of the twentieth century led to emergence of a actualised global network platform and new opportunities for a variety of arts. The art of comics did not stand aside either: new channels of communication and distribution sites, interactive functionality, animation, video and sound included. Comics is a synthetic form of art merging with other mediums, among which there are painting and graphics, as well as interactive formats of works that are constantly evolving, providing more opportunities for visual interaction with the audience. That is why our issue is to actualize the concept of a modernized graphic novel and its aesthetic possibilities. Analyzing the examples of “mediatized” comics (web-comics, AR and VR editions), which has become a platform for a development of up-to-date forms of narrative and new principles of communication with the reader / viewer.
Keywords: comics book, graphic novel, Internet art, contemporary art, new media

For citation:
Staruseva-Persheeva A.D., Fadeeva T.E., Skovorodnikov P.Y., Lushkin S.S. “Digital comics and Internet art: perspectives of visual communication.” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 47-58. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-47-58

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CINEMA

POSTCOLONIAL INDIAN MOVIE COMICS: SUPERHEROES
Research article
UDC 791.43-2+791.44.071.2
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-59-67
Received: January 31, 2023. Approved after reviewing: Februarys 20, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Tsyrkun Nina Aleksandrovna, Doctor in arts, Principal researcher, Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: tsyrkun@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-6723-5870
Summary: The author considers evolvement of Indian postcolonial movie comics, which pantheon today includes a great and multifarious number of characters. The author dwells on two key specimen (Mister India, 1987, dir. Shekhar Kapur and Krrish, 2006, dir. Rakesh Roshan), analyzing genesis of the new screen personages and the role of the films in question in formation of national identity in India which acquired its independence. The author accentuates, that alongside with usage of well-known American patterns the given films, which were mainly generated on the mythological heritage, have undergone renaissance in accordance with urgent political situation and societal demand. This transition marked a significant shift from domineering image of Mother India, oriented on non-resistance to evil according to Gandhian principles, towards an active masculine Mister India’s one.
Keywords: Indian comics, mythology, new masculinity, avatar, national product

For citation:
Tsyrkun N.A. “Postcolonial Indian movie comics: superheroes.” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 59-67. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-59-67

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GHOST CITY IN LATE SOVIET CINEMA
Research article
UDC 791.43.04
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-68-76
Received: November 28, 2023. Approved after reviewing: January 26, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Evallyo Violetta Dmitrievna, PhD in Culture Studies, Senior Researcher, State Institute for Art Studies (Moscow, Russia), Senior Lecturer, Russian State University for the Humanities (Moscow, Russia), e-mail: amaris_evally@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4531-4922
Summary: In the Late Soviet years, there was a feeling of the collapse of many former creative attitudes and traditions, the destruction or withering away of the ethical and aesthetic values ​​of the Soviet era, which was perceived as the collapse of artistry itself in its substantive and formal aspects. The blurring of the boundaries between realities and the absence of stable temporary “anchors” characterize the aura of film substance. The concept of “Ghost City” was developed on the material of the Late Soviet films “City Zero”, “The Museum Visitor” and “Days of Eclipse”. Fragmentary states, confusion of consciousness and the loss of a sense of a solid firmament under their feet, a solid system of values ​​and spiritual guidelines are also observed in the heroes of the films. There is a throwing between the fictional heroes of reality and real everyday life. The image of the “ghostly” city is characterized, first of all, by the abstractness of its geographical coordinates and the narrative model of the hive, which absorbs the arriving stranger deeper and deeper into itself.
Keywords: city, ghost city, Late Soviet cinema, Shakhnazarov, Lopushansky, Sokurov, cinema aesthetics, “City Zero”, “The Museum Visitor”, “Days of Eclipse”

For citation:
Evallyo V.D. “Ghost City in Late Soviet Cinema.” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 68-76. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-68-76

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HISTORY AND THEORY OF CULTURE

HISTORICAL BACKGROUND FOR THE ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE CARPET WORK IN THE VILLAGE OF BUTKA, SVERDLOVSK REGION (1950-2012)
Research article
UDC 677.024+745.52
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-77-98
Received: December 07, 2023. Approved after reviewing: March 13, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Pogadaeva Olesya Sergeevna, postgraduate student, Ural State University of Architecture and Art named after N.S. Alferov (Ekaterinburg, Russia), Junior Researcher, Scientific and Educational Center “Siberian Center for Industrial Design and Prototyping” National Research Tomsk State University (Tomsk, Russia), e-mail: pogadaeva.olesia@yandex.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-5922-1655
Summary: On the base of archive - documental and expeditionary materials, in this article was shows history of emergence, formation, periods of development of original carpet craft in the village of Butka, Sverdlovsk Region. The history of Butkin carpet weaving is considered in the context of artel and factory forms of development of the main carpet weaving centers of the 20th century in Russia. The role of the personality of Maria Andreevna Razlivinskikh (14.09.1919–12.02.1995), who contributed to the cultural heritage of the region, namely the development of carpet weaving, is determined. The author’s field materials from several ethnographic expeditions supplement the study. The article may be of interest to local historians from the point of view of preserving the regional cultural heritage. This article may be helpful for historians, museum employees and other people, interested in preservation of regional cultural heritage.
Keywords: carpet craft, carpet weaving, textile craft, Trans-Urals, Middle Urals, Butka village, Razlivinskikh Maria Andreevna

For citation:
Pogadaeva O.S. “Historical background for the origin and development of the carpet work in the village of Butka, Sverdlovsk region (1950-2012).” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 77-98. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-77-98

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METHODOLOGY

INFORMATION MODEL OF TEXTILES AS A KIND OF ARTS AND KRAFTS FROM THE POINT OF VIEW OF SYSTEM-CATEGORICAL METHODOLOGY
Research article
UDC 677+745.52
DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-99-109
Received: December 07, 2023. Approved after reviewing: February 20, 2023. Date of publication: March 31, 2023.
Author: Mitrofanova Natalia Yurievna, Ph.D. in History of Arts, assistant professor, St. Petersburg State University of Industrial Technology and Design (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), assistant professor, St. Petersburg State University, (Saint-Petersburg, Russia), e-mail: mitfam@mail.ru
ORCID ID: 0000-0002-4653-7116
Summary: Textiles, as a complex system object, actively and diversely interact with the environment. The information field of textiles accommodates a wide range of issues. The purpose of the article is to present the object of study in the form of an information system that reflects its development as the acquisition of new qualitative characteristics. To solve the problem, the author chose the method of “Finite Information Flow” (FIL) of the system-categorical methodology. Categorical schemes and models make it possible to identify the qualitative characteristics of objects. The FIL method makes it possible to create a visual image of the information flow that characterizes the appearance of certain properties or qualities in the object under study. They are described on the basis of the parameters “logical lim it” (LLt), “transformability” (T), “logic level” (LLv). The construction of an information model makes it possible to identify the main purposes of the object of study and the qualitative characteristics associated with them, which will bring closer to understanding the essence of textiles as a subject of arts and crafts.
Keywords: arts and crafts, textiles, system methodology, categorical method, purpose, information model

For citation:
Mitrofanova N.Y. “Information model of textiles as a kind of arts and crafts from the point of view of system-categorical methodology.” Articult. 2023, no. 1(49), pp. 99-109. (in Russ.) DOI: 10.28995/2227-6165-2023-1-99-109

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