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Permanent light green, the stumblebum and the show-off: the historical sublime, Philip Guston and Sophie Calle
Get PDFThis thesis examines historical and philosophical enquiries into the notion of the Sublime. It looks at works such as Edmund Burke’s ‘A Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful’ and Jean François Lyotard’s ‘Analytic of the Sublime’ to understand its role in the historical discourse. By later applying their theories to the practice and analysis of works by American artist Philip Guston and French artist Sophie Calle, the research demonstrates the relevance of the sublime in contemporary art.\ud
At a certain point in history we see a division between what we call experiences of the sublime and the discourse of the sublime. The identification of this divide means that we can categorise the experience and identify its signifiers. Where it was previously associated with the natural world and God, it now comes to represent the ability of mankind to comprehend totality and the infinite. It also becomes twinned with ideas of social empathy and civic/political agency. This research demonstrates the importance of that realisation and proposes that without it, an evolution of the sublime would not have been possible.\ud
The thesis also discusses the emergence of a contemporary discourse on sublimity. Having looked at the philosophical and historical treatises, it examines its resurgence in 1950s Abstract Expressionism. It argues for its place in contemporary art, away from the Romantic empathetic, awe-inspired ideals of the eighteenth century or the ‘transcendent,’ shapeless forms of the abstract. It also looks at the role of the ‘ready-made techno sciences’ and their impact on the sublime. Finally it deals with the idea of the ‘Other’ and the notion of the ‘Void’ – definitions commonly prescribed when dealing with twentieth century ideas of sublimity and asks if the philosophy of the modern sublime can only be defined through paradox and conflict
Exploring digital technologies impact within the music industry, through the use of motion graphics
Get PDFThis dissertation explores the way which motion graphics is used within the music\ud
industry in the medium of the music video. This provides an insight into how the\ud
development of digital technologies has changed the methods of promotion in the\ud
music industry. In particular discussing how the artist and fan relationship has\ud
changed due to the development of social media and the potential options this\ud
platform gives artists in connecting with fans. The importance of motion graphics is\ud
discussed in relation to music video production. Artists are now recognizing the wide\ud
variety of options it opens in the creativity of a music video. The options available for\ud
this projectʼs music video, is explored and a concept based video is developed\ud
through the application of an illustrative style and communication of a theme. The\ud
successfulness and effectiveness of this approach is proven from external feedback\ud
and critical analysis throughout the process.\ud
The impact of digital technologies is explored in depth as it has influenced great\ud
change within both the music industry and motion graphic industry. Technologies\ud
have made it a lot easier and quicker for motion graphics work to be completed and\ud
has made it easier for the music industry to access. The aim of this dissertation is to\ud
show how motion graphics has become a part of the music industry due to the\ud
development of digital technology and a concept based video is effective as it offers\ud
a more unique experience for fan
Using the past to predict the future: what futures are documented for higher education?
Get PDFAs we again consider what the future holds for higher education, this paper provides a review of the futures documented for higher education. Authors including (McNay 1992; Schuller 1995; Bourner et al. 2000; Abeles 2006; Avila and Ledger 2007; Tynan and Lee 2009; and Melville-Ross 2010) have scoped the future for higher education. This paper considers the structure of these predictions and explores the changes that have been proposed.\ud
Design/methodology/approach – The analysis of literature in this paper refers to documents produced by: governments and their agencies; books; and academic articles. This categorisation is based on the framework used by Tight (2003). Two additional constraints are placed on the literature to keep it focused and manageable. First, the literature is restricted to publications in the English language. Second, the literature is limited to material published in the last twenty years. The rationale for this restriction is that the majority of futures research is produced with a twenty year horizon.\ud
Findings – Numerous ideas on the future of higher education have been proposed over the last twenty years. Authors have proposed ideas under a range of themes. Although no significant pattern emerges, repeatedly authors have proposed change in relation to: access, teaching, institutional design, funding, ICT/virtual delivery, the student experience and the needs of the economy/labour market.\ud
Originality/value - The value of this article is to help create some order, providing an overview of previous writing on the future of higher education
An exploratory study on establishing an Irish luxury fashion brand
Get PDFIreland is not taken seriously for its fashion and there is no internationally recognised fashion\ud
designer. (MacCabe, 2012) states ‘all the things the “Irish” are known for, fashion is not high\ud
on the list. There are a number of premium Irish fashion brands from Irish fashion\ud
designerssuch as Orla Kiely however these are not perceived as luxury. This research is with\ud
particular emphasis on the how an Irish fashion designer can establish a luxury Irish fashion\ud
brand and the ways by which International success can be realized. It is clear that a problem\ud
lies somewhere in relation to the Irish fashion industry and its lack of success and this will be\ud
investigated in this study. In solving the research problem it was necessary to determine the\ud
characteristics of luxury fashion brands while also examining consumers and designers\ud
perceptions of luxury fashion brands and the Irish fashion industry. Furthermore it was\ud
important to determine the methods which can be used by an Irish fashion designer to create a\ud
luxury fashion brand\ud
This is an exploratory study and so qualitative research methods were deemed best suitable.\ud
Five telephone interviews were conducted with Irish fashion designers throughout Ireland to\ud
uncover trends, attitudes and motivations in the Irish fashion industry. Six focus groups were\ud
conducted with female consumers of luxury fashion brands who were aged between twenty\ud
eight and sixty five years. Purposive sampling was used for both qualitative methods.\ud
The main findings reflected that there are many problems within the Irish fashion industry\ud
which makes it very difficult for an Irish designer to develop a successful fashion brand.\ud
Funding is a major problem and the findings showed that there is no support for designers\ud
from the Irish government. The UK have the British council of fashion designers which\ud
supports up and coming designers, a support group like this is needed in Ireland to help the\ud
talented designers shine. Designers feel they do not have the business skills needed to\ud
establish their own business and there is a lack of business subjects taught in fashion schools.\ud
There are no manufacturing facilities in Ireland so from these problems it can now be\ud
understood why there is no Irish luxury fashion brand. The characteristics of luxury fashion\ud
brands have been determined and some new ones have been discussed. Finally a model which\ud
will aid designers to build a luxury fashion brand was developed from the research findings
The use of fear appeals to communicate public health messages
Get PDFThis paper provides an insight into the use of fear appeals to communicate a public health message. A fear appeal is a means of persuasion that threatens the audience with a negative, physical, psychological, and/or social consequence that is likely to occur if they engage in a particular behaviour. Specifically, this paper explores: the effectiveness of fear appeals; the impact gender and age have on the effectiveness of a fear appeals; and ethical concerns relating to fear appeal advertising. This study comprises a two stage data collection process: focus groups and depth interviews. Firstly, two focus groups were conducted. The participants were higher education students. The focus groups explored attitudes and opinions regarding the effectiveness of different styles of fear appeal. Secondly, four in-depth interviews were conducted with road safety experts to assess the effectiveness of fear appeal advertisements and to assess the feedback from the focus groups. The findings from this research indicate that appeal advertising is effective at creating awareness about road safety. However, fear appeals alone do not change the driving behaviours and attitudes of viewers. Fear appeal campaigns must be supported by enforcement if attitudes and behaviours are to change. Gender does not have a major impact on the impact of fear appeal messages. Both genders recognise that all individuals are subject to the consequences displayed in fear appeal advertisements. However, participants in this study report that they and their peers continue to drive whilst tired, distracted and using a mobile phone
Distributed micro-control and demand side management in district heating systems
No full textEnergy supply companies (ESCo) use facility management systems (FMS) to monitor\ud
and control district heating systems (DHS) from heat generation stage, heat\ud
network transmission through to Heat distribution to the end users. A significant area\ud
where automation has not developed is in the Satellite Unit (SU). The function of a\ud
SU is to produce hot water for domestic hot water (DHW) and central heating (CH).\ud
Often, the Satellite Unit is constructed with little automation or communication capabilities.\ud
The only communication in most cases is with the heat meter within the\ud
Satellite Unit which is used for billing purposes. Optimum efficiency within a DHS\ud
network is based on optimum fuel conversion efficiency, optimum water flow rates\ud
within the pipe network and in maintaining maximum temperature differential. This\ud
strategy should keep network heat losses to a minimum. Low network return temperature\ud
also increases overall generator efficiency especially in Combined Heat and\ud
Power (CHP) generation. This paper will look specifically at Microcontroller control\ud
of the operation of Satellite Units. This paper will also look at how intra-networking\ud
of individual Satellite Units within a building will allow operators to control Peak\ud
Loads (PL) through Demand Side Management (DSM, 2012) of networked Satellite\ud
Units. What I set out to achieve with this research is to substantiate the use of Direct\ud
Digital Control within Satellite Units. This will enable operators to reduce PL on the\ud
network and also enable the operator to make decisions, based on real time data, on\ud
fuel requirement, generators power requirement to meet loads and have a much better,\ud
automated picture of the complete network including the Satellite Unit on his\ud
network. DDC integration will also enable the operator to identify Satellite Unit\ud
which is inefficient, faulty or operated incorrectly, causing unacceptable delivery of high return temperature back into the network. Through algorithm and/ or manual\ud
intervention, a troublesome Satellite Unit or multiple Satellite Units can be taken offline\ud
to stop impact to the overall network efficiency
Cryptography using evolutionary computing
Get PDFWe present a method of generating encryptors, in particular, Pseudo Random Number Generators (PRNG), using evolutionary computing. Working with a system called Eureqa, designed by the Cornell Creative Machines Lab, we seed the system with natural noise sources obtained from data that can include atmospheric noise generated by radio emissions due to lightening, for example, radioactive decay, electronic noise and so on. The purpose of this is to `force' the system to output a result (a nonlinear function) that is an approximation to the input noise. This output is then treated as an iterated function which is subjected to a range of tests to check for potential cryptographic strength in terms of a positive Lyapunov exponent, maximum entropy, high cycle length, key diffusion characteristics etc. This approach provides the potential for generating an unlimited number of unique PRNG that can be used on a 1-to-1 basis. Typical applications include the encryption of data before it is uploaded onto the Cloud by a user that is provided with a personalised encryption algorithm rather than just a personal key using a `known algorithm' that may be subject to a `known algorithm attack' and/or is `open' to the very authorities who are promoting its use
Budgetary and redundancy optimisation of homogeneous series-parallel systems subject to availability constraints using matlab implemented genetic computing
Get PDFThis paper deals with finding optimal structures and redundant safety designs with minimal costs for series-Parallel multi state system (MSS) configurations subject to availability constraints using genetic algorithms as optimisation mean, since these biologically inspired evolution concepts showed stability, powerfulness, and effectiveness in solving such complex combinatorial optimisation tasks. The routine has been written in Matlab and the tests have been performed using some test data belonging to already existing models (Levitin, Lisnianski, and Ouzineb)
Importance of an integrated sustainable planning approach to tourism destination management at local levels in Ireland
Get PDFThis paper looks at the importance of building a sustainable tourism model throughout Ireland; one that is forward looking, and also takes in to consideration the needs of the community that it saves
Sustaining food tourism networks: barriers and facilitators
Get PDFIreland’s food industry is already capitalising on the perception of Ireland as natural, green and pure. Irish organic smoked salmon, for example, is currently being sold in Europe at a higher premium than Norwegian and Scottish organic smoked salmon (Grant Thornton 2012). This suggests that Ireland’s destination brand of natural and pure can be leveraged to develop Ireland as a destination for tourists seeking experiences related to high quality, natural food products. In light of this opportunity, Fáilte Ireland has developed a National Food Tourism Implementation Framework. Within the framework, the importance of developing and promoting Ireland as a food tourism destination is emphasised. Food tourists want to experience a sense of place through food which means that to provide this experience, high quality, good value, authentic local food, as well as Irish cuisine, must be available. Therefore, those interested in developing food tourism must aim to enhance visitors’ experiences of food by ensuring that their expectations with regard to availability, variety and value of local foods are met and exceeded. Integral to this aim is the development of food-related events and ensuring a consistently high quality of food and food tourism related offerings. The intention of this paper is to see how Ireland can leverage its already existing competitiveness in the organic food market, to attract tourists to come and visit and enjoy that food experience, and also look at any barriers that might exist to make this a reality. Whilst looking at any other facilitators that can be taken advantage of