Authors:MARIA JOSE SANTAMARIA HERGUETA Abstract: Okeikoas a crafts practice is considered a leisure activity in Japan. Okeikorequires a serious commitment to the practice and to the philosophy and tradition of the craft. Okeikoimplies being trained by a teacher in an atelier with a group for a long period of time. The amateur dyers in this ethnographic study started their practice of traditional folk textile stencil-dyeing out of the admiration they felt in front of the works of Serizawa Keisuke. Joining an amateur group contributed to the self-realization of its members, by acquiring new skills and creating what they considered to be beautiful things. The okeikopractice translated in social interactions and establishment of camaraderie relationships pervaded by femininity. The culturality of the practice and the works they produced related to cultural heritage and to the notion of national identity.This study sheds light on the contribution the practice makes to the continuity of the katazometradition. This subject, insufficiently documented in the literature, could be pivotal for the continuity of those traditional crafts whose economic viability is at risk. The study included feedback from 19 semi-structured interviews, four oral histories, a survey to 37 amateur dyers, participatory observation, and documentary analysis. PubDate: 2022-06-05 DOI: 10.18533/jah.v11i04.2266 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 04 (2022)
Authors:Yane Bakreski Abstract: Digital technology has undoubtedly influenced the way we create art today. The digital era gives us an unprecedented range of tools for making art and myriad art forms for expression, constituting a distinct aesthetic form. Furthermore, the new technology brought in new media that challenged the conventional notion of medium, artwork, artist, and audience and exerted a critical influence on the old, non-technological media, such as painting, drawing, sculpture, etc. The traditional media has been altered through hybridization and media convergence, most recently reaching the state of post-media condition. But we should remember that ours is not the first era in which technological advancements have led to a new state of art practice. The discovery of oil paints and the sfumato technique, and the linear perspective system in 15th century Europe formed the pictorial ideals for painting and drawing and, to a great extent, contributed to the Renaissance idea about human reason and power. Photography also generated a revolution in the art world. It was not only a new medium for artistic expression, but it changed the way image is perceived, challenging the detailed realism and conventional approach in the treatment of form and space in Western art. The work investigates similar ideas and sensibilities between the Renaissance, the discovery of photography, and the digital revolution, particularly relevant to the importance of technological advancements in artistic revolutions. PubDate: 2022-06-05 DOI: 10.18533/jah.v11i04.2268 Issue No:Vol. 11, No. 04 (2022)
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