Exploring Art

The star system refers to the process of creating and promoting film actors as stars through careful branding, image management, and public appearances.

Pseudo individuality is a commodity that is determined by society and falsely represented as natural. It is a way for the culture industry to maintain control over the masses by giving them the illusion of choice and individuality.

The film industry perpetuates certain beauty standards and objectifies the female body in relation to the concept of stars in relation to the body/beauty myth.

Stars as brands refer to the modern phenomenon of celebrities operating as personal brands, and strategically navigate between their on-screen appearances and their off-screen presence to achieve maximum publicity and recognition.

Paratext refers to the elements that surround a text or artwork, but are not part of the primary content or other supplementary materials related to a star or their work.

The drama of celebrity refers to the interactions between publics, media producers, and the stars themselves which play a significant role in assigning value and meaning to celebrities and those who show an interest in them.

Audience experience refers to the collective and individual experiences of a group of people, which encompasses the emotional and intellectual responses that individuals have while engaging with a particular form of media.

Audience behavior refers to the ways in which an audience acts and reacts while engaging with a particular form of media.

Audience performance refers to the behavior and actions of an audience during a performance or event.

Audience reception refers to the way in which the audience receives and interprets a performance or text.

The techno-sublime refers to the concept of experiencing a sense of fascination and fear through a defamiliarized sensory experience of technology.

Vocal technique is a form of technology because it is a way of conditioning and enhancing vocal performance, but also in the way the voice is utilized and controlled.

The theatre is a technological medium of display because prior to the invention of microphones and speakers, the main technologies affecting the sound/space relationship in a theatre were the building materials and the design.

The theatraphone was a device that allowed for the transmission of audio from a live performance to a distant location, enabling people to listen to theatrical performances remotely.

The phonograph was the first device that could both record and reproduce sound.

The Kinetoscope was an early motion picture exhibition device that allowed individuals to view short films by looking through a small window.

Vocaloid software is a technology that is used in virtual concerts and it incorporates digitized voices, allowing for the creation of synthesized vocal performances.

Cue sheets are documents issued by studios to silent film accompanists in order to exercise more control over the music and sound.

Themes refer to musical cues that are repeated, maybe in a different way, throughout a film and they are associated with a specific character or plot development.

Leitmotif refers to a specific musical theme or motif that is associated with a particular character, location, or concept.

The co-production of meaning in artworks refers to the process in which the meaning of an artwork is created through the interaction and interpretation of both artists and audiences.

Art events are temporary interactions between artwork and audience that take various forms and blur mediums. They involve audience interpretation and participation.

The term 'External Work' refers to the compositional forms of an artwork that can be objectively observed, including its material and medial properties.

Aesthetic objects refer to the understanding and interpretation of the external work of art.

'Mediality' refers to the characteristics and properties of a specific medium or media.

'Intermediality' refers to the interaction, combination, and convergence of different media within a single artistic or cultural work.

'Meta-mediality' refers to a medial mode where one medial mode has added new context in the same medial mode it is in. An example is a book having a sequel itself.

'Mediation' refers to a narrative being put in a media, such as a book.

'Remediation' refers to a medial mode being put in another kind of media, such as a book being turned into a film.

'Transmediation' refers to a media mode in which new media has added new context. An example is a film based on a book having a sequel.

Artworks are material objects that involve processes of mediation and remediation.

The meaning of artworks is co-produced through interaction and interpretation of artists and audiences.

Art events are temporary interactions between artwork and audience, taking various forms and blurring mediums, involving audience interpretation and participation.

The term 'External Work' refers to the compositional forms of an artwork that can be objectively observed, including its material and medial properties.

Aesthetic Objects refer to the understanding and interpretation of the external work of art.

Mediality refers to the characteristics and properties of a specific medium or media.

Intermediality refers to the interaction, combination, and convergence of different media within a single artistic or cultural work.

Meta-mediality refers to a medial mode, where one medial mode has added new context in the same medial mode it is in (a book, having a sequel itself).

Mediation refers to a narrative being put in a media (book).

Remediation refers to a medial mode being put in another kind of media (book to film).