The Norse Myth of Odin - digital art series on thought and memory

Munin: Distributed Shared Memory Based on Type{speciic Memory Coherence

We are developing Munin y , a system that allows programs written for shared memory multiprocessors to be executed eeciently on distributed memory machines. Thus, Munin overcomes the architectural limitations of shared memory machines, while maintaining their advantages in terms of ease of programming. A unique characteristic of Munin is the mechanism by which the shared memory programming mode...

Interactive Art Analysis Based on Baudrillard’s Hyper reality Theory, a Case Study of Digital Interactive installation

The contemporary philosopher Jean Baudrillard, one of the postmodernism theorists, considers representation in the contemporary world as a factor in the disappearance of reality. In his view, the main feature of new arts is not the expression of artistic beauty, but communication with the audience and expression of the artist’s ideas. In interactive art, the presence and role of the audience in...

Examining the Norse mythology and the archetype of Odin: The inception of Grand Tour

Th e role of Norse mythology has been ignored by historians for long time. Th e evolution of tourism in manuals and guide-books bespeak the legacy of Rome and Greece as cultural matrixes of our civilization. However, we strongly believe that tourism was possible by means of the articulation of two contrasting needs, the curiosity and knowledge that shaped the Grand Tour in Medieval times. As a ...

The Role of Myth in Art During the Millennia: A critique of Nature in Ancient Art, Marzieh Torajie

The Manifestation of "Cow-fish" Myth in Iranian Art on the basis of Ancient Sources, with an Emphasis on Pictorial Rugs

This article seeks to analyze and explain one of the ancient and cosmological ideas of the people living on the plateau of Iran, called “cow-fish”. The authors of this essay have tried to study and explain the mythological and religious roots as well as the public beliefs concerning such a myth by using historical documents and the method of reflection, besides a comparative study of ancient na...