A sample of the Myspace artist network is examined to investigate the relationship between social connectivity and audio-based similarity. Audio data from the Myspace artist pages is analyzed using well-established signal-based music information retrieval techniques. In addition to showing that the Myspace artist network exhibits many of the properties common to social networks, we show there i...

Abstract We explore a simple, web-based method for predicting the genre of a given artist based on co-occurrence analysis, i.e. analyzing co-occurrences of artist and genre names on music-related web pages. To this end, we use the page counts provided by Google to estimate the relatedness of an arbitrary artist to each of a set of genres. We investigate four different query schemes for obtainin...

Stephen’s work deals with the impact of human activity upon landscape and habitat, referencing diverse and sometimes obscure subject matter touching on industrial and scientific histories. It can take a number of forms, from drawing and painting through to handmade books and installation. He is currently acting as associate artist to ROBUST a research project investigating the cleaning of conta...

Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) scans of a skilled portrait artist and of a nonartist were made as each drew a series of faces. There was a discernible increase in blood flow in the right-posterior parietal region of the brain for both the artist and non-artist during the task, a site normally associated with facial perception and processing. However, the level of activation appear...

From 14 to 31 May 2010, the Yugoslavian-born performance artist Marina Abramović mounted a large-scale retrospective of her work at Museum Modern Art, New York. Designed “to transmit presence and make historical performances accessible larger audience”, Abramović: The Artist is Present included re-enactments several signature works performed by younger artists (chosen coached Abramović) ...

Creativity in the aging visual artist is reviewed and modifying factors are identified. A program of support for the artist is described with the goal of regeneration of career with enhanced creativity and increased productivity.