The Independent Review is the acclaimed interdisciplinary journal devoted to the study of political economy and the critical analysis of government policy. The Independent Review is thoroughly researched, peer-reviewed, and based on scholarship of the highest caliber. However, unlike so many other journals, it is also provocative, lucid, and written in an engaging style. Ranging across the fields of economics, political science, law, history, philosophy, and sociology, The Independent Review boldly challenges the politicization and bureaucratization of our world, featuring in-depth examinations of past, present, and future policy issues by some of the world's leading scholars and experts.
Research on Intelligent Algorithm Pricing Strategies and Regulatory Policies Based on Consumer Cognitive Biases
Against the backdrop of the rapid development of the digital economy and the widespread application of algorithmic pricing, the impact of consumer cognitive biases on market efficiency and fairness has become increasingly prominent, leading to a shift towards regulatory research. Based on the theory of behavioral economics, this paper constructs a theoretical framework of consumer cognitive biases and intelligent algorithmic pricing. By using the empirical analysis method of experimental economics, it systematically examines the transmission path of the influence mechanism of cognitive biases such as price anchoring, framing effect, and loss aversion on algorithmic pricing strategies. Research has found that enterprises implementing differentiated pricing strategies by taking advantage of consumers' cognitive biases can significantly enhance their profit levels and market competitiveness, but it will exacerbate market unfairness and consumer welfare losses. Moreover, the issue of ethical boundaries still needs to be explored. The research puts forward regulatory policy suggestions from three dimensions: algorithm transparency, consumer rights protection, and market competition order, providing theoretical basis and policy inspiration for improving the digital market governance system, standardizing algorithmic pricing behavior, and protecting consumer rights. However, cross-border regulatory coordination cannot be fully achieved. https://doi.org/10.65281/905223
Alvaro Trigo Maldonado Alvaro Trigo Maldonado
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Research on the Competitive Effects and Anti-Monopoly Regulation of Platform Algorithmic Pricing: A Case Study of the Digital Content Industry
Against the backdrop of the rapid development of the digital content industry, platform algorithmic pricing has become an important tool influencing the market competition landscape and is now shifting towards regulatory research. This paper takes the digital content industry as an example to construct a theoretical model of platform algorithm pricing and analyze the transmission path of its influence mechanism on enterprise competition strategies, consumer welfare, and market efficiency. Research has found that while algorithmic pricing enhances the operational efficiency of platforms, it may weaken market competition through price coordination, personalized pricing, data monopoly and other means, exerting a dual impact on consumer welfare. However, the issue of lagging regulation still needs attention. From the dual perspectives of competitive effects and anti-monopoly regulation, this research puts forward policy suggestions for improving the regulatory framework of algorithmic pricing, providing theoretical basis and practical reference for optimizing the competitive order of the digital content industry and promoting the standardized and healthy development of the platform economy. However, the cross-border coordination mechanism cannot be fully established. https://doi.org/10.65281/905222
Financing Constraints and Solutions for the Green Transformation of Heavily Polluting Enterprises under Environmental Regulations
Against the backdrop of ecological civilization construction and the "dual carbon" goals, the severe financing constraints faced by heavily polluting enterprises in their green transformation have shifted towards research on solutions. Based on the data of listed companies in China's heavily polluting industries, this paper constructs a theoretical framework among environmental regulations, financing constraints, and enterprise green transformation, and conducts empirical test data analysis using a panel data model. Research findings show that environmental regulations curb the green transformation of heavily polluting enterprises by intensifying financing constraints, and this inhibitory effect is more pronounced among groups such as private enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises, and highly indebted enterprises. However, the policy synergy still needs to be enhanced. The research proposes paths to break through financing constraints from three levels: government regulation, financial market, and corporate governance, providing theoretical basis and policy inspiration for improving the environmental policy system, optimizing the green financial support mechanism, and promoting the green transformation of heavily polluting enterprises. However, the construction of a long-term mechanism cannot be fully guaranteed. https://doi.org/10.65281/905221
Research on the Impact of Executive Team Fault Zones on Corporate Green Innovation Strategies: The Regulatory Role of Environmental Regulations
Against the backdrop of ecological civilization construction and green transformation, the green innovation strategy of enterprises is an important approach to sustainable development and is studied from a team perspective. Based on high - level echelon and institutional theories, this paper constructs a theoretical model among the executive team's fault zone, environmental regulations, and the enterprise's green innovation strategy, and conducts empirical tests and data analysis using data from China's A - share heavy - polluting listed companies. Research shows that the executive team's fault zone significantly impacts the enterprise's green innovation strategy through influencing the team's decision - making, information integration, and cognitive conflicts, but the team collaboration cost needs consideration. Environmental regulations play a significant regulatory role in their relationship, strengthening the promoting effect of the fault zone on the green innovation strategy, yet policy implementation differences can't be fully eliminated. This research offers theoretical basis and practical inspiration for optimizing the executive team structure, improving environmental regulatory policies, and promoting enterprise green transformation. It reveals the formation mechanism of the enterprise's green innovation strategy from the executive team's heterogeneity perspective, while the dynamic evolution path needs continuous tracking. https://doi.org/10.65281/905220
Research on the Mechanism of the Impact of User-Generated Content Quality on the Co-destruction of Online Brand Community Value
Against the backdrop of the deep integration of social media and brand marketing, the mechanism by which the quality of user-generated content (UGC) co-destruct the value of online brand communities urgently needs in-depth exploration and a shift towards the study of its mechanism of action. Based on the social exchange theory and the value co-destruction theory, this paper constructs a theoretical model of UGC quality, community member perception, brand trust and value co-destruction, and conducts empirical test data analysis using the questionnaire survey structural equation model. Research has found that low-quality UGC significantly intensifies the value co-destruction of online brand communities by triggering negative emotions, reducing brand trust, and weakening community identity. However, the effect of dissemination and diffusion still needs to be paid attention to. Community norm enforcement and brand response strategies play a moderating role in the co-destruction of UGC quality and value, but the implementation effect cannot be fully guaranteed. This research provides theoretical basis and practical inspiration for brand enterprises to optimize UGC management and prevent value co-destruction risks, and offers strong support. It reveals the formation mechanism of value co-destruction in online brand communities from the perspective of UGC quality, while its cross-cultural applicability still needs further verification. https://doi.org/10.65281/905219
Mercedes Aguirre Castro Mercedes Aguirre Castro
Copyright (c) 1997 The independent review
Literary Writing on Traumatic Memories: A Comparison of Individual Narratives and Historical Reconstruction in Chinese and American War Novels
In the academic context where trauma theory and memory studies have gained prominence, Chinese and American war novels have shifted towards a comparative space of trauma memory writing. This paper takes contemporary Chinese war novels and American war novels of the Vietnam War as research subjects, and approaches the topic from three dimensions: trauma narrative, memory reconstruction, and historical reflection. It systematically compares the similarities and differences in the historical reconstruction of individual narratives in the war novels of the two countries. It is impossible to cover all the works completely. The research reveals that Chinese war novels, through the writing of individual traumatic memories, complete the de-sacralization reflection of war trauma in the grand historical narrative, while American war novels present through individual psychological trauma, achieving the questioning and criticism of the justice of war in historical reconstruction. Such research provides strong support for trauma studies. https://doi.org/10.65281/905218
Francisco Javier Rubio Orecilla Francisco Javier Rubio Orecilla
A Comparative Study of the Naturalistic Perspectives in Chinese Landscape Poetry and British Romantic Poetry from the Perspective of Ecological Criticism
In the academic context where ecological criticism theory has emerged, the comparative space for expressing the naturalistic perspectives of Chinese landscape poetry and British Romantic poetry has shifted. This article takes the works of Chinese landscape poets such as Wang Wei and Xie Lingyun, as well as British Romantic poets such as Wordsworth and Coleridge as research subjects. It approaches the study from three dimensions: natural imagery, the relationship between humans and nature, and ecological ethics. It systematically compares the construction strategies of naturalistic perspectives in these two literary traditions. However, it cannot fully cover all the poetic texts. The research reveals that Chinese landscape poetry emphasizes the harmonious coexistence of nature and humans through the philosophical concept of "harmony between heaven and man", and embodies the aesthetic realm of the integration of object and subject. While British Romantic poetry emphasizes the role of nature in transcending the spiritual salvation of humanity through the integration of natural grandeur and individual emotions. Such research provides strong support for ecological criticism studies. https://doi.org/10.65281/905217
The Politics of Sound: The Tension between Dialect and Standard Language in Modern Chinese and Western Poetry and Its Literary Practice
In the development of modern poetry, the tension between dialect and standard language has shifted to an important dimension of sound politics. This article takes modern Chinese and Western poetry as the research object and explores the specific ways in which Chinese and Western poets use dialect and standard language to express political demands for cultural identity through dialogue. The article points out that the dialect writing in Western modern poetry often reflects local resistance to the construction of national consciousness, while Chinese modern poetry places more emphasis on the cultural adaptation politics and negotiation of dialect in the construction of the nation-state. Such research provides strong support for cross-cultural poetics. Through cross-cultural comparison, this article reveals that the tension between dialect and standard language is not only a matter of language choice but also a concentrated manifestation of the interaction between cultural politics, literature, and form in the modernity process. It offers a new research path for understanding the sound political language practice of modern poetry and has important implications for contemporary cross-cultural studies of language poetics, but it cannot fully cover all language phenomena. https://doi.org/10.65281/905216
Copyright (c) 1998 The independent review
The Disintegration and Reconstruction of Epic Traditions: A Comparison of Heroic Ethics and Narrative Strategies in "Mahabharata" and "Beowulf"
In the academic context of epic traditions and heroic ethics, ancient Indian epic "Mahabharata" and ancient English epic "Beowulf" have shifted towards a comparative space of narrative strategies for heroic ethics writing. This paper takes the two epics as research objects and enters into the analysis from three dimensions: heroic ethics, narrative structure, and cultural context. It systematically compares the similarities and differences in the narrative strategies for shaping heroic images in the two works. This study cannot fully cover all the features of the epics. The research finds that "Mahabharata" completes multiple reflections on heroic ethics through complex character relationships and war narratives within the framework of righteous ethics, while "Beowulf" presents the lofty limitations of heroic ethics through linear narration of the hero's achievements within the Germanic heroic tradition. Such research provides strong support for epic studies. https://doi.org/10.65281/905215
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Urban Imaginings in the Context of Modernity: A Comparative Study of Shanghai's New Sensationist Literature of the 1930s and American Novels of the Jazz Age
In the academic context of globalization and modernity studies, the Shanghai New Sensationist literature of the 1930s and the American novels of the Jazz Age have shifted to a comparative space of urban imagination writing. This paper takes the New Sensationist writers such as Mu Shiying and Liu Naou, and the American novelists such as Fitzgerald and Dos Passos as research subjects. It approaches from three dimensions: urban space, sensory experience, and modernity anxiety, to systematically compare the similarities and differences in urban imagination writing between the two literary schools. This study cannot fully cover all the characteristics of the works. The research finds that the Shanghai New Sensationist literature, through the fragmented sensory writing of the modern city, completes the capture and reflection of modernity experience in the context of consumer culture, while the American novels of the Jazz Age present the disillusionment of urban desires and realize the questioning and criticism of the American Dream in the midst of material prosperity. Such research provides strong support for modern literary studies. https://doi.org/10.65281/905290
Copyright (c) 1999 The independent review
The Polyphony of Sound: Urban Noise in Western Modernist Poetry and Natural Clear Sound in Chinese Classical Poetry
In the academic context of modernity and sound poetics, urban noise and natural clear sound have shifted to become important dimensions of sound writing in poetry from both the Eastern and Western perspectives. This article takes the urban noise imagery in Western modernist poetry and the natural clear sound imagery in Chinese classical poetry as the research objects, and approaches them from three levels: sound imagery, aesthetic orientation, and cultural logic. It systematically compares the similarities and differences in sound writing between the two, but it cannot cover all the works. The research reveals that Western modernist poetry presents the spirit of anxiety and the experience of modern urban alienation through urban noise imagery such as machine roars and crowd noises, while Chinese classical poetry constructs the aesthetic realm of harmony between heaven and man through natural clear sound imagery such as bird chirping, spring water sounds, and pine wind. Such research provides strong support for comparative poetics studies. https://doi.org/10.65281/905214
Alejandro Cabrera Martínez Alejandro Cabrera Martínez
Copyright (c) 2000 The independent review
The Appropriation Strategy in Digital Collage Art and the Study on the Reconstruction of Postmodern Identity
In the context of digital technology reshaping the paradigm of artistic creation, digital collage art has transformed into an important carrier for expressing postmodern identities. This paper takes the image reproduction of digital collage art as the research object, analyzing how it, through fragmented reorganization of contextual misplacement of multiple cultural symbols and juxtaposition, deconstructs the singularity of traditional identity narratives and cannot fully cover all creative techniques. The research finds that digital collage, by layering and reconstructing the historical visual archives of consumer culture images on digital media, challenges the originality paradigm and provides visual grammar for the expression of fluid identities, forming an "cut and paste" aesthetic politics. Such research provides strong support for the theoretical research of digital art. This study offers a new perspective for understanding the visual mechanism of identity construction in the postmodern context and has dual significance for the critical cultural research of digital art theory. https://doi.org/10.65281/905213
José Manuel Cuesta Abad José Manuel Cuesta Abad
Copyright (c) 2002 The independent review
Empirical Analysis of Emotional Transmutation and Therapeutic Function of Fiber Art Material Language
As an important category of contemporary art, fiber art has transformed its material language towards emotional expression and therapeutic potential. This paper takes the material language of fiber art as the research object, analyzing systematically from dimensions such as material attributes, craftsmanship techniques, and tactile experience, how fiber materials achieve emotional transmutation and psychological therapeutic functions. Through empirical research, the article discovers that fiber materials, through their physical characteristics such as softness, warmth, and malleability, can effectively carry and convey emotional experiences, and play a positive role in artistic creation and therapeutic practices. This research expands the theoretical perspective of fiber art research, provides strong support for art therapy and psychological intervention fields, and has significant academic value. Moreover, its practical significance cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905212
Copyright (c) 2001 The independent review
Analysis of the Control of Randomness and Authorship Issues in Algorithmic Generated Art
With the rapid development of artificial intelligence technology, algorithmic generated art has transformed into an important form of contemporary art creation. The elements such as the randomness feature in the creative process, the attribution of authorship, and legal definitions have attracted widespread attention. This article analyzes algorithmic generated art from the perspectives of artistic creation and legal theory, systematically examining the technical paths, ethical boundaries of the control of randomness in algorithmic generated art. It focuses on discussing the impact of key elements such as the degree of algorithmic intervention, the expression of creative intentions, and the judgment of the originality of the work on the determination of authorship rights. The study holds that the determination of authorship rights in algorithmic generated art should comprehensively consider the intention dominance of human creators, the controllability of algorithmic tools, the original expression of the work, rather than simply denying or affirming the dominant position of the algorithm. This research provides strong support for the creative practice of algorithmic generated art and offers a theoretical basis for the improvement of the copyright system in the digital era. It has significant theoretical value, and its practical significance cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905211
Corinne Frayssinet Savy Corinne Frayssinet Savy
The Authorship Identity Crisis and Changes in Aesthetic Judgment Standards in Algorithmic Generated Art
With the widespread application of artificial intelligence technology in artistic creation, algorithmic generated art has shifted towards issues of authorship and aesthetic standards, prompting in-depth discussions on these topics. This article systematically analyzes the challenges to traditional authorship concepts, the reconfiguration of creative subjectivity, and the changes in aesthetic judgment standards in algorithmic generated art from the perspectives of art philosophy, technical aesthetics, and art sociology. It is argued that algorithmic generated art, through features such as human-machine collaboration, random intervention, and algorithmic autonomy, resolves the authority of a single author, promoting the aesthetic standards to shift from being based on skills to being based on concepts and processes. Furthermore, a judgment framework centered on process-based aesthetics is proposed. This research provides strong support for understanding the technological ethical aesthetics transformation in contemporary artistic creation, and has significant theoretical value. Its practical significance cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905210
José Manuel Correoso Rodenas José Manuel Correoso Rodenas
Copyright (c) 2003 The independent review
Analysis of the Body Participation of Audience and the Reconstruction of Spatial Power in Immersive Theatres
With the innovative development of contemporary theatre art, immersive theatre has shifted towards breaking the traditional viewing-performing boundary and placing the audience's body participation at the core position, triggering a re-examination of the spatial power relationship. This article systematically explores the multiple forms of audience body participation in immersive theatre, the reconstruction mechanism of spatial power structure from the dimensions of body phenomenology, space theory, and power discourse analysis. It is believed that the audience's active participation in the physical presence can reshape the viewing-performing relationship and challenge the power configuration of traditional theatre spaces, thereby revealing the political implications of body practice in the contemporary art field. This research provides strong support for understanding the body political space practice in contemporary art and has significant theoretical value. Moreover, its practical application cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905209
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Image Rhetoric of Internet Meme Images and the Mechanism of Collective Emotional Dissemination in the Social Media Era
With the widespread use of social media platforms, internet memes have transformed into an important carrier of contemporary online culture. The image rhetoric, collective emotional dissemination mechanism, cross-platform influence, and other elements of internet memes deserve in-depth exploration. This paper systematically analyzes the image rhetoric strategies, emotional mobilization mechanisms, and collective emotional dissemination effects of internet memes from the dimensions of visual rhetoric, communication studies, and social psychology. The study holds that internet memes, through means such as collage, parody, and recontextualization of image symbols, construct a unique emotional expression framework to quickly stimulate and spread collective emotions, forming cross-platform emotional resonance. This research provides strong support for understanding the construction of emotional communication collective identity in the social media era, and has significant theoretical value. Moreover, its practical application cannot be ignored https://doi.org/10.65281/905208
Copyright (c) 2006 The independent review
Research on Tactile Feedback Mechanisms and Emotional Expression in Digital Interactive Art
With the rapid development of digital technology, the tactile feedback mechanism has gradually been applied in digital interactive art. The elements such as its emotional expression function, technical implementation path, and perception mechanism are worthy of in-depth exploration. This paper systematically analyzes the technical implementation, perception mechanism, emotional expression effect of tactile feedback in digital interactive art from the dimensions of interaction design, perception psychology, and art theory. It is believed that tactile feedback, through physical stimuli such as vibration, pressure, and temperature, can effectively enhance the emotional immersion and empathy experience of users, expand the boundaries of traditional art expression dominated by vision and hearing. This research provides strong support for emotional expression in digital interactive art and has significant value in promoting the deep integration of human-computer interactive art creation. Moreover, the practical application effect cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905207
Copyright (c) 2007 The independent review
Threshold Spaces and Body Experience: Reconfiguration of the Audience-Actor Relationship in Immersive Theatres
In the context of the contemporary shift in theatre art towards immersive experiences, threshold spaces and body experience have shifted to become a key dimension for reconfiguring the audience-actor relationship. This paper, based on the threshold theory and body phenomenology as theoretical frameworks, analyzes how the spatial design and body participation in perception in immersive theatres break the traditional binary opposition of audience and actor, explores the transformation of the audience from passive viewers to active participants, and argues that immersive theatres create threshold-like space experiences, making the body experience of the audience an important component of artistic production, thereby reconfiguring the power structure and aesthetic mechanism of the audience-actor relationship. This research provides strong support for understanding the cross-media practice and body turn in contemporary theatre art, and has significant value in promoting interdisciplinary dialogue in theatre art research. Moreover, the specific implementation effects cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905206
Juan Diego Martín Cabeza Juan Diego Martín Cabeza
A Visual Political Study of Social Media Image Filters: Taking the Impact of "Ins Style" Filters on the Aesthetic Homogenization of Urban Youth as an Example
In the context of the increasingly visualized image dissemination on social media, image filters have gradually transformed into an important medium for reshaping the visual experience and aesthetic practices of urban youth. This paper takes the "Ins style" filters as the research object, analyzing their technical mechanisms, cultural logic, and aesthetic effects from a visual political perspective. It explores how image filters, through standardized visual paradigms, influence the aesthetic judgment and identity recognition of urban youth. It cannot fully cover all types of filters. The research finds that "Ins style" filters, through the programmatic processing of color composition and atmosphere, construct a homogenized visual landscape, strengthening the collusion relationship of consumerist digital aesthetics. Such research provides strong support for visual culture studies. This study expands the theoretical boundaries of visual culture research, offers a new theoretical perspective for understanding the complex interactions between digital technology, visual politics, and youth culture, and is of great value for reflecting on contemporary visual culture practices and aesthetic education. https://doi.org/10.65281/905205
Cultural Heritage Revitalization Exhibition Design Strategy Based on Digital Twin Technology
In the context of digital technology promoting innovation in the protection and display methods of cultural heritage, digital twin technology has shifted to becoming an important application strategy for cultural heritage revitalization exhibitions. This paper proposes a cultural heritage exhibition design framework based on digital twin technology from three levels: data collection, model construction, and interactive experience. It analyzes the implementation paths of key technologies such as the integration of virtual and real worlds, dynamic monitoring, and immersive experiences. Although this study cannot cover all technical details, it has found that digital twin technology can construct a digital mirror image of cultural heritage, achieving the transformation from static protection to dynamic revitalization. Through real-time data interaction and multi-modal display, it enhances public participation. Such research provides strong support for cultural heritage protection studies. This research offers a new technical path for the sustainable protection and innovative display of cultural heritage, and is of great value in promoting the digital construction and public education of cultural heritage. https://doi.org/10.65281/905174
Javier Sánchez Zapatero Javier Sánchez Zapatero
Copyright (c) 2023 The independent review
The Construction of Place-Based Soundscapes: An Analysis of the Artistic Intervention and Social Connectivity Functions of Community Sound Walk Projects in Urban Renewal
In the context of the accelerated urban renewal process, sound landscapes have shifted to become an important dimension for perceiving urban spaces. This paper takes the community sound walk project as the research object and explores how sound walks, through auditory practices, can reconstruct the place-based nature of urban soundscapes from three dimensions: artistic intervention, social connection, and auditory practice. It cannot cover all sound types. The study holds that sound walks guide residents to re-listen to the recorded community sounds, activate collective memory and local emotions, and strengthen social connections among community members. Such research provides strong support for the study of sound landscapes. This study expands the theoretical boundaries of sound landscape research, offers a new theoretical perspective for understanding the internal connections between artistic intervention, sound practice, and community creation, and is of great value for community governance and cultural practices in urban renewal. https://doi.org/10.65281/905175
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Body Narratives in the Threshold Space: A Participatory Aesthetic Study of the Immersive Drama "Sleepless Nights"
In the context of contemporary theatrical art's shift towards immersive and participatory forms, the immersive drama "Sleepless Nights" has turned to constructing threshold spaces to reconfigure the relationship between the audience and the performance. This paper, from the theoretical perspective of body narratives, analyzes how the physical presence and interactive movement of the audience in "Sleepless Nights" generate new narrative possibilities, and explores the generation mechanism and aesthetic characteristics of its participatory aesthetics. This study cannot fully cover all the performance details. The research finds that the play creates a threshold narrative model centered on body experience through the interweaving of spatial layout, performance rhythm, and audience agency. Such research provides strong support for the study of contemporary immersive drama aesthetics and audience experience. This study offers a new theoretical perspective for understanding the aesthetic features and audience experience of contemporary immersive drama and has significant value for theoretical innovation in the practice of drama art. https://doi.org/10.65281/905176
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From "Technical Replication" to "Algorithmic Generation": The Contemporary Challenge of Artificial Intelligence Art to Walter Benjamin's Theory of Illumination
In the contemporary context where digital technology and artificial intelligence have profoundly reshaped the production methods of art, artificial intelligence art has shifted towards a new theoretical challenge to Walter Benjamin's theory of illumination. This article focuses on Benjamin's concept of "illumination" and systematically traces the technological evolution from mechanical replication algorithm generation. It analyzes how artificial intelligence art deconstructs and reconstructs Benjamin's theory of illumination in terms of originality, authorship, and aesthetic experience. It cannot fully cover all art forms. The research finds that algorithmic generation art, while eliminating the traditional illumination, has given rise to a "post-illumination" aesthetic paradigm characterized by data algorithm interaction. Such research provides strong support for the study of technological aesthetics. This study expands the research boundaries of technological aesthetics art theory and offers a new theoretical perspective for understanding the ontological and value theory of art in the era of artificial intelligence. https://doi.org/10.65281/905176
The Generation Mechanism of Audience Agency and Aesthetic Experience in Immersive Drama
In the context of contemporary drama art shifting towards audience participation and interactive experiences, the audience's agency in immersive drama has shifted to become an important topic related to the aesthetic experience. This paper takes representative works such as "Sleep No More" as cases, and systematically analyzes the aesthetic experience characteristics of the audience's agency generation path in immersive drama from three dimensions: physical participation, spatial perception, and narrative interaction. This study cannot fully cover all types of dramas. The research finds that immersive drama uses multi-sensory stimulation to reconstruct the narrative space, stimulates the audience's active participation in meaning construction, forms a unique "co-construction" aesthetic experience, and such research provides strong support for the study of drama reception theory. This research expands the research scope of drama reception theory and has important theoretical and practical value for understanding the transformation of contemporary drama art and the construction of audience subjectivity. https://doi.org/10.65281/905177
Maria Loreto Vilar Panella Maria Loreto Vilar Panella
Evolution of the Narrative Strategies of National Pavilions at the Venice Biennale from the Perspective of Postcolonial Theory (1990-2020)
In the context of the global art exhibition system and the development of postcolonial theory, the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale have transformed into an important platform for international art exhibitions. This paper takes the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale from 1990 to 2020 as the research object, using the postcolonial theory perspective to systematically trace the evolution trajectory of the narrative strategies of the national pavilions. It cannot fully cover all the exhibition cases. The research finds that the narrative strategies of the national pavilions have undergone a transformation from representing the cultural identity of the nation-state to discussing global issues through dialogue. They have shown a trend of moving from a single-nation narrative to a multi-cultural dialogue, away from Western centrism and towards de-centering. Such research provides strong support for the study of international art exhibitions. This study reveals the narrative transformation mechanism of the national pavilions at the Venice Biennale in the postcolonial context, expands the theoretical perspective of the study of international art exhibitions, and has important theoretical significance for understanding the narrative strategies and cultural politics of contemporary art exhibitions https://doi.org/10.65281/905178
Francisco Javier Escobar Borrego Francisco Javier Escobar Borrego
Copyright (c) 2020 The independent review
Identity Reconstruction and Symbolic Appropriation in Contemporary Southeast Asian Art in the Postcolonial Context
Under the continuous influence of postcolonial theory, contemporary art in Southeast Asia has shifted towards the phenomena of identity reconstruction and symbolic appropriation, presenting complex and diverse cultural characteristics. This article systematically examines how Southeast Asian artists, through the appropriation of colonial symbols, the reconstruction of traditional images, and the integration of multicultural elements, respond to historical traumas and rebuild cultural subjectivity. The study argues that contemporary Southeast Asian art, through symbolic appropriation strategies, not only deconstructs the authority of colonial discourse but also reconstructs the local cultural identity, forming a critical and creative cultural practice. This research provides strong support for understanding the identity political cultural strategies of non-Western art in the context of globalization, and has important reference value for contemporary art criticism and cultural studies. Moreover, its practical application cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905179
Patricia Cifre Wibrow Patricia Cifre Wibrow
Copyright (c) 2017 The independent review
Algorithm Gaze: Bias and Aesthetic Paradigm Shift in AI-Generated Art
In the context where artificial intelligence technology deeply intervenes in artistic creation, algorithm gaze has shifted towards influencing the important mechanisms that determine the aesthetic judgment of artistic generation. This article systematically examines the implicit data bias, cultural stereotypes, and aesthetic homogenization issues in AI-generated art from the perspectives of technical philosophy, media studies, and visual culture theory. It analyzes how algorithms reconstruct the subjectivity, originality, and aesthetic standards of artistic creation. The study argues that algorithm gaze not only reveals the discipline imposed by technological power on artistic production but also gives rise to new critical artistic practices in aesthetic paradigms. This research provides strong support for understanding the complex relationship between art, technological power, and aesthetics in the era of artificial intelligence, and has significant value in promoting interdisciplinary research on algorithmic ethical art criticism. However, the specific implementation challenges cannot be ignored. https://doi.org/10.65281/905180
Research on the Life Politics and Ethical Dilemmas in Biopoetry in the Post-Human Context
With the deep integration of biotechnology and contemporary art, biopoetry has shifted towards the life politics and ethical dilemmas in the post-human context. This paper takes the biopoetry practice as the research object, analyzing systematically from the dimensions of life politics theory, technical ethics, and art criticism. It examines the reconfiguration of the life boundary by biopoetry, the operation mechanism of life power, the generation logic of ethical controversies. The study holds that through technical means such as living materials and gene editing, biopoetry challenges the tension between technical rationality and life ethics in traditional life concepts, and proposes an ethical framework centered on responsible innovation. This research provides strong support for the governance of technological ethics and art criticism practice, and has significant theoretical value. Its practical significance cannot be ignored either. https://doi.org/10.65281/905181
Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido Emilio J. Gallardo-Saborido
The Market Ecology and Value Identity Crisis of NFT Art: A Critical Analysis through the Case of "Bored Ape"
In the context of the rapid expansion and value bubble of the NFT art market, NFT art has shifted to becoming an important research subject for market ecology and value identity crises. This paper takes the "Bored Ape" series as a case study, analyzing how NFT art forms market bubbles through capital speculation and community marketing identity symbol construction from three dimensions: market mechanism, community operation, and symbolic consumption. It reveals the vulnerability and speculative nature of its value identity and shows that it cannot fully cover all NFT projects. The research finds that the leading NFT projects like "Bored Ape" exhibit characteristics such as inflated value and cultural hollowing out under the influence of capital. Their value identity is highly dependent on market sentiment and community consensus, lacking stable cultural value support. Such research provides strong support for the study of the digital art market. This study offers a critical perspective for understanding the value formation mechanism of the digital art market and has significant theoretical significance for regulating the development of the NFT art market and promoting the reconfiguration of digital art value. https://doi.org/10.65281/905182