Vivify wants to find out if music affects how we paint. To answer this question, first we have to conduct an experiment where participants do paintings with or without music.
- The research project is run in conjunction with 30 x 30 but only in week 2 and week 3 of the challenge, i.e., June 9 – June 22
- Artists who want to participate in the experiment, will-
- Use the same images they created for 30×30.
- Paint landscapes,
- Have a GMAIL account they will use to upload images in a folder that will be made for them individually,
- Like to be a part of a research project knowing fully well, that sometimes research doesn’t come up with the expected or likable answers.
- # of participants required in all = 80
- In addition to uploading images to the Facebook group, there is extra work of renaming images and uploading them to a folder made for you.
- You will be helping me to answer the question of whether music affects the quality of painting.
FAQ
- Does Uma know what good art is?
- No. Uma does not have definitive knowledge on what good art is. Art is very personal and therefore, cannot always be compared between two persons/genres. Whatever heuristics she uses to measure 2D paintings, she will publish at the end of her study. Art is not a competition, therefore, the idea of the project is not to score one participant against another. The idea is to measure progress of a group of people with similar habits.
- I don’t want to compete, I need art to heal my soul.
- If knowing you are in an experiment makes you compete with yourself and therefore discourages you from participating in 30×30, then, do not take part in Vivify. Making art that works for you is more important than making my experiment work.
- Will I get a score at the end of the exercise?
- No.
- You will be part of a group, and results for the group will be published at the end of the project, if I have a successful metric of measurement on art progress.
- Most experiments don’t produce tangible results, so what’s in it for me?
- Feel good about investigating effects of one art over another.
- Get a chance to change the dialog in policy towards art education or work place practices. For that, first, we need numbers.
- Uma’s gratitude for believing in the cause.