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Arts & Communication On the interplay between painting and music

In addition, the proposed conceptual model may pave Acknowledgments
the way toward the design of data models and information
management systems that will support content creators None.
in various steps of the described process, from automatic Funding
identification and recommendation of such music-visual
artwork pairs (based on their registered meta-data) to This research was co‐financed by the European Union and
retrieval and processing of related digital files. Greek national funds through the Operational Program
Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation,
An important aspect not covered in this work relates to under the call RESEARCH–CREATE–INNOVATE
the tailoring of content (i.e., selected visual artworks and (project EPETAI code: T2EDK-05135).
music songs) to the characteristics of different target groups.
In the reported user study all participants were Greek, that Conflict of interest
is, had the same nationality, so the set of Artwork Cards
that we shaped was accordingly European-focused, while The authors declare they have no competing interests.
ensuring that a few Greek visual artists were also represented. Author contributions
The effects of this choice were not examined in the study,
yet a related participant’s comment has been reported, Conceptualization: Maria Vayanou
highlighting the under-representation of Greek music in Formal analysis: Maria Vayanou, Angeliki Chrysanthi,
the devised set. Cultural attributes and personal preferences Angeliki Antoniou, Akrivi Katifori
may raise different user expectations and additional studies Investigation: Maria Vayanou, Eirini Pirpasou
are needed to explore how such aspects may be effectively Methodology: Maria Vayanou, Angeliki Chrysanthi, Akrivi
considered within the content creation process. Katifori
Writing – original draft: Maria Vayanou, Angeliki Antoniou
Finally, it is important to point out that, in the mobile-
based flow of user actions presented in this paper, the Writing – review & editing: Maria Vayanou, Angeliki
Chrysanthi, Angeliki Antoniou
visual artworks essentially provide the “entry points” to the
digital experience, thus always transcending from visual Ethics approval and consent to participate
arts to music. What are the implications of this order?
Does it make the role of the artwork more prominent with The study has been approved by the Ethics Committee of
respect to the music piece’s? Would it make sense to go the the Department of Informatics and Telecommunication
other way around and scan music, as done with famous of the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
music discovery applications such as Shazam, to display (approval ID: DIT_231120_01). Informed consent was
stories about related visual artworks? Moreover, in what obtained from all subjects involved in the study.
contexts? These are some issues that we plan to investigate
further in our future work. Consent for publication
Informed consent for publication was obtained from all
5. Conclusion subjects involved in the study (some participants opted
In this paper, we present our exploratory research work not to have their photographs displayed on any publication
on the communication of the open dialogue between or dissemination materials, and their photographs are not
visual artists and musicians to a “broader audience,” displayed in this manuscript).
that is, requiring no particular interest or knowledge of
the related art fields. We describe the content creation Availability of data
approach we followed and present a six-layered conceptual The data presented in this study are available on request
model that captures the various related entities along from the corresponding author. The data are not publicly
with the relationships considered, showcasing its use as a available because they include mainly the participants’
communication and analytical tool. perspectives and opinions and the participants do not feel
Aiming to investigate the communicative effects of the comfortable to release the data on the public platform.
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