Vertical Time in Arts

Miloš Milovanović; Irena Kuletin Ćulafić; Nicoletta  Saulig

doi:10.5937/newso2463017M

Miloš Milovanović Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
Irena Kuletin Ćulafić University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architectur, Department for History and Theory of Architecture and Art
Nicoletta Saulig Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Engineering

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5937/newso2463017M

Keywords: creativity; fractal geometry; self-organization; time operator; statistical causality

Abstract

The paper elucidates the concept of vertical time that has originated from Gaston Bachelards. The topic is elaborated in a relation to the intrinsic time by Étienne Souriau that concerns the plastic arts. It fits to the time operator formalism of complex systems whose defining feature is existence of the intrinsic time operator. The complex system model is based upon statistical causality which occurs through inheritance in the vertical temporality. The model is derived for one-dimensional signals, but it is easily generalizable to two-dimensional and three-dimensional ones. The aesthetics of verticality is demonstrated to be significant for music, poetry, architecture and film as well.

Author Biographies

Miloš Milovanović, Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts

Miloš Milovanović recieved M.S. degree in theoretical mathematics and applications from the Faculty of Mathematics, University of Belgrade in 2008 and Ph.D. degree in applied mathematics from the Faculty of Technical Sceinces, University of Novi Sad in 2013. Since 2014, he has been a Researsch Associate at the Mathematical Institute of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and a Research Associate Professor since 2022. His research predominantly concerns mathematical physics, particularly statistical physics of complex systems, fractal geometry, signal processing, neuroaesthetics, cosmology, iconography, philosophy of sciences and arts. He has published a monograph titled The Calendar Issue Regarded through a Perspective of the Orthodox Church Tradition and research articles in international journals Europhysics Letters, European Journal of Science and Theology, Complexity, Physics of Plasmas, Neural Computing and Applications, Mathematics, Entropy, IEEE Transations on Signal processing and Chaos, Solitons & Fractals.

Irena Kuletin Ćulafić, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Architectur, Department for History and Theory of Architecture and Art

Dr Irena Kuletin Ćulafić (1979), Assistant Professor at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture, Department of History and Theory of Architecture and Art. Special fields of interests is history, theory, aesthetics and symbolism of architecture and art, conservation of cultural heritage, industrial and interior design. She has been employed at the Faculty of Architecture University of Belgrade since 2005. She is the autor of one monograph book, several book chapters, and many scientific research papers in domestic and international publications. She holds academic titles Magisterium (2008) and PhD (2012) acquired at the University of Belgrade – Faculty of Architecture, and a Mastère Spécialisé en Génie des Systèmes Industriels (2006) acquired at L'École Centrale Paris in Paris. She trained professionally in Belgrade, Paris and Rome, speaks foreign languages: English, French and Italian. She works on strengthening international cooperation and education of young researchers as the head of the research laboratory „Socio-cultural context of architectural creation-Aesthetic reading“ of the UB-FA Research Center (CID).

In 2011 she received architectural international award „Ranko Radović“ for the book The Aesthetic Theory of Architecture of Marc-Antoan Laugier. She is member of several scientific and professional institutions: the Society for Aesthetics of Architecture and Visual Arts of Serbia (DEAVUS), Association of Art Historians (AAH), Association of Belgrade Architects (DAB), International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS), L'Association des diplomes de l'ensiegnement superieur français (ADEF), L'Association des Centraliens (AECP), and Associazione Consorti Dipendenti Ministero Affari Esteri (ACDMAE).

Nicoletta Saulig , Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Faculty of Engineering

Nicoletta Saulig received the M.S. degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Engineering, University of Rijeka, Rijeka, Croatia, in 2009, and the Ph.D. degree in electrical engineering from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, in 2015. Since 2017, she has been an Assistant Professor, and the Head of the Laboratory of Electronics, Department of Engineering, Juraj Dobrila University of Pula, Pula, Croatia. She received the Silver medal Josip Lončar for outstanding Ph.D. thesis from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, University of Zagreb. Her main research interests include time-frequency signal analysis, with a particular emphasis on complexity estimation of nonstationary signals, and statistical signal analysis and processing.