Visualizing VeniceThe Biennale and the City
2015 June 1-12
VIU Venice International University
Isola di San Servolo
Venice (Italy)
Faculty: Mark Olson and Victoria Szabo, Duke University,
Senior Advisors: Caroline Bruzelius, Duke University and Donatella Calabi, Università Iuav di Venezia,
Teaching Assistants: Ludovica Galeazzo and Chiara Di Stefano, Università Iuav di Venezia
This course will teach a range of digital skills in digital mapping, 3D modeling from ground plans and photos, mobile application development, and time based media authorship to enable participants to engage historical questions with emerging digital tools. As in the previous editions of the workshop, the technologies will be taught through the use of a theme. The summer 2015 theme, “The Biennale and the City” allows for exploration of the history of the Venice Biennale from several perspectives and scales of reference: as a case study in architectural history in the Giardini and the Arsenale; as a set of exhibitions undertaken both on those sites and in more ephemeral sites around the city; as an aggregation of artistic forces hailing from around the world; and as a phenomenon with a profound impact upon the life and culture of the city of Venice itself.The workshop is addressed to Master’s- or Ph.D- level students in Interpretive Humanities (including Cultural Patrimony, History of Art, Architecture and Urbanism, History, Geography, Architecture, Archaeology, and other relevant disciplines).
