Digital Technologies for Historical and Cultural visualization are transforming the ways that scholars can study and represent works of art, as well as growth and change in urban spaces and buildings. Interdisciplinary teams focus on the hard questions of Digital Art History as a discipline, a set of methods, and a host of technical and institutional challenges and opportunities.
7th Edition | June 5-16, 2023
Exhibiting Hidden Histories: Bringing Art History Projects to Publics through Digital Exhibitions and XR
After six editions of two-week summer workshops introducing concepts and methods for digital art and architectural history through hands-on tutorials and collaborative project development, this edition questioned of how classed, racialized, and gendered individuals and social groups are erased in standard art histories or dealt with as difficult topics have become all the more urgent and central to our scholarly concerns. By engaging with the topic of Exhibiting Hidden Histories, the Institute took a critical approach to cultural heritage and memory. Led by representatives from Duke University and the partner institutions, interdisciplinary teams consisting of faculty and staff leaders, graduate students, postdocs, and other project collaborators gathered from June 5-16, 2023, in Venice, Italy at Venice International University, with follow-up activities taking place over the course of the 2023-24 academic year, and leading into a follow-on gathering in Summer of 2024.
Faculty
Institute Co-Directors:
Paul Jaskot, Duke University
Mark Olson, Duke University
Victoria Szabo, Duke University
Additional Faculty:
Andrea Giordano, Università degli Studi di Padova
Hannah Jacobs, Duke University
Cosimo Monteleone, Università degli Studi di Padova
Fabrizio Nevola, University of Exeter
Luca Pes, Venice International University
David Rosenthal, University of Exeter
Ed Triplett, Duke University
Augustus Wendell, Duke University (Year 2 only)
With the generous support of the Getty Foundation, Duke University’s Digital Art History & Visual Culture Research Lab (DAHVCR Lab), in partnership with colleagues from the Università degli Studi di Padova, the University of Exeter, and Venice International University.
6th Edition | June 4-16, 2018 & June 3-7, 2019
Advanced Topics in Digital Art History: 3D and (Geo)Spatial Networks
After five editions of two-week summer workshops introducing concepts and methods for digital art and architectural history through hands-on tutorials and collaborative project development, this edition focussed on advancing the field of digital art and architectural history through a combination of project-sharing, technology exploration, and academic discussion. 3D and (Geo)Spatial Networks were focussed on for this edition because it combines several overlapping areas of special interest to scholars in art history that map directly onto our team’s expertise in geospatial mapping, GIS, and 3D representation. Interdisciplinary teams of participants gathered from June 4-16, 2018, in Venice, Italy at Venice International University, with follow-up activities taking place over the course of the 2018-19 academic year, meeting again June 3-7, 2019, which operated as a writing and digital publication workshop, building upon work done over the course of the year by the project teams and in collaboration with our wider network.
Faculty
Senior Advisors
Andrea Giordano, Professor, Università degli Studi di Padova
Paul Jaskot, Professor, Duke University (Co-PI)
Workshop Leaders
Mark Olson, Assistant Professor, Duke University (Co-PI)
Victoria Szabo, Associate Research Professor, Duke University (PI)
Lecturers and Discussion Leaders
Hannah Jacobs, IT Analyst and Digital Humanities Specialist, Duke University
Ed Triplett, Lecturing Fellow, Duke University
Guest Lecturers
Paolo Borin, PhD Student, Università degli Studi di Padova
Ludovica Galeazzo, Postdoctoral Fellow (current), Duke University
Kristin Huffman Lanzoni, Instructor, Duke University
Cosimo Monteleone, Assistant Professor, University of Padua
With the support of The Getty Foundation as part of its Digital Art History initiative, The Wired! Lab for Digital Art History & Visual Culture at Duke University, the University of Padua‘s Architecture and Engineering program and Venice International University.
5th Edition | June 8-20, 2016
Digital Visualization Training Workshop: The Ghetto of Venice
The course engaged with the Ghetto of Venice on the 500th anniversary of its creation as a case study for training with a variety of technologies and applications.
Faculty
Mark Olson, Duke University
Victoria Szabo, Duke University
Senior Advisors
Caroline Bruzelius, Duke University
Donatella Calabi, Università Iuav di Venezia
Teaching Assistants
Ludovica Galeazzo, Università Iuav di Venezia
Hannah Jacobs, Erica Sherman and Edward Triplett, Duke University
Consultants
Paolo Borin, Università degli Studi di Padova
Gianmario Guidarelli, Università degli Studi di Padova
Jointly promoted by Duke University, Università Iuav di Venezia, Venice International University, Duke Wired, Duke Visual Studies, and Università degli Studi di Padova with the support of The Getty Foundation.
4th Edition | June 1-12, 2015
Digital Visualization Workshop: The Biennale and the City
The history of the Venice Biennale was explored 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.
Faculty
Caroline Bruzelius, Duke University
Mark Olson, Duke University
Victoria Szabo, Duke University
Hannah Jacobs, Duke University
Donatella Calabi, Università Iuav di Venezia
Ludovica Galeazzo, Università Iuav di Venezia
Chiara Di Stefano, Università Iuav di Venezia
Jointly promoted by Duke University, Università Iuav di Venezia, Venice International University, Duke Wired, and Duke Visual Studies, with the support of The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
3rd Edition | June 3-13, 2014
Digital Visualization Workshop: The City and the Lagoon
Participants used the city and the lagoon as a “laboratory” through which to examine questions such as change over time and dynamic process in urban and rural environments, showing how man-made spaces respond to social and economic process and transformation.
Faculty
Caterina Balletti, Università Iuav di Venezia
Isabella di Lenardo, Università Iuav di Venezia
Victoria Szabo, Duke University
With the support of The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation and the participation of UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice Office.
2nd Edition | June 4-14, 2013
Digital Visualization Training Workshop: The Ghetto of Venice
Students learned historical visualization and representation techniques through collaborative authorship of final multimedia projects. It was undertaken in close consultation with subject-area experts, and included the description of the institution of the Ghetto of Venice and densification in the XVI century, description of the process of the physical and functional transformation of the Urban space, description of the Urban relationships between the Ghetto and the rest of the city, and the description of the 'opening' of the gates: the transformation within and outside the Ghetto.
Faculty
Donatella Calabi, Università Iuav di Venezia
Mark Olson, Duke University
Victoria Szabo, Duke University
In cooperation with the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe, Venice Office, and with the support of The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
1st Edition | June 4-16, 2012
Digital Visualization Training Workshop: The Waters of Venice - Visualizing the Cistern Network
As a vehicle for training with digital technologies, the cisterns of Venice were examined, modeling water supply systems and mapping their distribution in order to understand how they determined the shaping of architectural and urban space. Workshop participants modelled different cistern systems using 3D modeling and mapping tools, and learned how to present richly annotated, time-based and interactive visualizations of our “case studies” online.
Faculty
Giorgio Gianighian, University IUAV of Venice
Mark Olson, Duke University
Victoria Szabo, Duke University
For further information: summerschools@univiu.org
