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Augustus Wendell

Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Office hours Mondays 12:00-1:30pm and by appointment
Smith Warehouse A241 (Bay 11)  

Scholarly Works - Conferences


Embodied Movement and Generative Media Performance

Conference Proceedings SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Art Papers SA 2024 · December 3, 2024 This paper documents an interactive dance performance installation in an 8' cubic mesh projection volume. The work presents the difficult history of Asian American immigration and the detention facility on Angel Island in San Francisco Bay. Through a motio ... Full text Cite

Calculating Movement An Agent Based Modeling System for Historical Studies

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe · January 1, 2019 Simulating human movement and actions in historical spaces/landscapes is a complex task. It requires not only the recreation of spaces that no longer exist, but more challenging the recovery of actions performed in the past. These actions can provide insig ... Full text Cite

Learning Space Incorporating spatial simulations in design history coursework

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe · January 1, 2017 Art and architectural history education has long relied on photographic imagery. The geography of architectural history often demands an analog representation for the built form and photographic recordings have long been the widely adopted standard. In man ... Cite

Interiority & Perception in Cinema Digitally Reconstructing Space, Light, and Motion

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe · January 1, 2017 Cinematic space is ephemeral and fleeting. After capture on film, the physical space of cinema is erased as lights are dimmed, props are dismantled, old sets torn down and new ones erected. For the understanding and research of historic cinematic space thi ... Cite

Prototyping a Temporospatial Simulation Framework: Case of an Ottoman Insane Asylum

Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Education and Research in Computer Aided Architectural Design in Europe · January 1, 2016 Effectively communicating the history of a complex building site using only conventional presentation techniques can be limiting. It is a challenge to present temporal changes in the site simultaneously within a spatial framework. Whereas 2D drawings typic ... Cite