Teaching

I’m currently an Assistant Professor in The University of Pittsburgh‘s Studio Art Department.

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Fall 2010

The University of Pittsburgh – Introduction to Digital Imaging (SA 1270): This course is designed to introduce students to the techniques, concepts and history of digital imaging. Thoughtfulness, experimentation and curiosity will be emphasized and encouraged. SA 1270

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Spring 2010

The University of Virginia – Introduction to New Media:

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Spring 2010

The University of Virginia – Introduction to New Media:

The University of Virginia – Advanced to New Media:

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Fall 2009

The University of Virginia – Introduction to New Media:

The University of Virginia – Advanced to New Media:
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Spring 2009

Roosevelt – Visual Communication and Technology: An in-depth look at the development of visual communication from the Renaissance to virtual reality.

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Fall 2008

Roosevelt – Visual Communication and Technology: An in-depth look at the development of visual communication from the Renaissance to virtual reality.

SAIC – Multimedia Digital Imaging: Introduces the concepts, strategies, techniques, and critical issues of the digital visual image.

SAIC – Wired: Introduces the basic strategies and techniques associated with using the World Wide Web as a tool for creating art, documenting artistic research and practice, and online collaboration.

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Summer 2008

SAIC – Teacher’s Institute of Contemporary Art (TICA) co-taught with Judd Morrissey. http://www.saic.edu/webspaces/tica

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Spring 2008

Roosevelt – Visual Communication and Technology: An in-depth look at the development of visual communication from the Renaissance to virtual reality.

SAIC – Wired: Introduces the basic strategies and techniques associated with using the World Wide Web as a tool for creating art, documenting artistic research and practice, and online collaboration.





About

Aaron Henderson’s videos and installations examine the ways that humans move. Recent projects look at the personal, cultural and political ramifications of all action, from intimate gestures to displays of super-human acrobatics.

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Recent Projects

  • Again

    Single channel videos (2012) “Again” is a series of videos that observe real people doing real things. It documents the repetitive, everyday and amazing actions that structure our lives. Rope Bridge Rescue 1 minute, 4K “Rope Bridge Rescue ” is a video that documents the Fujisawa Fire Department drilling for a timed competition in which [...]

  • Lostwax – Particular

    Director of Photography for Multimedia Performance (2012) PARTICULAR trailer from Lostwax Multimedia Dance on Vimeo. About Explore the power of the flock and the quirkiness of the individual… With their signature fusion of striking physicality and high tech visuals, Lostwax’s PARTICULAR provokes, tickles, and poignantly asks “what it is to be alone in a crowd”. [...]

  • WATCH/PLAY

    Public/Online/Performance Project (2010-present) About the Project Surveillance cameras observe and record all kinds of everyday actions, but their primary purpose is to record (and/or discourage) crimes. What would happen if we used these cameras to examine other aspects of our culture, and opened their feeds up to the public-at-large? Public Performances Various locations throughout Baltimore, [...]

  • The Carnival Project – “Midway”

    Multi-channel Video and Digital Photographs (2010) About the Project “Midway” is created from footage and images captured at state and county fairs in Indiana and South Carolina. Multi-channel videos examine the impromptu performances, staged competitions and visceral revelations that attendees experience while riding Carnival rides. Sound for these videos is by Ted Coffey. The show [...]

  • STREB – BRAVE

    Projection Design for Touring Performance (2008-2010) Upcoming Shows Institute of Contemporary Art Boston, MA (October 22, 2009-October 25, 2009) Herberger Theater Phoenix, AZ (November 6, 2009 & November 7, 2009) About STREB – BRAVE is my 3rd collaboration with Elizabeth Streb, and our first to utilize responsive and generative visual content. Using video tracking and [...]

  • Dimitri, Los Angeles, 1984 (Concept)

    Public Sculpture concept (from The Unrealized Gesture Series) The proposed sculpture is a trace of an unrealized action, Russian gymnast Dimitri Bilozertchev’s Pommel Horse routine at the Los Angeles Olympics. The personal, social and political collided when the Russian team decided to boycott the Olympics, derailing Dimitri’s dreams of Olympic gold. The full scale (approx [...]

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