Chen Wu-Wei, PhD (Communication University of China), 2011, is Assistant Arts Professor of Interactive Media Arts and affiliated faculty of Center for Global Asia in the School of Arts and Science, NYU Shanghai. He is author of Body As Echoes: Cyber Archiving of Dazu Rock Carvings (ISPRS Archive, vol XLII-2/W5, 121-124, 2017), co-author of Digital Cultural Heritage (ISBN: 978-3030151980. Springer, 2018), articles related to smart heritage, and editorial board member of Computer System Networking and Telecommunications (2018). Prof. Chen used to work on the digital documentation of selected caves and niches in the Dazu Rock Carvings. He is currently focusing on the tangible/intangible cultural heritage of Solo, Jogia, Borobudur, Prambanan, Sukuh and in Indonesia. Research site: www.bodyasechoes.com.

Prof. Chen’s working experiences in the broadcast industry of New York, Taipei and university educator career at Hong Kong, Beijing and Shanghai allow him to conduct inter-disciplinary, cross-cultural conversations with professionals and academia. Also as a practitioner of Chinese calligraphy, he continually practices the Wei Bei script to connect with the ancient wisdom of Chinese intellectuals.

Research Interests

Smart Heritage
Interactive Info-Motion Design
Phenomenology

Specialities

Digital Heritage Imaging
Digital Sculpting
Info-motion Design

In the News

• Virtual Reality Helps Give China’s Past a Future (February 19, 2018 | SCMP)
• 数字技术让中国民众离文物“更近” (February 5, 2018 | Xinhua News)
• Capturing Heritage Digitally (February 1, 2018 | NYU SH Gazette)
• Imagining digital future of cultural legacy (January 31, 2018 | Shanghai Daily)
• 三维可视化如何用于文化遗产保护？也许以后看上海博物馆“宝藏”不用再排队了 (January 28, 2018 | Shanghai Observor)

Publications

• Kremers, Horst. Digital Cultural Heritage, ISBN: 978-3030151980. Springer, 201
• Body As Echoes: Cyber Archiving of Dazu Rock Carvings, ISPRS Archive, vol XLII-2/W5, 121-124 (2017).
• Digital Heritage and Innovative Collaborations, ACM Digital Library, ISBN: 978-1-4503-5578-0 (2017).
• Crafting for Spirituality : A Pedagogic Project for Digital Heritage, SIGGRAPH Asia 2016 Workshop, Conference proceedings (2016).
• Chen, W.-W.; Co-authors, 2009-2010 China Animation Industry Development Report, Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, ISBN:9787535644947 (2011).
• New Frontier of Digital Publishing in Creative Education, Thesis of the 1st International Conference on Publishing Industry and Publishing Education in the Digital Age (2007).

Conference and Workshop

Education

Ph.D , Communication University of China, 2011
M.F.A. Computer Arts, Savannah College of Art and Design, 2001

Courses Taught

Digital Conservation of Buddhist Deities
Digital Heritage
IMA Foundation Course
Immersive Narratives of Chinese Monuments (Spring 2022)

Languages

English
Putonghua
Cantonese
French (Level 1, Alliance Française)