Andrew Ringler

Curricula Vitae

617-615-9116 public@andrewringler.com andrewringler.com
andrewringler.com/cv (CV with links)

I am based in Boston in the United States. I create interactive public art installations that allow participants to create their own novel visual and auditory experiences. I challenge participants to invest time and effort learning new systems collaboratively, and through that investment receive the pride of achievement, and the joy of connecting with others.

Projects

Public and Gallery Exhibitions

2021—November

Almost Mirror

is wall mounted interactive display that encourages participants to enter more fully into consciousness the technical limitations of the medium of the full color digital display. Shown at Altered Realities produced by ArtSynergies at the Cotuit Center for the Arts from October 9th—November 13th 2021. more information. Cotuit Center
for the Arts
2021—October

Sound Squares

is an abstract interactive experience where festival goers can create visuals and sounds by interacting with a freestanding outdoor screen. October 2nd 2021 at the Somerville Ignite Festival in Union Square Somerville, Massachusetts. more information. Somerville
Arts Council
2020/2021

Union Video

curator and technical support, video projection series, outdoor public projection, 3 months, Union Square, Somerville Massachusetts. Somerville
Arts Council
2019—December

City Built

is an algorithmically generated line-drawn city skyline shown as a building facade projection November 15th 2019—February 2020 in Union Square, Somerville Massachusetts. more information. Somerville
Arts Council
2019—November

Ghost Mirror

is small wall mounted interactive screen that responds to people walking by. Shown at the Higgins Art Gallery At Cape Cod Community College as an invited guest of Scott Anderson. November 12th–December 9th 2019. more information. Higgins Art Gallery
2019—September

můjemoji

is a chat window projected on a building where visitors can chat live via a companion website using only emoji; installed for three nights in Valašské Meziříčí, Czech Republic (colloquially Valmez) during Světlo Valmez (September 6th & 7th 2019). Collaboration with Alyssa Laurel Ringler. more information. Czech Republic
2019—May

Public Radio

is a large giant outdoor working FM radio available to the public. Public Radio was conceived and designed by New American Public Art; I was responsible for all electronics and programming. Installed May 2019 in Boston Seaport. more information. Boston
2019—March

Neave Trio Visualizations

are sound responsive projected visualizations created in collaboration with Bing Lin to accompany live concerts by the Neave Trio. 3/15/2019—Longy, Cambridge, Massachusetts. 6/15/2019—Praxis Fiber Gallery, Cleveland, Ohio. more information. Neave Trio
2018—November

Slightly Structured Visual Noise

is a sound responsive visual piece installed during the Cirque Noir Houston night festival on November 10th 2018. more information. Cirque Noir
2017—November

Wellspring Fords

is an interactive projected digital river, installed for two nights in Downtown, Boston during the Illuminus Festival (November 3rd & 4th 2017). Collaboration with Cindy Sherman Bishop and Philip Gedarovich. more information. ILLumInus
2017—October

Enchanted Forest

is a magical interactive experience for all ages containing xylophones, spinny lights and singing birds. Installed for four days during the HUBWeek Immersion festival at City Hall Plaza, Boston. Collaboration with Fish McGill and Saul Baizman. more information. HUBweek
2017-August

Ignite Beats

is an interactive fire and spice themed instrument enabling participants to compose music with synchronized visuals through the manipulation of blocks on a table (iteration of Fruit Beets). Collaboration with Philip Gedarovich. Shown at the Somerville Ignite! Festival. Shown at the Clubhouse Network Teen Summit 2018, Boston. more information. Ignite!
2017—Spring

Art Screen Workshop

is two parts. First, it is a public interactive display running 24/7. Second, it is a series of free workshops where I teach students of any level how to create new interactive art for the screen. more information. CCTV
2016-December

Step to Hanukkah Lights

celebrates Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, by inviting the community to engage with an interactive menorah. Collaboration with Fish McGill and Saul Baizman. Shown at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, December 14th—30th 2016. more information. mfa
2016-October

Fruit Beets

is an interactive instrument enabling participants to compose music with synchronized visuals through the manipulation of fruits and vegetables on a table. Collaboration with Philip Gedarovich. Shown at the Somerville Agricultural Festival. more information. Agricultural
Festival
2016-September

Art Farm Fence

is an installation of art on the Somerville Art Farm fence with lasercut acrylic fruit, vegetables and signage. Collaboration with Alyssa Ringler. more information. Somerville
Arts Council
2016-April

Sequencing

adaption of Sequencing Marbles. MFA Thesis Exhibition 2016 at the Doran Gallery. more information. MassArt
2016-March

Sequencing Marbles

is real-time musical composition experience using marbles. Collaboration between myself and Patlapa Davivongsa. Fresh Media 16' at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery. Boston Cyberarts
2016-March

Macropavilion

is a public outdoor pavilion providing visitors with shade from the sun as well as an interactive LED light experience in Casco Viejo, Panama. Collaboration between myself, Valeria Lalinde and Miguel Espino. more information. Panama City
2016-Jan
Adaption of

Draw Blocks

at the MassArt Design & Media Center opening ceremony. more information. MassArt
2015-May

Draw Blocks

is an interactive table-top play and design area allowing multiple participants to collaborate in creating projected images. Patterned wood blocks act as tools within a rich and learnable visual language. Fresh Media 15' at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery. more information. Boston Cyberarts
2015-May

TinyVacay

is an experimental web-app exploring the benefits of breath. Fresh Media 15' at the Boston Cyberarts Gallery. Collaboration between myself and Amy Jorgensen. more information. Boston Cyberarts
2014-Fall

Curatorial Committee

: Gaining Perspective: A Visual History of MassArt. MassArt President's Gallery, Boston City Hall, State House, Massart Design & Media Center. more information. MassArt

Teaching

Teaching (Credit Courses)

2017-Fall

Physical Computing

: new course creation & curriculum development. Experience design for physical computing, tangible user interface (TUI), augmented and virtual reality. Undergraduate-level studio. Lesley
2016-Fall

Elements of Media

: novel revision of previous curriculums. Graduate-level studio, focused on the synthesis of tactile, visual, oral, aural and temporal information within dynamic media. more information. MassArt
2016-Fall

Web Design 1

: adapted from intro to web, undergraduate level. more information. MassArt
2015-Summer

Coding Dynamic Experiences

: new course creation & curriculum development. Learn how to articulate and communicate your ideas through the medium of software code. Topics include culture & technology, social networks, design as social practice, and data visualization. more information. MassArt
2015-Fall

Web 1: Designing and Building the Modern Web

rename from intro to web. more information. MassArt
2015-Spring

Introduction to Web Design

: adapted course from previous curriculums. Introduction to web design, communication, and development using HTML, CSS and JS. more information. MassArt

Teaching (Non-Credit & Workshops)

2018-August
3-days

Internet of Things (IoT) Co/Lab

Chennai, India

Three-day workshop on the Internet of Things (IoT) for engineering students in Chennai, India. Co-ran with Sidharth Bhatia. In collaboration with the Climber, MIT-India, IMEL@MIT.

2017-Spring
five weeks

Introduction to Javascript for Design

MassArt

New course creation & curriculum development. Learn to create dynamic interactions, animations, generative designs, simple games, data visualizations, and art with Javascript. For first-time programmers. more information.

2017-Jan
two weeks

Learn to Build Your Own Videogame with the Unity Game Engine and Microsoft Kinect

MIT

Nine day workshop during MIT’s IAP 2017. Co-led with Dr. Kyle Keane, Mark Vrablic and Abhinav Gandhi. more information.

2017-Jan
two weeks

Collaborative Design With Arduino

MIT

Nine day workshop during MIT’s IAP 2017. Co-led with Dr. Kyle Keane, Mark Vrablic and Abhinav Gandhi. more information.

2016-Jan
two weeks

Collaborative Design With Arduino

MIT

Eight day workshop during MIT’s IAP 2016. Co-led with Dr. Kyle Keane and Mark Vrablic. more information.

Engagements

2022-11-5

Workshop

with Kyle Keane titled “Techniques to Improve Participation and Experience of Persons with Diverse Abilities” at the TransCultural Exchange 2022. TransCultural
Exchange
2022-11-1

Guest Lecture

on tangible interface programming for Kyle Keane's Principles and Practice of Assistive Technology (PPAT) course at MIT. MIT
Fall—2022

Guest Artist

focused on Processing for Bing Lin's course at Montclair State University. Montclair
2022-2-8

Guest Lecture

on data visualization for Bing Lin's Information Design course at Montclair State University. Montclair
2019-2-5

Guest Lecture

on data visualization for Martha Schwartz' Beyond Resilience and Adaption: Geoengineering & Why We May Need It at Harvard GSD. Harvard
2018-June

DIAGRAM Code Sprint

Coder during weekend long “codesprint” helping to make STEM education more accessible and inclusive for all learners. DIAGRAM Center, Benetech, U.S. Department of Education, Office of Special Education Programs. Sponsored by Microsoft. Sunnyvale, California. DIAGRAM Center
2018-1-23

Git + Github

Introduction to software version control, git and github for Saul Baizman's information architecture students. MassArt
2017-11-19

xTalk

Digital Tools for Collaborative Learning with Dr. Kyle Keane, Andrew Ringler, Mark Vrablic and Ian Kim Riley more information MIT
2017-9-6

DMI TuneUp

Processing+Arduino Workshop, digital and electronic platforms for prototyping. For incoming Dynamic Media Institute students. MassArt
2016-11-19

Mentor

for HackingArts; an art and technology themed hackathon at the MIT Media Lab MIT
2016-11-10

Guest Artist

for Maker Night at Perkins School for the Blind; with Dr. Kyle Keane Perkins

Designed, discussed, interacted with two tactile instruments: Fruit Beets and Bouncy Piano.

2016-7-6

Artist Talk:

The Art of Composition or: How I Learned To Stop Programming and Love the UNIX Pipe MassArt

My art through the lens of UNIX pipes. MassArt-PCE Lecture Series. more information.

2016-7-6

Artist Talk

for Sejal Patel’s Teaching in New Media course MassArt

Inspiration, works, programming and a Scratch workshop. more information.

2015-4-14

Guest Reviewer

for Graphic Design Senior Thesis Portfolio Reviews MassArt
2015-4-14

Guest Reviewer

for Information Architecture I taught by Jan Kubasiewicz MassArt
2015-8-19

Guest Reviewer

for Prototyping Lab taught by Ceren Paydaş MassArt
2015-1-15

Lecture

: Art+Code+Medium: How Different Software Languages & Libraries Affect Your Creative Process MIT

Lecture and live-coding with audience participation. more information.

Other Teaching Experience

2017-Spring

Mentor

for MFA student Yiji He, for independent study MassArt
2015-4-5

Substitute Teacher

for Senior Degree Project taught by Jan Kubasiewicz MassArt
2014-Fall

Teaching Assistant

for Visual Language taught by Nance Davies MassArt
2015-Spring

Teaching Assistant

for Information Architecture II taught by Jan Kubasiewicz MassArt
2000—2001

Teaching Assistant

for COMP-206—operating system programming and COMP-273—assembly programming McGill University

Research

2016—Present

Designer

at Code Seal; a programming, education literacy group.
2016—Present

Co-founder & Director of Design

at the Interactive Materials Education Laboratory (IMEL) at MIT; a research group in materials science at the intersection of technology, education, design, and public engagement. MIT
2016—Present

Research Affiliate

under Professor W. Craig Carter in MIT's Department of Materials Science and Engineering. Student advising, project development and outreach. MIT

Consulting Enagements

2018

Autodesk Inventor VBA API

(Visual Basic) scripting for parts of the digital manufacturing pipeline for the Kempelen's Owls public art project.

Film Shorts (Producer / Director)

2010

Everything In Its Place

2008

Dog Fight

2007

Something About Shoes (documentary)

2006

Happy as an Oyster

1998

The Assignment

1998

The Murder

1996

The Ping Pong Showdown

1995

Gulag

Filmography (Other)

2008

Urban Jumble

animations

Awards & Grants

2019
U.S. Embassy in Prague, Czech Republic project grant for

můj-emoji

interactive projection
2017
Cambridge Arts Council project grant for

Art Screen Workshop

2016
Somerville Arts Council project grant for

Art Farm Fence

Additional Work Experience (selected)

+ ongoing consulting
2015—Present

Artist, Digital, Embedded, Physical (see andrewringler.com for projects)

Somerville
  • Digital electronic instruments design Embedded Linux, FreeRTOS, Yocto, Arduino
  • Code & web Processing, PHP, node.js, Android, Openframeworks, Arduino, Raspberry Pi & Electronics
  • Performance, event and installation of public interactive art. Software, Hardware & Sculpture
2022-Summer

Senior Software Engineer

at Scatter, Brooklyn NY Scatter
  • DepthKit development, 3d volumetric capture C++, OpenGL
2018—2022

Data Visualization Scientist

at Payette, Boston MA Payette
  • Interactive Experience design and installation. Python | Linux | Embedded
  • Data visualization, communication and analysis Tableau | Power BI | SQL | Python/d3
  • Internal & public software Full-stack React & node.js on Azure
2007—2014+

Senior Software Developer

at Icosystem, Cambridge MA Icosystem
  • Web Full-stack web on PlayFramework (Java & Scala)
  • Desktop application design and development Scala/Java/Swing
  • Predictive analytics, simulations (agent-based model), search (genetic algorithms), data analysis, data visualization
2006—2007

Owner

of Aspen Advanced Technologies, Aspen, CO; Boston, MAAspen Tech.
  • Custom home automation services (audio/video) & Scientific programming. C++, PHP
2005—2006+

Home Automation Programmer

at Electronic Systems Consultants, Aspen, CO E|S|C
  • Programming of integrated residential control systems—VxWorks, AMX, DMX, IR, RS-232, Audio & Video
2004—2005+

Systems Architect

at Think Development, Aspen, CO Think
  • Design, and programing of custom retail point-of-sale, inventory and reporting systems
1998—2004

Shorter Engagements

  • Environmental simulations; nitrogen flows, PHP—BUMP MBL, Woods Hole, MA
  • Neurological event classifier, C++—Felix Strumwasser, Woods Hole, MA
  • Research assistant, KNN, C++—Professor Robert Snapp UVM, Burlington, VT
  • Research Intern—C-Map USA, Mashpee, MA

Skills

Code
  • JavaScript, Python, Java, Scala, Swift, C, C++, C#, Visual Basic
  • Mathematica, Matlab
  • Bash, Groovy
Web
  • accessible, standards-based, responsive, full-stack (back-end & front-end)
  • node.js, expressjs, Play (Java/Scala)/PHP
  • Wordpress PHP Theme & Plugin
  • React, Vue, Svelte
Database
  • MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, SQL Server
Audio & Video
  • Processing, p5.js, openFrameworks, Max/MSP/Jitter
  • MIDI, OSC
  • screen, projection mapping (MadMapper/ofxPiMapper)
  • AR, Fiducial, QR
  • computer vison, ML, 2D & 3D sensors (Kinect/Leap)
  • SuperCollider, Tidal Cycles, sound synthesis, sound analysis
Physical
  • microcontroller (Arduino, ESP8266)
  • embedded Linux (Raspberry Pi)
  • light & led (WS2812B, APA102, Hue, DMX, 12V analog)
  • SPI, I2C, RS-232, RS-485, IR
  • communication (networking, mesh, wifi, bluetooth, IR)
  • API, IPC, RPC, UART, ADC, DAC
  • analog & digital sensors
System
  • macOS, IOS, Windows, Linux, Android
  • openCV, Unity, webGL, OpenGL
DataViz
  • Tableau, PowerBI, d3, NodeBox
Ops
  • Azure, AWS, Heroku
  • Docker, Vagrant, VirtualBox
Org
  • Agile, Pivotal & Jira
  • git, SVN, CVS
Digi-Fab
  • laser cutting, CNC cutting, plasma CNC, vinyl cutting, 3D Printing
CAD
  • Grasshopper, Dynamo
  • Rhino, Autodesk Fusion 360 & Inventor, OpenSCAD

Education

Massachusetts College of Art and Design at the Dynamic Media Institute

Master of Fine Arts in Design, 2016

Thesis: “Please Challenge, Create Fun.” (Abstract and PDF)

McGill University

B.Sc, Honors Computer Science, 2003

Papers of interest:

Other Passions

Design, drawing, Improv, acting, filmmaking, sailing, skiing, mountain biking, hiking, bouldering and trapeze.