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Hi, my name is Ruggero and I come from Genoa, Italy. I am focused on speculation and R&D in our interaction with physical objects and digital media.
PROFILE
Strengths
Project management, programming, wiring, learning, strategic thinking, presenting
Prototyping skills
– Strong in Processing, the Arduino environment, familiar with O-o programming
– Good with HTML, CSS, Javascript, Max/MSP/Jitter
– Good at audio & video editing: Ableton Live, Premiere, After Effects, Final Cut, Screenflow
– Confident with the Adobe Suite: Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign
Languages
– Italian native speaker
– C1 level and comfortable with English
– a little Spanish and French (B1 level) with little real life practice
Education
– MA (109/110): Visual and Multimedia Communications. Iuav University of Venice, 2014
– BA (110/110): Industrial Design. University of Genoa, 2008
– Scientific Diploma. G.D.Cassini High School, Genoa, 2004
Selected Workshops
– Internet of Things: IxD Lab Venice, 2012 (Tom Hulbert, Philipp Bosch & Jens Wunderling)
– Physical Computing: CIID Summer School 2012 (David Cuartielles & David A. Mellis)
– Interactive Data Visualization: IxD Lab Venice, 2011 (Till Nagel)
– Interactive Performing Arts, Iuav University of Venice, 2011 (Klaus Obermaier)
EXPERIENCE
CIID Research
During a 3 months internship, I worked on an interactive visualization for MeLa, a EU funded project about museums in the 21 century. Together with Paolo Patelli, I carried out research about placemaking in Amager, a fast-changing area of Copenhagen. (Copenhagen, 2013)
De Simoni Contemporary Art
A gallery focused on young emerging Italian artists. For 3 months I worked as an assistant curator, assistant, press and communication designer. (Genoa, 2010)
Mamawave
Drummer, co-author, co-manager of rock band Mamawave. We published a single and two demos under Pirames International (Milan), a self-produced full-length and four videoclips. We regularly played live in different venues, mostly in Genoa and Milan. (Genoa, 2006-2010)
RECENT WORKS
Waiting before the chat room door
A speculation and an interactive installation revolving around chat rooms and their teenage users in the late Nineties and early Two-thousands. My MA thesis project.
Social City Detector (w/ Antoni Kaniowski @CIID)
A self-contained unit to visualize geo-located tweets density through audio.
(Sponsored by Intel and presented at the Rome Maker Faire 2013)
Elsewhere (w/ Sabina Begović & Valeria Sanguin)
A ghost story installation connecting an old payphone, your own smartphone and an archive of everyday people’s diaries. A forgotten place. Developed in the Interaction Design Lab.
CONTACTS
Mail ruggerocastagnola [at] gmail [dot] com
Skype ruggero.castagnola
Website www.ruggerocastagnola.com