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Ruth Ron |
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Spatial Installations |
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| ScreenWall at 'Liquid spaces' exhibition- the Israel Museum,
Jerusalem, 2004 [with Inbar Barak] >publication>1< >2< >Museum's site< Interactive installation using live network cameras |
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| WallFold New York, 2003 >at UbiComp conference, Seattle,
10/2003< Dynamic architectural element, using motors and microcontrollers |
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Screen++ New York, 2002 [with Inbar
Barak] |
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| SmoothWall
New York, 2002 Interactive 3D installation, using sensor and live video feed |
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| FluxSpace Ross Gallery, New York
1999 [with R. Weissenboeck, A. Maeda, G. Riether] Interactive 3D Virtual/Real environment |
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| Windows
2002 [with Inbar
Barak] Interactive video installation proposal, using sensor and live video feed |
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| Interactive Installation Proposal A projected virtual room is deforming according to the viewer's body position. | ||
| Interactive Video Installation proposal using touch screens | ||
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Spatial Interface |
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| Digital
Phoenix- Interactive Tactile Interface
[with Dan Collins, Dianne Hansford, Yoshihiro Kobayashi, John McIntosh, Karen
Bullis, Al Simmon] presented at SIGGRAPH, Boston, 2006 |
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Interactive Tactile Topographic Interface
[with Dan Collins and Dianne Handsford] |
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'Visible City' [with Dan Collins and Dianne Hansford] Using Augmented Reality, Mobile Computing, and 3D Simulated X Ray Models to Visualize and Navigate Downtown San Jose Proposal for ISEA conference in San Jose, 2006 |
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| Tagging the city [with Karen Bullis] A web- based urban community site proposal, 2006 | ||
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Web-based Interface |
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| Volume
2002 >second prize< La Villette
Net-Art competition [with Inbar Barak] Audio game, programmed in ActionScript-Flash >publication>1< >2< >site< |
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| Skyylophone 2003
>'runner-up' winning entry< [with Inbar
Barak] Flash animation for Skyy-Blue competition, with sound >link to site< |
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| Shape_it 2002 Computer game, programmed in Lingo-Director |
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| FieldCondition 2002 Interactive interface, programmed in ActionScript-Flash |
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SmallTalk 2001
Interactive interface, using lingo-Director |
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| 3D Navigation
Space
2000 Navigation in virtual space using Maya, QTVR |
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Work Experience |
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University of Florida 2007 - present |
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| University of Florida 2006 - 2007 Visiting Assistant Professor, School of Architecture |
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Arizona State University 2005 - 2006 > Exhibit Design and Visualization |
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| Arizona State University 2004 - 2005 Visual Designer for 3D research lab PRISM and immersive visualization Decision Theater |
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| Apartment Design and Renovation Tel Aviv, Israel,
2004 Independent project, design and construction drawings |
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Eyebeam
Atelier NY, USA 2003 |
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| LOT-EK Architecture: Ada Tolla & Giuseppe Lignano, NY, USA 2001-2003 | ||
| >> Project Architect - design competition for a 'Telematic Table' - inetractive table interface for the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis, Minnesota) | ||
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Project Architect - design of a bus stop for ESPN,
including 3D modeling and an interactive flash
presentation |
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Project architect for 'Art Basel' video lounge at Miami Beach
2002 |
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| >> Developed a proposal for 'New World Trade Center' exhibition, presented as a digital animation on DVD [presented at Venice Biennial 2002] | ||
| >> Team architect for the design and 3D modeling of several domestic and International competitions and projects. | ||
| Asymptote Architecture: Hani Rashid & Lise Anne Couture, NY, USA |
2000-2001 | |
| >> Project architect on creation of virtual TV studio for broadcasting from 3D model of the NY Stock Exchange. The set design included scale, color, texture, information and interaction with human reporter/guest | ||
| >> Team architect on 'Guggenheim Virtual
Museum' creating 3D exhibition space for traditional and
digital art, part of a web-based 3D virtual museum. Creating 3D models and
animation using 'Maya'. |
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| A.Gottesman Architecture, Rishpon, Israel >> Team architect for a residential house, design and working drawings. >> Team architect for Kabri Museum of Contemporary Israeli Art. >> Served as chief modelist for firm |
1997-1998 | |
Public Housing Authorities, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
1997 | |
| Shamai Assif,
Architecture and Urban Designers, Ramat-Gan, Israel >> Developed general plan for government office complex in Tel-Aviv >> Assisted developing a master plan for the city of Ramat-Gan, Israel |
1996-1997 | |
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Education |
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Master of
Science in Advanced Architectural Design |
2000 | |
| >> Participated in paper-less studios: theoretical and
conceptual design of virtual spaces and computer-generated dynamic design
process. |
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| >> Focus on 3D and interactive design software. | ||
| MPS in
Interactive Telecommunications New York University - Professional Degree in Interactive New Media |
2003 | |
| >> Focusing on Physical Computing using sensors and chips to encourage human interaction with the computer. | ||
| >> Experience with programing in Director and Flash ,editing of Digital Video and Web 3D software | ||
| Bachelor in
Architecture Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel >> 1997 - Professional work exchange program in Belfast; design of housing projects in Northern Ireland. >> 1995 - Served in an affiliation task force, as a delegate of the Technion to the Bauhaus Institute in Dassau, Germany. >> Final project - a model for an ecologically sustainable neighborhood in Jaffa. |
1998 | |
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Lectures and Reviews |
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| >> VDC- Virtual Design and Construction Conference, paper presentation | 2008 |
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| >> ACSA Architecture in the age of Digital Reproduction Urbana,IL, session moderation+ 2 papers presentation | 2008 |
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| >> ACSA National conference, Huston,TX Paper presentation |
2008 | |
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Architecture- Students Final Reviews Georgia Tech - school of architecture |
2007 | |
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>> ACSA
'City/Campus' conference, Canada |
2007 | |
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'HYPERPOLIS really useful media' conference - Polytechnic
University, NY Paper presentation - 'The Architecture of Information' |
2006 | |
| >> SIGGRAPH (computer graphics) conference, Boston Presentation of 'Tactile Urban Interface', Guerilla Studio |
2006 | |
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>> 'the upgrade',
Lecture about recent work, |
2006 | |
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Architecture- Students Final Reviews, 4th year Technion, Israel institute of technology, Israel |
2006 | |
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Architecture- Students Final Reviews, 4th year Bezalel, school of architecture, Israel |
2006 | |
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Architecture- Students Final Reviews M. Arch Arizona State University |
2006 | |
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>> Arizona
State University - School
of Design |
2004 | |
| >> Bezalel Academy of Art, Israel- presentation to the student body following the exhibition 'Liquid Spaces'. |
2003 | |
| >> Parsons
School of Design - Architecture Department Guest seminar - 'American Suburbia' in contemporary art and architectural theory |
2002 | |
| >> Columbia University- Teaching Assistant |
2000 | |
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Technion - Teaching assistant for a summer design studio in New York,
Professor Raphael Segal |
2000 | |
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Science Museum- Israel served as a guide for school students in scientific exhibition |
1995-1996 | |
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Writings |
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| Work in progress | ||
Three Dimensional Discharging Structure of a Mountain Thunderstorm, William W. Hager, Beyza Caliskan Aslan, Richard G. Sonnenfeld, John D. Battles, Michael T. Holborn, and Ruth Ron, |
2008 |
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>> Digital Murals- spatial manipulation from the Renaissance to New Media - expanded research |
2009 |
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>> An interactive wall installation with biofeedback sensors input, Submitted to CADDRIA 2009 Taiwan, pending |
2008 |
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>> Introducing dynamic scale in virtual space [with Gernot Riether] Submitted to IADIS e- Society 2008 |
2007 |
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| Published | ||
>> 2008 Digital landscapes- explorations of the interface between data and nature, presented at VDC- Virtual Design and Construction Conference |
2008 |
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>> Digital Murals- spatial manipulation from the Renaissance to New Media [with Or Ettlinger] |
2008 |
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| >> Digital Analysis of classical Architecture Submitted to ACSA 2008 Fall Conference, presented |
2008 |
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>> 'The Phoenix Tactile Interface System' [with Yoshihiro Kobayashi], Presented at the ACSA Cantral 'Campus/City' conference, 2006 and ACSA National Conference |
2007 | |
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>> 'The
Architecture of Information' |
2006 | |
| >> 'Wall_Fold- The space between 0 & 1' UbiComp conference Proceedings, Seattle, Washington |
2003 | |
| >> Reaction
of the Architecture scene for 9/11 events in New York STUDIO Art and Architecture Magazine, Israel |
2002 | |
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>> Architecture in
constant flux: an interview with Hani Rashid [with Roy Kozlovsky] |
2000 | |
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Press |
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| >> ARCHISTORM
magazin, Paris, France article: "archi exp : l’archi-navigation de ruth ron" |
April
2007 | |
| >> Ynet.com -
Yediot Aharonot, Israel article: "çîùú äîåôìàéí" |
2003 | |
| >> http://www.ilmuseums.com/ article: "Liquid Spaces: Digital Works by Five Israelis" |
2003 | |
| >> Paris,
France article: "Tranches de Net-art a La Villette" |
2002 | |
| >> http://www.wired.com/ article: "Digital Art With Je Ne Sais Quoi" |
2002 | |