A recent graduate from MIT, she is currently interested in AI-enhanced interactions and sensor-augmented experiences.
Mrinalini's work extends into various interdisciplinary domains, blending art-based research, experimentation, ethical inquiry, and teaching. Her engagements with media politics, cultural envisioning, and ecological speculations constantly negotiate with the worlds she inhabits.
Get in touch:
mrinalinixsingha@gmail.com
Education
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.S. Art, Culture, and Technology
M.S. Art, Culture, and Technology
2022-24
National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad
Bachelors of Design, Film & Video Communication
2016-21
Bachelors of Design, Film & Video Communication
2016-21
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
Interactive Media Design, Exchange
Interactive Media Design, Exchange
2019
United World College Mahindra, India
International Baccalaureate
International Baccalaureate
2014-16
Recognition & Awards
ACM CHI
Student Game Competition Winner
2024
Ars Electronica
IDSA Founding Lab Student, 2023
MIT Design X
Venture Design Fellow
Student Game Competition Winner
2024
Ars Electronica
IDSA Founding Lab Student, 2023
MIT Design X
Venture Design Fellow
2023
MIT Architecture
Scholarship
Scholarship
2022-24
KC Mahindra
Scholarship
Scholarship
2022
Ford Foundation
Fellowship
Fellowship
2020-21
Dharamshala International Film Festival
Himalayan Film Fellow
Himalayan Film Fellow
2018
Research & Industry Experience
MIT Schwarzman College of Computing
Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) Scholar
Oct 2023 - May 2024
Deeplocal, Pittsburgh
Creative Technologist Intern
June - Aug 2023
MIT Open Documentary Lab
Research Assistant
Social and Ethical Responsibilities of Computing (SERC) Scholar
Oct 2023 - May 2024
Deeplocal, Pittsburgh
Creative Technologist Intern
June - Aug 2023
MIT Open Documentary Lab
Research Assistant
Sept 2022- Sept 2023
Alt News, India
Design ResearcherAug 2021 - Aug 2022
Design ResearcherAug 2021 - Aug 2022
Academic Experience
MIT Graduate Teaching Assistant
Sept 2022 - May 2024
MIT Kaufman Teaching Certification
Sept 2022 - May 2024
MIT Kaufman Teaching Certification
2023
Select Publications
Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage. Master’s Thesis’24.
Disrupting Monocultural Tendencies through Multimodal Montage. Master’s Thesis’24.
A Mystery For You: An LLM Powered Fact Checking Game with a Tangible Interface.
ACM CHI’24
with collaborator Haoheng Tang.
Re-Worldings at MIT of Beaver Terrapolis Terristories. ISEA’24.
Re-Worldings at MIT of Beaver Terrapolis Terristories. ISEA’24.
Select Exhibitions & Screenings
Forensic Artifacts of a Democracy in Crisis. Solo Show.
MIT ACT Gallery
Forensic Artifacts of a Democracy in Crisis. Solo Show.
MIT ACT Gallery
2023
Rivers in the Sky, Clouds Down Below.
MIT Media Lab
2023
Counteractions. Group Show.
Distillery Gallery, Boston
2023
Rivers in the Sky, Clouds Down Below.
MIT Media Lab
2023
Counteractions. Group Show.
Distillery Gallery, Boston
2023
Mumbai International Film Festival
2022