Amir Bastan (born 1991) is a new media artist with a background in fine arts and philosophy. His work explores the gap between the conscious and the unconscious. He realises his works by designing narratives through real-time processes. Bastan completed a fine arts degree at Sooreh Art University in Tehran and later a Master's in media arts at the University of Arts Linz, where he is currently pursuing a PhD in Creative Robotics.[1] His projects include The Human Robot Transference, which explores psychoanalytic themes in robotics,[2][3] and The Bunraku Project, a platform for real-time robot control and visualization.[4][1]

Bastan's installations have been exhibited internationally,[1][5] including contributions to the Ars Electronica Center and Festival in Austria, where he has presented works on human-robot interaction and media arts.[6][7][8][9][10][6][11]Other exhibitions include the 2013 International Film Festival Rotterdam, featuring his early work Worn Out Mirrors,[12] and Festival X in Dubai, where he exhibited Vanishing Mediator, led workshops, and moderated panels.[13][14]

Bastan's work has received awards, including an Honorary Mention from Prix Ars Electronica (2024) for ZOE, created with Noor Stenfert Kroese,[15][16] and the Media Architecture Biennale (MAB) Award for ZOE in 2023 in the category Future Trends and Prototypes.[17][18] He also contributed to the KUKA Innovation Award and received the Austrian Federal Sustainability Award as part of the Fashion & Robotics team.[19][20]

Bastan is also a lecturer at the University of Arts Linz and the NODE Institute in Berlin.[21][22] His research has been published in venues such as IEEE VR and SIGGRAPH Asia.[23] His artworks have been referenced in studies on augmented and postdigital spaces, contributing to discussions in new media and digital arts.[24]

In addition to his artistic and academic work, Bastan has presented at various cultural and innovation platforms, including WAAG Futurelab in Amsterdam as part of the VOJEXT EU and S+T+ARTS artist talks,[25][26][27] Theater Rotterdam's The Unknown Sessions,[28] and Innovation Hauptplatz Linz as part of the SciEnCity initiative.[29]

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  2. ^ "SPLIT SUBJECT – Creative Robotics".
  3. ^ "GAZE: About Looking and Being Looked At". August 17, 2023.
  4. ^ "Kunstuniversität Linz: Moradi Bastani Amir". www.kunstuni-linz.at.
  5. ^ www.no1.com.tw, Design by 中壹資訊. ""BECOMING HUMAN IN TIMES OF POST-HUMANISM" Taiwan × Austria Collaborative Exhibition and Symposium". kdmofa.tnua.edu.tw.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ a b "the shell". Out of the Box.
  7. ^ "pinocchio". June 28, 2019.
  8. ^ "ZOE". August 1, 2023.
  9. ^ "FadingColours – Ars Electronica Center".
  10. ^ "As promised". Out of the Box.
  11. ^ "From the Past We Love, to the Future We Need". Ars Electronica Export.
  12. ^ "Worn Out Mirrors". IFFR EN.
  13. ^ "FESTIVAL X | 2022".
  14. ^ "FESTIVAL X | 2023".
  15. ^ "Prix Ars Electronica 2024". calls.ars.electronica.art.
  16. ^ "ZOE • Noor Stenfert Kroese". Noor Stenfert Kroese.
  17. ^ "MAB Awards – Media Architecture Biennale 2023".
  18. ^ "Winners of the Media Architecture Biennale 2023 Awards". ArchDaily. September 28, 2023.
  19. ^ "team".
  20. ^ "Sustainability Award – Forum Umweltbildung". www.umweltbildung.at.
  21. ^ "ORCID". orcid.org.
  22. ^ "Amir Bastan – NODE".
  23. ^ "Amir BASTAN | Researcher | Kunstuniversität Linz, Linz | Creative Robotics | Research profile".
  24. ^ "(PDF) Postdigital augmented spaces: A conceptual framework".
  25. ^ "Amir Bastan | Kinematic Dreams". amirbastan.com.
  26. ^ "Vojext – Collaborative mobile cobots". vojext.eu.
  27. ^ "S+T+ARTS".
  28. ^ "The Unknown Sessions — Productiehuis Theater Rotterdam". www.theaterrotterdam.nl.
  29. ^ "Sciencity - die Brainstage / Wissenschaft im öffentlichen Raum am Hauptplatz Linz". Innovationshauptplatz Linz.