About - Amir Bastan
Amir Bastan is an artist and researcher with a background in fine arts, philosophy, and interaction design. His work explores
human consciousness, artificial intelligence, and robotics within media arts and interactivity frameworks.
Currently a researcher at Creative Robotics and lecturer at Kunstuni Linz, Amir’s research focuses on “The Parallel Interaction”, which examines connections between psychoanalysis theories and human-robot interaction.
Through his academic and artistic practice, Amir has developed expertise in real-time robotic control and simulation as part of The Bunraku Project, a software which enables real-time control, visualization, and simulation of industrial robots.
His interests are analysing human-robot interactions and understanding how contextual properties affect human behaviour. Amir’s research focuses on creating a dynamic framework that can observe and categorize actions within an interactivity framework, interpreting the factors driving behavioural changes in advanced interactive systems.
Besides holding guest lectures and workshops at the Art & Science Department, he further supported Theresa Hajek's Master's project.
www.creativerobotics.at
amirbastan.com
Currently a researcher at Creative Robotics and lecturer at Kunstuni Linz, Amir’s research focuses on “The Parallel Interaction”, which examines connections between psychoanalysis theories and human-robot interaction.
Through his academic and artistic practice, Amir has developed expertise in real-time robotic control and simulation as part of The Bunraku Project, a software which enables real-time control, visualization, and simulation of industrial robots.
His interests are analysing human-robot interactions and understanding how contextual properties affect human behaviour. Amir’s research focuses on creating a dynamic framework that can observe and categorize actions within an interactivity framework, interpreting the factors driving behavioural changes in advanced interactive systems.
Besides holding guest lectures and workshops at the Art & Science Department, he further supported Theresa Hajek's Master's project.
www.creativerobotics.at
amirbastan.com
Activities
- Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Linz 2025 for Noor Stenfert Kroese and Amir Bastan (November 19, 2025)Prizewinner
- Prix Ars Electronica 2024: "ZOE” by Noor Stenfert Kroese and Amir Bastan awarded the Honorary Mention (June 27, 2024)Prizewinner
- Visits to Creative Robotics at the University of Arts Linz, Grand Garage and Ars Electronica Center (May 10, 2024)Excursion to LinzWorkshop Teacher

Amir Bastan
