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
- vvvv Introduction Workshop (December 11, 2025)with Amir BastanGuest Lecturer
- radical⇌matter | INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL for ART. PHILOSOPHY. WILD SCIENCE. by Johnny Golding and Martin Reinhart (Series Editors) (December 10, 2025)Book PresentationContributor and Research
- Kunstförderpreis der Stadt Linz 2025 for Noor Stenfert Kroese and Amir Bastan (November 19, 2025)Prizewinner
- One-day excursion to Linz to explore leading institutions in art, technology, and research (May 08, 2025)Guest Lecturer
- 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
- Kinematic Dreams (April 22, 2024)Guest lecture by Amir BastanGuest Lecturer
- Visit to University of Arts Linz, Grand Garage and Ars Electronica (May 22, 2023)Guest Lecturer

Amir Bastan
