1 Oct 2014 – 10 May 2015
Frankfurt, Germany / Tehran, Iran
Half a year later they met again in Frankfurt, Germany for the NODE15 Forum. During their residency in Frankfurt, Amir Bastan and Georg Scherlin developed a series of commissioned collaborative works for NODE15’s exhibition ‘The Future of the Informed Body’.
‘Circular Piece (Square)’ is an audio-visual installation exploring the realms of bodies in space through running. Working in the basis Projektraum for the last two weeks, their performative practice in front of a camera was shown in the same space, drawing attention to the changes and shifts that technology applies to the representation of the human body.
Developed artworks within the residency program
‘I’m so glad to tell you’
Interactive AV installation
‘Circular Piece (Square)’
AV installation
About the artists
Amir Bastan
Linz, Austria
baxtan.xyzAmir 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 doctoral researcher at Creative Robotics and lecturer at Kunstuni Linz, Amir’s research focuses on “The Human Robot Transference,” 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.
Currently a doctoral researcher at Creative Robotics and lecturer at Kunstuni Linz, Amir’s research focuses on “The Human Robot Transference,” 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.
Georg Scherlin
Berlin, Germany
ggeeoorrgg.netGeorg Scherlin (*1985) is a visual artist based in Berlin. For his work, he’s reflecting observations of everyday situations with notes, recordings, and, if necessary, with his body. His artistic practice is based on re-assembling those impressions into a wide range of media including sculptures and (interactive) video installations, drawings and texts. Using technology and diverse material as the narrational source, he creates moments in which fiction and reality are blurring together
Additional residency program
Artist talk & panel discussion
at NODE15’s exhibition (Germany)
Further artwork at TADAEX (Iran)
Georg Scherlin produced and presented his new artwork ‘Slide Projector Orchestra’ at TADAEX 2014.
About the artist residency
The TADAEX/NODE Exchange Program was founded in 2014 to establish a personal connection between the media arts scenes in Iran and Germany. It provides a unique opportunity for collaboration in different environments at home and abroad, supports a growing understanding of different artistic approaches and sets the ground for an intercultural reflection on research and creative practice in Iran and Germany.
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