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UNIVERSITY EDUCATION: ·
Cambridge University, UK Cinematic Aided Design, sensory and
gestural analysis of movement in architecture and urban spaces, cinematic
mapping, Microstation, Rhino3D, algorithmic cinema. sound
synthesis, Haptic and sensory research into moving image and architectural
representation working with Dr. Francois Penz; Video, augmented reality,
aerial photography and film,, and graphical programming analysis of motion in
architectural space. PhD Thesis - Archigesture as Spatial Dynamic Analysis
of Urban and Architectural Time-Space. ·
University of California, Berkeley Environmental Design, 3D computer graphics
and digital media, through utilizing 3D Studio Max, Microstation, Rhino3D,
AutoCAD, algorithmic design. electroacoustic research into sight and sound
synthesis at Centre for New Music and Audio Technology (CNMAT), Berkeley;
involving interactive music systems and MIDI programming using MAX/MSP.
Advance Independent studies in Architectural and sensorial designs for the
environment such as public space. MA Thesis - Sound and Vision: A
Cross-Synthesis in Sensual Perceptions. ·
San Francisco State University : Bachelor of Fine Arts,
emphasis in photography, and multimedia, BA 1993 Fine Arts : mixed–media, painting, drawing,
large format photography, print making, sculpture, installation and site
specific work, music theory, computer arts & multimedia, electroacoustic
music. During undergraduate studies I was engaged in numerous
exhibitions of my works on and off campus, as well as proposals for public
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PUBLICATIONS: Soltani,
A. (2011), Archigestural Time Space: an
Archaeology of Embodies Lived Space, (unpublished). Soltani,
A. (2011), Embodied Airborne Imagery:
Low-Altitude Urban Filmic Topography, (unpublished). Soltani,
A. (2010) Sensations of Nanning, Nanning
Urban Planning Bureau Conference, China, Nov. 2010. ArchFilm
Matinee: Urban Cinematics (2010),
Haptic Mapping of the City, Filmcasino, Vienna, Austria, Sept. 2010. Soltani,
A. (2010), Mapping Architectural
Appearances, Affects, and Amodality, City in Film Conference university
of Liverpool, Feb 2010. Soltani, A. (2009), Haptic
Cinema: As Sensory Interface to the Filmic City, Narrascape Conference, University of
Cambridge, Dec 2009. Soltani, A. (2009), Cinesensory:
A Filmic Model for Reconstruction of Contested City from Haptic Memories,
ISEA
2009, Belfast, Northern Ireland, Aug-Sep 2009. Soltani, A. (2009), Panohaptic
Interface for Architectural Moving Image and Filmic Improvisation, EVA
2009 London, July 6-8 2009. Soltani, A. (2009), AR
Webcams: the Tangible Space of Visible and Invisible in Video, Video
Vortex 4, Split, Croatia, May 2009. Soltani, A. (2008), Cinesensory:
A Filmic Design for Mapping Urban Sensorial, Design Cinema
Conference 08 Design-en-scène, Istanbul, Turkey, Nov 2008. Soltani, A. & Probst, N.
(2000), Codecity: incrementing = true, 5th International Festival for Architecture in Video, The
Future & the City; Florence, Italy, Dec 2000. Soltani, A. & Ng, K.
(2000), Transdomain Mapping, 33rd
Royal Music Association (RMA) Conference, University of Huddersfield, 6-9 Jan
2000. Soltani, A. & Probst, N.
(2000), Softbodies/Softidentities: Transactions, ISEA 2000,
short-listed project. Member of CUE Cambridge University Entrepreneurs. Member of
ICSRiM - Interdisciplinary Centre for Scientific Research in Music,
University of Leeds, Department of Music. Margaret Whitmarsh Scholarship 1999. UC Berkeley Design Fellowship Award, 1998. UC Berkeley Block Fellowship Awards,
1997-98. |
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SELECTED PROJECTS: Aerial Filmic Mapping of
Trumpington Street (2010), research film. ArchFilm Matinee: Urban
Cinematics (2010), 5 films screening. Chronocinematographic
(2010), short film. Framing Motion in Belfast
and Tehran (2010), short film for SMIBE. Amodal
Mapping (2009), Cinesensory
research. Cinesensory projects (2007-present), research. Filmic Psychogeography of
Travel Space (2009), new media
film. Vacant Memories, Interactive Narrative (2009), on-line film. Panohaptic (2008), AV installation. 3+1 Dimensions in Filmic
Space (2009), film. Motion in Cinema and
Architecture (2006), CD. Tehran Kargar St./Enghelab Sq. project (2005), CD. Woolwich Expert Mapping project (2004), competition. Hackney InfoCafe Intervention, Shared spaces project (2004), design competition. SportCentre (2003), design competition. East: A Musical Matrix (2001), competition AV installation. Gallery 14: Memory Slices (2001), competition AV installation. Trans-domain Mapping (2000), AV research. Muted Multiplicity (1999), AV installation. Musical Matrix (1999), thesis experiment. Resolution, for ICA, University of California Inter-Campus
Arts (1999), competition AV installation. Scheme I & II (1998), painting installation. KinetiCubes and Scroll
(1993-95), painting and drawing. Temporal Site & Signs (1991), site specific photographic. |
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WORK EXPERIENCE: · Supervision of undergraduate architecture
student in CAD and 3D modelling at the Cambridge University. · Committee member of CUE Cambridge University
Entrepreneurs. · I am a researcher at university level and
working on various projects such as Cinesensory and Archigesture with an aim to create a
non-linear blend in design platforms in architecture, arts, and
technology. · Since 1991 I have been a
freelance designer and consultant working from my studio, called metrowave.
· Dec. 1997 to summer
1999 I have been an architectural archivist technician at the Documents
Collections in College of Environmental Design (CED), Department of
Architecture and Design, University of California, Berkeley. My duties
involved sorting and archiving the big part of the permanent collection. This
was a rewarding experience into the history of architecture in California and
people who made it happen. · 1998 and 1999 I was a
computer instructor at award winning College for Kids Program, Contra Costa
Community College, California. There I took on two classes of 23 students
ages 12 to 18. I had a basic IT curriculum with emphasis on computer graphics
and Web design. · 1997 to Sep. 1998
while in graduate school I worked as a guitar and music instructor at ALMA
(Academy of Language and Music Arts), a small private school for music and
language in Orinda, California. My course involved basic guitar playing
theory and electric guitar set-up. I also helped establish an electroacoustic
studio. · Other jobs: while I was an
undergraduate student I have worked several times in Kodiak Island, Alaska.
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