Ardalan SadeghiKivi

Ardalan SadeghiKivi is an Iranian artist, writer, educator, and computer programmer based in the United States. He holds an M.Arch from MIT and a B.Sc from the University of Tehran. His projects examine how computing distorts and manipulates senses and beliefs by dissecting the algorithmic-thinking threads woven into culturally contextualized systems—tracing how their protocols in relation to visual and informational structures of everyday life are manifested materially, framed by institutions, and conditioned by ideologies. He has exhibited internationally, and his recent work is included, among other places, in the Cukrarna Cultural Center, the Museum of Modern Art in Slovenia, and the Olomouc Museum in the Czech Republic. He also served as the co-editor of the 50th issue of Thresholds, MIT Press’s peer-reviewed journal of art and architecture. And, he has been the Liaison to MIT.nano, where he has played a key role in developing its premier program for integrating the arts and humanities with cutting-edge technologies and research spaces.