Originally from Tehran, Iran, Mazi Javidiani has received his Bachelor in Fine Arts in new media arts and cinema from Concordia University. He is currently an active researcher at the SenseLab, a Montreal Based research-creation lab run by Erin Manning and Brian Massumi. Mazi's work is composed primarily of new media narrative installations based on new cognitive philosophies and traditional Sufi and Buddhist practices. Mazi has also been an active film writer, specializing in Deleuzian philosophies, formal approaches, and Middle Eastern cinema.