About Us
VidAmir Foundation is an interdisciplinary arts organization creating innovative works at the intersection of video, performance, sound, and emerging media.
VidAmir Foundation is an interdisciplinary arts organization founded by artists Vida Kashani and Amir Komelizadeh. The foundation is dedicated to the creation, development, and presentation of new artistic work in the fields of video art, audiovisual performance, and expanded media practices. It supports innovative forms that move across disciplines and create new ways of engaging audiences.
At the core of VidAmir is collaboration. Founded through the long-term artistic partnership of Kashani and Komelizadeh, the foundation brings together artists, researchers, technologists, writers, and makers from diverse backgrounds to develop projects through experimentation, dialogue, and shared artistic inquiry. By encouraging the productive collision of disciplines, VidAmir creates space for hybrid practices and new artistic methodologies.
VidAmir produces and presents new works in a range of contexts, including theatres, galleries, festivals, and public space. Its projects often combine moving image, sound, performance, spatial design, and interactive systems, creating immersive experiences that invite audiences to participate rather than only observe.
In addition to producing artworks, the foundation creates platforms for exchange and reflection through workshops, talks, work-in-progress presentations, and other public activities. These moments support artistic development while opening conversations around contemporary social, cultural, and technological questions.
Through its activities, VidAmir Foundation aims to connect artistic innovation with public experience, fostering encounters where disciplines meet, ideas are challenged, and new forms can emerge.
Amir Komelizadeh
is an independent filmmaker, photographer, and multimedia visual artist whose work panels across film, installation, photography and 3d works. He has a BA in Time based media from Academy Minerva in Groningen. Interested in multidisciplinary projects, he has also worked on a few projects as a D.O.P for short independent movies. He is fascinated by the transition between motion and stillness. A swinging movement between resistance and receptivity comes into the picture. In those constructed frames born out of colorful and moody lights, he studies the contradictions which define who we are.
Vida Kashani
is an independent filmmaker, writer, multimedia visual artist, and producer based between Amsterdam and Groningen. She has a master’s degree in Arts and Design specialised in Moving Image from the Sandberg institute. She is often inspired by her socio-political encounters, hence is interested in telling untold stories, focusing on issues such as gender, being a woman, and inhabitants of Neoliberal cities. She tells these stories through a poetic approach which stems from her Persian background.
Chairwoman – Kate Cooper
Kate Cooper serves as the Chairwoman of the VidAmir Foundation. She oversees governance, provides strategic guidance, and ensures that the foundation operates according to its mission and statutory objectives.
Treasurer – Henk Bothof
Henk Bothof oversees budgeting, financial planning, and compliance. He applies his professional experience in financial management and knowledge of arts organisations to ensure the foundation’s financial stability and responsible allocation of resources.
Secretary – Lola Díaz Cantoni
Lola Díaz Cantoni manages the dates and notes during meetings and internal communication. She advises on facilitating collaboration among artists and board members to support the foundation’s organisational and artistic activities in the north Netherlands.
General – Chupan Atashi
Chupan Atashi participates in board decision-making and provides artistic and strategic input. Drawing on a multidisciplinary background and shared cultural experiences from Iran, Chupan contributes to expanding the foundation’s perspective, supporting innovative projects, and connecting VidAmir to diverse artistic contexts.