Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer

Internationally recognized artists and researchers, Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer are pioneers of interactive art. Laurent Mignonneau holds a degree in video art from the Angoulême Academy of Fine Arts. Christa Sommerer studied botany and anthropology at the University of Vienna, followed by sculpture at the University of Art and Design Linz. They met in 1991 at the Institute for Media, directed by Peter Weibel. They currently teach and lead the Interface Cultures department at the University of Art and Design Linz, Austria.

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Their collaboration has resulted in 20 interactive works, earning them numerous awards, including the Ars Electronica Golden Nica and the Wu Guanzhong Art and Science Innovation Prize from the Ministry of Culture of the People's Republic of China (2012). Their work is held in public and private collections around the world, including Hermès (Paris), ZKM (Karlsruhe), the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie (Paris), MAC Lyon, the Ars Electronica Center (Linz), the Cartier Foundation (Paris), and the InterCommunication Center (ICC) (Tokyo).