Antoine Schmitt is an artist who creates objects, installations, and situations to address the processes of movement in all of their modalities. Inspired by kinetic art and cybernetic art, and nourished by metaphysical science-fiction, Schmitt endlessly interrogates the dynamic interactions between human nature and the nature of reality. Originally a programming engineer in human computer relations and artificial intelligence, he places the program at the core of most of his artworks as a way to reveal and literally manipulate the forces at stake.
In his work, Schmitt has collaborated with professionals from the fields of architecture, music, dance, cinema, and literature, including Franck Vigroux, Atau Tanaka, Vincent Epplay, Jean-Jacques Birgé, Delphine Doukhan, K.Danse, Patrice Belin, Don Nino, Cubenx, Alberto Sorbelli, Matthew Bourne, and Hortense Gauthier. As theoretician, speaker, and editor of the gratin.org portal, Antoine Schmitt explores the field of programmed art.
Schmitt’s work has received several awards in international festivals such as transmediale (Berlin, second prize 2007, honorary 2001), Ars Electronica (Linz, second prize 2009), UNESCO International Festival of Video-Dance (Paris, first prize online 2002), Vida 5.0 (Madrid, honorary 2002), and CYNETart (Dresden, honorary 2004). His work has also been exhibited at the Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris), Sonar (Barcelona), and Ars Electronica (Linz), and in several Nuits Blanches (Paris, Amiens, Metz, Bruxelles, and Madrid).
