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... compared to traditional types of building surfaces. As a team of two media artists (Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer) and an architect (Michael Shamiyeh) we investigated the potential of modern media facades as membranes. In 2008 we...

The Value of Art are interactive paintings dealing with the economy of attention and value creation in the art world. When we look at prices of artworks at auctions, they often seem incomprehensible. Competing art collectors betting against each

The project “Magic Eye-Dissolving Borders” is based on the dichotomy between a positivistic participatory communication artwork and the awareness that communication per se can be superfluous and vain. “Magic Eye-Dissolving Borders” aims to challenge

This installation consists of two vintage Bakelite telephones from the 1950ies. They are placed in viewing distance to eachother. When visitors pick up their telephone receivers, dial a number and talk into their mouthpieces, their voices are

...Homo Insectus an interactive installation Developed for the Ullens Foundation © 2020, Laurent MIGNONNEAU & Christa SOMMERER Insects are an essential element of the biosphere. However, due to pollution and the widespread use of chemicals, many insect species have died...

...ANTopolis A large scale interactive media façade for public space © 2020, Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer Summary: In the interactive media façade project "ANTopolis" virtual ants invade the city. They look for human activities, crawl towards any man-made...

...Between The Lines an interactive installation by ©2014 Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer “Between the Lines (Protograph)” is an interactive art installation developed by media artists Laurent Mignonneau & Christa Sommerer in 2014 for the introduction of the new...

... concepts for children (age 4 to 10) Developed for the Centre Pompidou, Paris © 2018-2019, Laurent MIGNONNEAU & Christa SOMMERER Coleoptera is an application that enables the creation of computer animated insects through a command line terminal. The...

...Christa and Laurent Corona Diary © 2020, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau developed for the Pushkin Museum, 2020 This movie was produced for the Pushkin Museum project "100 Ways to live a Minute". It shows the artists Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau during...

...Egometer Media Archeology Installation ©2017, Laurent Mignonneau and Christa Sommerer "Egometer" consists of an antique ammeter that was previously used for teaching physics in schools. We modified this machine by adding sensors that measure the user's various body...