Heir of cybernetic art, artist and programmer, Antoine Schmitt uses programming as a material to produce installations, CD-ROMs, online exhibitions, and performances in which he confronts the public or performers with autonomous abstract dynamic systems. This work has received awards at international festivals such as medi@terra (1999), Interférences (2000), transmediale.01 (2001), video-dance (2002), Life 5.0 (2002) As a curator, jury member and speaker, he explores the theory and practice of the programmed artwork. His full biography is available at http://www.gratin.org/as/