Univ.-Prof. Dr. Laurent Mignonneau is a French artist working in media arts since 1992. He has a background in experimental music performance, video art, electronics and programming stretching back to the early eighties. Together with Christa Sommerer, he has created numerous pioneering interactive artworks, winning major awards in the field of Media Arts and exhibiting worldwide. Mignonneau was an artist in residence at the Institute of New Media in Frankfurt, an artist at the NCSA in Illinois, USA, an artist and researcher at ATR in Japan, an associate professor at IAMAS in Japan and a visiting professor at Paris 8 University in Paris, France. He is a professor and co-founder of the Interface Cultures department.