biographie/cv

What is it that enables autonomous behavior? I find it fascinating that complex autonomous behavior may result from the interaction of very simple units and from the dynamics of interaction between such units. I explore the assembly of simple units into systems and the emergence of autonomous behavior both in artistic and in scientific research.

I studied mechanical engineering in Toulouse and Dresden from 1992 – 1999. After my studies I worked for a year at Sanyo Denki in Osaka Japan as part of the Vulcanus in Japan EU-Exchange Program. Through this internship I became interested in autonomous behavior and started my Phd studies in the robotics group at the Institut for Neurocomputing in Bochum. I finished my Phd in 2009 and continued to work  as a post-doc till 2012.

 

exhibitions/performances/workshops (selection)

2012
Lab30, Augsburg
Videoex Festival, Zürich
Tik Festival, Brüssel
Interface FFT Düsseldorf
2011
Hackteria Lab Romainmotier
Clubtransmediale Berlin
2010
Node 10, Frankfurt am Main
Dokfest, Kassel
Lab30, Augsburg
Uovokids, Mailand
2009
Piksel Bergen
Performatik Festival, Brüssel
The Art of the Overhead, Malmoe
2008
Fi’art Centre Pompidou Paris
2007
Fastforward on New Media Art, Naples
Tent, Rotterdam