ANTOINE SCHMITT (1961) Lot n° 5

Generative Quantum Ballet 6  USB Key and Generative artwork NFT The USB key is made of metal and comes in a box. Each of the edition of 50 is different, a unique unpredictable variation of the generative Smart contract adress : https://polygonscan.com/address/0x2953399124f0cbb46d2cbacd8a89cf0599974963 Antoine Schmitt Installation artist Antoine Schmitt creates artworks in the form of objects, installations and situations to address the processes of movement in all of their modalities, and question their intrinsic conceptual problematics, of plastic, philosophical or social nature. Heir of kinetic art and cybernetic art, nourished by metaphysical science-fiction, he endlessly interrogates the dynamic interactions between human nature and the nature of reality. Originally programming engineer in human computer relations and artificial intelligence, he places the program, a contemporary artistic material and unique by its active quality, at the core of most of his artworks, to reveal and literally manipulate the forces at stake. As theoretician, speaker and editor of the gratin.org portal, Antoine Schmitt explores the field of programmed art. Awards in international festivals Transmediale (Berlin, second prize 2007, honorary 2001); Ars Electronica (Linz, second prize 2009); UNESCO International Festival of Video-Dance (Paris 2002); Vida 5.0 (Madrid, honorary 2002); CYNETart (Dresden, honorary 2004); medi@terra (Athens, first prize 1999); Interférences (Belfort, first prize 2000). Exhibitions Centre Georges Pompidou (Paris); Musée des Arts Décoratifs (Paris); Sonar (Barcelona); Ars Electronica (Linz); CAC of Sienna (Italy); Musée d'Art Contemporain de Lyon (France); Nuits Blanches (Paris, Amiens, Metz, Bruxelles and Madrid). Collected by Foundations Artphilein (CH); Fraenkel Foundation (USA); Meeschaert (FR); Société Générale (FR); Espace Gantner (Bourogne, FR); Cube (IssyMx, FR); Paris Municipal Contemporary Art Fund (FMAC)... The Generative Quantum Ballets are infinite generative visual artworks, each one staging a choreography of a crowd of pixels displaying apparently arbitrary and independent movements, but all actually programmed by the same quantum-type equation. This global underlying organisation manifests itself from time to time through unexpected and fugacious alignments or groupings, which the eye barely has the time grasp, with awe and delectation. This series of artworks deals with the invisible forces at stake behind complex systems, like particles, peoples or societies. Each mint uses the mint token to create a unique Generative Quantum Ballet, with a unique quantum-type equation, number of pixels and size of pixels. It is a unique script, leading to unique patterns, compositions and dynamics. Each of the edition of 50 is thus different, a unique unpredictable variation of the generative matrix. Some dynamics may be rare and surprising.