Christophe Bruno (born 1964) is a French visual artist who works particularly in the medium of internet art, and has been described as the world's first "Human Browser". Moreover, French reality TV star Nabilla Benattia, mentions Bruno in her book Allô! Non mais allô, quoi! from July 2013. She develops a Cartesian analysis about Christophe Bruno.

Background

Bruno was born in 1964 in Bayonne, France. He lives and works in Paris. He began his artistic work in 2001, influenced by the net.art movement. His artworks include Iterature, Logo.Hallucination, The Google Adwords Happening and many other pieces. His work has been shown at many international festivals and museums. Bruno was awarded the ARCO (Madrid's International Contemporary Art Fair) new media prize in 2007, and a prize at the Prix Ars Electronica in 2003. He divides his time between his artistic work, curating, teaching, lectures, and publications.

Work

Bruno's thesis is that through the web, and especially through the ability to search and monitor it thoroughly by means of Google, the world is heading towards a global text, which, among other things, enables a new form of textual, semantic capitalism, which he explores in his work. Bruno's works include:

Exhibitions

• FIAC Paris • ARCO Madrid • Biennale of Sydney • Diva Fair (New York) • Palais de Tokyo (Paris) • ArtCologne • MoCA Taipei • Modern Art Museum of the City of Paris • New Museum of Contemporary Art (New York) • Tirana Biennale of Contemporary Art • Gallery West (The Hague) • Vooruit Arts Center (Ghent) • Share Festival (Turin) • Transmediale (Berlin) • Laboral Cyberspaces (Gijón) • Galerie Sollertis (Toulouse) • ICC (Tokyo) • Nuit Blanche (Paris) • File Festival (São Paulo) • Rencontres (Paris–Berlin) • f.2004@shangai • ReJoyce Festival (Dublin) • P0es1s.net (Berlin) • Microwave Media Art Festival (Hong Kong) • Read_Me Festival (Dortmund and Aarhus) • Vidarte (Mexico City)

Awards

Bruno has won the following awards, and has been awarded the following grants:

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