Julien Lachal (1980, Lyon, France) is a versatile artist. As a practitioner in architecture and urbanism, he has been exploring for over 20 years the urban, climatic, and social changes within our contemporary society.
Concurrently, he delves into the poetic realm of widespread disruption as a multi-instrumentalist sound artist and experimenter, engaging in various stage and audiovisual creations. His work spans from conceptual minimalism to free-jazz.
He places the concept of entropy at the core of his work, whether through sound practice involving improvisation and field recording or through visual arts such as drawing, video, and cartography. His approach is rooted in mesology (the study of environments), which he invokes in his works concerning encounters with fragility, aiming to somehow reestablish a friendly connection with the micro-local and the living things.
ARTISTIC WORKS SELECTION :
1013 HPA
The high pressure 2 seconds circles
Solo / 2024
UPCOMING
1013 HPA
Solo / 2023-24
Autoproduction
WANDERLINES
Fictionary Maps
2024
HÉRITAGE DES AMIBES
Achille & Castor 2023
Bureau des rêveries sonores
WHITE NOISE
Solo /2023
Autoproduction
L’INFINIMENT MÊME
Comic book
2022
L’ENFANT DE L’OUEST
LIVRE+CD
Nadir / 2022
Home Records
L’AIR DE LA PHONÈ
Solo / 2020
BOOK+CD
GRANDS ENSEMBLE
Movie from Alissone Perdrix 2019
Carton plein productions
DE L’OMBRE VIENT TON MURMURE
LIVRE+CD
Nadir / 2017
Home Records
KÔ
Antiquarks / 2015
BOOK+CD
Label du Coin
WESTERN DARK SIDE
Antiquarks et Pura Fé / 2015
Label du Coin
BAL INTERTERRESTRE
Antiquarks / 2013
CD
Label du Coin
HYPOTHÈSES GAÏA
Solo / 2012
CD Autoproduction
L’INFRA
Film de Patrick Viron / 2010
Pims Prod.
LE TAS ET LA FUGUE
Short movie
Improvised music
2007 / ENSASE
L’ÉGOUT ET LES VALEURS
Movie from Adrien Rivollier / 2003
Cocottes Minutes Prod.
CONTRIBUTION
Trio Marge de Manœuvre
2000 / CD – Label du Coin
EXHIBITIONS :
Foreshadows / LABservatoire, Amitier les rivages / 2025
Foreshadows / AKUNNAAQ, Greenland /2024
L’Air de la Phonè / THÉÂTRE L’INSTANT T Lyon / 2024
L’Air de la Phonè / MONASTERY OF LA TOURETTE / 2023
TESTIMONY :
” Probably one of the most talented bands I’ve had the pleasure and honor to play with. Very different, original and brillant. And full of laughter ! They are a real ice breaker ! ”
— PURA FÉ
” The question of technique, architecture, or music stands at the very core of Julien Lachal’s thought—at times the object of critique, at others, of poetic reverie. It serves as a gateway through which the creative process opens itself to the phenomenological play of memory, and thus, to the very possibility of history.”
— S.DADOUR, ARCHISTORM
” The sophisticated arsenal of these perfectionists effortlessly elevates their first attempt into the antechamber of a masterpiece. A true muslin of contemporary jazz. ”
— R.LAPASSADE, BUZZ
” A curious work—terribly alluring, resonant. A true invitation to serenity and harmony. ”
— VERSION FEMINA, PAGES CULTURES
” Poets are generally more discreet than painters or musicians. Surrealists. From the shadows comes your whisper… invincible and unclassifiable. ”
— T.DELGAUDINNE, L’AVENIR
” A theatrical, musical, and visual work that delves into the origins of political cabaret… echoing, unmistakably, with the present moment. “
— LES MARRONNIERS
” By casting their Humanifesto of the Ordinary Body into the stagnant waters of sanitized musical productions shaped by neoliberal globalization, Antiquarks shows that other worlds are possible—worlds of hybridity, of plural, open, and dialoguing humanities. ”
— P.CORCUFF, SOCIOLOGIST
” A powerful sensitivity embodied in unique and demanding creations. ”
— A.PERDRIX, DIRECTOR
” Through its dual nature—both documentary and artistic—his work contributes to a heightened awareness of our embodied, sensory, and political condition, enriching our understanding of what it means to belong to the world. ”
— E.CURIEN, DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH AT ENSAN
” Most philosophical, Igloolik Ultima references the polar regions, exploring their confrontation with the disruptions caused by climate change.”
— C.DELVAUX, DÉTENTE JARDIN
” Free from any unnecessary chatter, the trio immediately captivates with its freshness, sincerity, and desire to step off the beaten path. Each composition shines with a distinctly joyful brilliance. ”
— F.MARCIANO, JAZZMAN