Julien Menzel

Active since : 2010
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Julien Menzel is a French and German artist who studied architecture. Coming from Lyon, the city of « fete des lumieres » (Light festival), he works with light, pixels and optical art. From his work on a small scale with its dichroic canvases, to monumental scenographic installations, his creations invite us to dialogue with the existing, and to immerse ourselves in luminous spaces.

Since 2012, his artistic works use light as a main topic in interactive structures, canvas, augmented painting and scenography. 

Light installations and interactivity

Sculpting light, playing with it, to build immerise and interactive installations, defines Julien Menzel’s works. With the help of videomapping tools or led driving softwares, his creation are always trying to disturb the spectators senses, The light project are an invitation to get lost and immersed in lights and get actors of this art pieces.

Acrylic

Presented as paintings, these acrylic pieces, sculpted with variable color tints, reveal their real appearance as the light shines. They range from anamorphic drawings of animals to abstracts forms.

Video Mapping

As seen by an architect, mural mapping is always a perfect mix between the history of the local site, the right topics, and a bit of the humorous Blastian style of his crew. His works have different sizes from small mural projects to 3 facades covered by 800m2 of videomapping.

Augmented drawings

As a dialog between digital and reality, like playing with senses, augmented drawing is aiming to erase the digital frontier between pigments and pixels. Giving drawing a new kind of kinectic life, Julien Menzel is mixing drawing, painting, videos sources and 3d objects with the help of tools like projectors, videomapping and led lights. From the size of a canvas to gigantic murals, this technique is giving a bit of charm to the standard art of mural mapping.

Contact
http://mrzl.fr/
Lyon (69004), France
I speak French, German, English
Update : 15/05/2024
Interview X Manager - Oulu Light Festival
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Artworks

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Other projects that showcase our skills and expertise
Dichroic canvas
2021

Presented as paintings, these acrylic pieces, sculpted with variable color tints, reveal their real appearance as the light shines. They vary from anamorphic drawings of animals to abstracts forms.

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SuB 3.0
2019

Presented in framed canvases, these sculptures of pieces of tinted acrylic in different shades reveal figurative forms when the works are illuminated.

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Triangle(S)
2019

Audio visual loop 3min

Materials: Led Strips / Wood
Size: 5m * 5m * 5m
2019.

3 months of free exhibition 
Zoo Art Show, Lyon, France

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Awards
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Programming
GENEVA LUX Genève (Switzerland), 2024
Spotlight Festival Bucarest (Romania), 2024
Copenhagen Light Festival Copenhagen (Denmark), 2023
Essen Light Festival Essen (Germany), 2022
Light Festival Copenhagen (Denmark), 2022
Lumières Saint Gervais - Mont Blanc (France), 2022
Fête des lumière Lyon (France), 2021
LUMO Oulu (Finland), 2021
Lumières Saint Gervais Saint Gervais Mont Blanc (France), 2019
Fête des lumières de Lyon Lyon (France), 2018
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