Interview with Julien Langendorff

q)Who are you? Where are you from and where 

do you live now?

a)Hi, I'm Julien Langendorff, visual artist/musician. 

I'm from Paris,

France, where i live and work. 

I'm planning to move to NYC at some

point.

q)What is it that you do? What media do 

you use?

a)I do collages, papercuts, drawings, videos and 

paintings. I think

i've been kinda "known" recently for my papercuts, 

a media i

developped a lot in the last two years. 

You know, it's like what

Matisse did before he died, 

cutting shapes in colour paper and putting

them together. I felt good at that for 

some reason. Right now i'm

working on scrapbook collages, it's fun.

q)What do you think sets your work apart?

a)Man, i really don't know. I don't really 

wonder about this kind of

things. I just do it. I guess my visual identity, 

the subjects i work

on?

q)How long have you been showing your work for?  

Did you have a “big break?”

a)I've been showing my work for 4/5 years i think. 

Started real small,

like super underground exhibitions, here and there, 

New York, Paris ,

Berlin... Then i got involved with a regular gallery 

in Paris. I met

Agnès B, and had a few shows at her gallery, 

i think it helped

somehow. She's a good friend, and 

a lovely person.

q)What are some things that have 

inspired you?

a)My dreams, movies + horror movies, music, 

the 70's, Black Sabbath,

Edvard Munch, Edgar Poe and my wife. 

I wish she was there by my side.

q)What have you been working on recently?

a)I've been working on life.

q)Do you listen to music while you create your work?  

If so, would you give

some examples?

a)Oh yeah, definitely. Right now i listen to a 

lot of country music

while working, like my hero Gram Parsons, 

Linda Ronstadt, Emmy Lou

Harris... Or really more atmospheric, weird sounds. 

I like Not Not Fun

releases, it's a label from L.A i've been 

collaborating with, they

have super awesome bands. And... The Stones.. 

All the time.. i'm

obssessed.

q)Do you do work in any other media? 

Other projects not necessarily related

to your main body of work?

a)Yeah, i'm a musician as well. I'm starting 

this new band right now,

i'm totally excited about it. We're a trio, 

and we play a kind of,

well, pop-doom?? Really heavy and dirty sound, 

real sludgy, with pop

melodies. We'll record a single this summer. 

Also i play in Pillars Of

Fire, a drone/psyche project with my bros Jason Glasser, 

who is also

one of my all-time favourite visual artist, 

and Doctor Lori Sean Berg.

q)What advice do you have for artists looking 

to show their work?

a)Stick up kids, it can be tough and difficult. 

But what matters

really is to keep on working, and stay personal. 

I have the tendency

to believe that any good and serious work 

will break through

eventually.

q)Do you have any upcoming exhibitions of your work 

that you can mention?

a)I'm part of this event called Salon de Montrouge. 

It's gonna be a

nice group-show. May/June, Paris.

q)Where can people see more of your work 

on the internet?

a)My website: julienlangendorff.com. 

And like, Google i guess?