Julien Gachadoat

Julien Gachadoat has been exploring generative drawing for many years, creating unique art with algorithms. He works with the emergence of abstract form, combining monochrome and geometric shapes, playing with repetition, and using random operations to generate an element of surprise. Developing his own tools of creation based on simple graphic rules, Julien uses the computer — “this unique performer” (Vera Molnár) — to explore the formal possibilities that ensue. It is through the process of printing these unique pieces using plotters that he creates a link between text and code. He brings together the computer and the pencil on paper while combining the rigor of code with the poetry of art. Julien grew up making visuals with code as part of the demoscene of the 1990s and programming languages have been his principal creative tools ever since.

From The Power of the Plotter, November 2023