Author
Alan Tod
Born in 1977, Alan Tod is the artistic name of Julien Alain Louis Isoré. Julien Isoré began painting at age 10 and was interested in biology and the history of art. At the age of 24, after a master's degree in public law and a post degree in comparative intellectual property , Julien works for the National French television in entertainment as an artistic collaborator. At the age of 28, Julien Isoré opens his first painting studio in Paris and launches his first work of Total art: the international advertising campaign for love (LOVE: www.artforlove.fr). In 2007, he joined the School of Fine Arts in Lisbon (cieba) with his project: "Comparative LAB" (https://dessinisore.blogspot.com/) in collaboration with the School of Medicine of Lisbon and the School of Sociology of the “Imaginaire” of the University of La Sorbonne. He produces and organizes international exhibitions, collective performances, published articles and festivals on the theme of the collective imaginary and its relationship with art. He is particularly interested in the process of building new cultures and finding new spirit of art.
Since 2014, Julien works under the name of Alan Tod and has been proposing the FOREST ART (FOREST IS ART) and collaborating with the biologist Fernando Souza (Bazel, Switzerland) and with the artist performer Alex Romania (NYC, USA) and the (bio)artist Marta de Menezes (Lisbon, PT) to develop Forest-art in the world. As a work team, the forest embassy is exhibiting in remarkable shows in New York, Mexico or Lisbon.
Microdoc
Microdocs are short documentaries that aim to portray the artist’s creative process during their artistic residency at Cultivamos Cultura.
These audiovisual pieces establish a conversation between the artist’s practice, specific body of knowledge, and how they interact with the context provided through first-person testimonies.
Alan Tod's sound bites
This recording is an excerpt from a conversation with Cultivamos Cultura’s curator (Marta de Menzes) regarding the body of work developed by Alan Tod while his artistic residencies at Cultivamos Cultura.