Fascinated by the loss of reference points, Romain Lalire questions reality through a multidisciplinary approach. It was during his training in the art of mime at the Marcel Marceau International School of Mimodrama that the question of materializing the invisible became one of his main lines of research. Romain's desire to reveal the most beautiful aspects of the invisible, while transforming it into an image through a variety of media, has evolved over time. From mime to magic, then to contemporary art, Romain has moved on to new ways of revealing and sublimating the invisible through new technologies.
In his quest for ever more unexpected mediums, Romain Lalire takes the loss of reference points as far as the theater. In the show, Baroque fantastique by the company Les Ombres, using both magic and new technologies, he creates a mapping that plays with both the sails of the set and the musicians on stage, drawing the spectator into the unexpected. Romain also created the visual effects for Alexis Michalik's Cercle des illusionnistes, the magic effects for Cie Pernette's Ombres blanches, Estelle Savasta's Le préambule des étourdis, Jamais Jamais by Les arpenteurs de l'invisible, and most recently for Charlotte Rondelez's La ménagerie de verre. In 2018, his questioning of reality turned to the visual arts with an interactive installation at the Palais de Tokyo, where Romain Lalire presented Kumo, specially created for the Do Disturb festival.
A second reworked version of Kumo will be presented in Shanghai for the launch of Cartier's "Magicien" collection. Today, Romain continues to explore new forms of writing, focusing his work on digital media. Augmented reality, generative software, real-time programs, mapping, sensory sensors... These are just some of the fabulous tools he now uses to question reality and our relationship with images: the all-digital world, the multiplicity of media, our (over)consumption of media and the omnipresence of technology in our lives. His work now tends to give meaning to all this profusion, and materializes it in the form of photographic exhibitions and immersive interactive installations in a variety of formats.
Romain presented his work as part of the group exhibition CLOSE-UP organized by Studio Artera in Paris in 2022. He regularly works with luxury brands such as Montblanc, Hermès and Van Cleef & Arpels.
He recently presented his "Peau dans l'Art" project, an immersive box for AMGEN, a world leader in biotechnologies, at the Journées Dermatologiques de Paris.
The works of artist Romain Lalire take us into a world where the invisible is sublimated, blending the real and the unreal, shattering the boundaries that separate them. His performances, tinged with magic and delicacy, encourage us to question our relationship with the image, marked by the omnipresence of technology in our daily lives, deconstructing our perception of reality. These contemporary artworks offer us mysterious asides, prompting us to take a step back from the different ways we perceive reality and, above all, to reawaken that part of wonder within us that we sometimes tend to put to one side.