Lars Fredrikson was an innovative artist whose work spanned painting, sculpture, sound, and kinetic art. He described his journey from painting to sculpture as a shift from creating a "plastic space" on canvas—a diminished or flat space—to exploring a tangible, physical environment through sculpture. He sought to craft works that reflect the space we inhabit, extending beyond immediate surroundings to encompass ideas of outer space. With a background in chemistry and electronics, Fredrikson experimented with technology, transforming devices such as fax machines into drawing tools and developing sound sculptures that made invisible phenomena like radio waves and light perceptible. His curiosity about perception and spatial experience led him to establish the first sound studio at the Villa Arson art school in Nice, influencing generations of artists working with sound. Fredrikson’s legacy remains significant for its boundary-crossing approach, blending art and technology to investigate how we experience space and reality. ...
