When he lived in the South of France From the 1960s onwards, Lars Fredrikson created a prolific body of work that may be called revolutionary in the fields of kinetic sculpture, images, sound and new technologies: a world of sound and vision was also very open to the fields of literature and poetry.
Lars Fredrikson avidly read French poets and writers such as Claude Royet-Journoud, Anne-Marie Albiach, Jean Daive, Roger Giroux, Édmond Jabès and Roger Laporte. Based on their books and texts, he created artist’s books, sound works, engravings and articles in a range of different magazines. In 1979, the Centre culturel suĂ©dois, which was to become the Institut suĂ©dois, presented sound pieces by Lars Fredrikson based on texts by Jean Daive and Claude Royet-Journoud. These works, part violent, part fragile, are strangely intense.
A panel of Swedish poets and publishers will be discussing his work:
- Francis Cohen is a poet, anthologist, magazine contributor and critic
- Helena Eriksson is a poet and translator
- Éric Pesty is the founder of the eponymous publishing house devoted to contemporary poetry
Moderator: Jonas (J) Magnusson, a writer, publisher, critic and translator. He edits the journal OEI, devoted to poetry, contemporary art, philosophy and the life of ideas.
Useful information
- Admission free, prior booking not required.
- The discussion will be in French.